Languages of Avrid

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Languages of Avrid
Maro-Ephenian languages
Iscaric branchAeranir†; Tevrés, S'entigneis, Ilesse, Redese, Cotanus, Iscariano, Dalot (Aeranid languages)
Talothic branchClassical Dalitian†; Dalitian, Tsagonic
Fyrdic branchFyrdic, Triton
Maro-Stiric branchMaric branch:
Old Marian†; Marian

Stiric branch:

Stiric†; Doti
Anderic branchNorthern Anderian, Southern Anderian
Stravonic branchLiturgical Stravonic
Haphonic branchKuwaniti
Haïdic languages
Northern HaïdicPlaceholder 3
Central HaïdicPlaceholder 4
Southern HaïdicFasser
† indicates a dead language

Avrid is home to a variety of different languages, some parts of large language families and other isolates. Among the most common are the Maro-Ephenian languages, which occupy much of Ephenia and western Eubora, and the Haïdic languages in northern Suria.

Maro-Ephenian languages

Maro-Ephenian languages

Iscaric branch

The Iscaric branch of Maro-Ephenian languages whose earliest known members were spoken in and around the Iscarian region in the 3rd and 4th millennia bnia. The best known member of this group is Aeranir, the only language to survive past the classical period. All other languages became extinct in the 2nd millennium bnia, when their speakers were assimilated into the Aeranid Empire, and switched to standard Aeranir. Little is known of these extinct languages, as most of their archeological evidence is assumed to be buried within the Great Desert.

Aeranir

Aeranir Aeranir was the language first spoken in the city of Telrhamir, and later across Iscaria, Ephenia, Suria, and Eubora, as it spread with the Aeranid Empire. During that time, it was the dominant language of administration and commerce, along with Dalitian, in the Empire. Even after the Collapse, it remained in use across the Empire's former holdings, and developed into the Aeranid languages around the beginning of the 1st millennium bnia. However, as a written languages, it remained in use as a lingua franca throughout Ephenia, for administration, science, and religion.