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==History==
==History==
===Proto-Iscaric===
===Periodisation===


===Old Aeranir===
{{Graphical timeline
The oldest attested form of Aeranir is Old Aeranir, which was spoken in the kingdom of Telrhamir circa 2300 <small>[[New Imperial Age|BNIA]]</small>.  It is attested mostly in inscriptions found in and around [[the Great Desert]], and in some early remaining Aeranid literary works.  Old Aeranir lacked many of the verb-forms found in Classical Aeranir, such as the potential and causative moods, and the passive voice (which was marginal even in Classical Aeranir).  Old Aeranir had an additional declension class, the i-stem declension, which merged with the consonant-stems in Classical Aeranir.  Proto-Iscaric diphthongs /ei/ and /ou/, as well as initial /gn/ and non-affricate /ts/ were retained in Old Aeranir, and it is believed that Classical /ɛː ɔː øː yː/ remained diphthongs /ai au oi ui/ (and were thus written ''ai au oi ui'', as opposed to Classical ''ae au oe ȳ'').  In general, Old Aeranir lacked much of the vowel diminishing that characterised Classical Aeranir.


===Classical Aeranir===
|title=Timeline of Aeranir
A standardised form of the language arouse in the time of the Early Empire, created conciously by the prominent grammarians, writers, and orators of the time.  This formed the basis of what was taught in the Telrhamiran ''[[Aeranir_Lexicon#ax.C4.93s|axēs]]'' system.  One of the most prominent of these figures was Limius (who was known in their day as ''Lēctica Prīstus Limius Vestil Oscānus Fellentīmā Motā Soniae'') who is credited with first marking diminished vowels in writing.
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|plot-colour=#bbeebb
 
|from=0
|to=3000
|scale-increment=200
 
|width=10
|height=300
|height-unit=px
 
|legend1=Aeran settlements
 
|bar1-from=2400
|bar1-left=0
|bar1-right=0.2
 
|legend2=City of Telhramir
 
|bar2-to=2600
|bar2-left=0.1
|bar2-right=0.2
 
|legend3=Aeranid Kingdom
|legend3-colour=#e0aacc
 
|bar3-to=2400
|bar3-left=0
|bar3-right=0.2
|bar3-colour=#e0aacc
 
|<!-- If this was bar 4 it would be overlapped by the Botomian bar -->
|bar4-to=2104
|bar4-left=0
|bar4-right=0.2
|bar4-colour=red
|legend4=Aeranid Empire
|legend4-colour=red
 
|<!--Epochs & stages-->
|bar5-to=1266
|bar5-from=825
|bar5-left=0
|bar5-right=0.2
|bar5-colour=#AA98A9
|legend5=Eastern Aeranid Empire
|legend5-colour=#AA98A9
 
|bar6-from=1172
|bar6-to=1266
|bar6-left=0.1
|bar6-right=0.2
|bar6-colour=blue
|legend6=Western Aeranid Empire
|legend6-colour=blue
 
|bar7-to=825
|bar7-left=0
|bar7-right=0.2
|bar7-colour=grey
|legend7=Various Nations
|legend7-colour=grey
 
|bar8-text=Proto-Aeranid
|bar8-to=953
|bar8-from=700
|bar8-left=1
|bar8-right=1.75
|bar8-border-width=1
|bar8-border-colour= #996666
|bar8-colour=lightgrey
 
|bar9-text=Liturgical Aeranir
|bar9-to=953
|bar9-left=0.2
|bar9-right=1
|bar9-border-width=1
|bar9-border-colour= #996666
|bar9-colour=#cc9999
 
|bar10-text=Post-Collapse Aeranir
|bar10-from=953
|bar10-to=1266
|bar10-left=0.2
|bar10-right=1.75
|bar10-colour=#99cc99
 
|bar11-text=Late Aeranir
|bar11-from=1266
|bar11-to=1450
|bar11-left=0.2
|bar11-right=1.75
|bar11-colour=#99cc99
|bar11-border-width=0.1
 
|bar12-text=Golden Age Aeranir
|bar12-from=1450
|bar12-to=1800
|bar12-left=0.2
|bar12-right=1.75
|bar12-border-width=0.1
|bar12-colour=#99cc99
 
|bar13-text=Classical Aeranir
|bar13-from=1800
|bar13-to=2200
|bar13-left=0.2
|bar13-right=1.75
|bar13-border-width=0.1
|bar13-colour=#99cc99
 
|bar14-text=Old Aeranir
|bar14-from=2200
|bar14-to=2500
|bar14-left=0.2
|bar14-right=1.75
|bar14-border-width=0.1
|bar14-colour=#99cc99
 
|bar15-text=Proto-Iscaric
|bar15-from=2500
|bar15-to=3000
|bar15-left=0.2
|bar15-right=1.75
|bar15-border-width=0.1
|bar15-colour=#bbeebb
 
|bar16-text=Aeranid Languages
|bar16-to=700
|bar16-from=0
|bar16-left=1
|bar16-right=1.75
|bar16-border-width=1
|bar16-border-colour= #996666
|bar16-colour=grey
 
|note1=The Collapse
|note1-at=1266
|note1-nudge-right=10
|note1-colour=green
 
|caption=A timeline of the evolution of Aeranir.  The scale is in years BCA.  The thin bar to the left denotes the Aeranir (and later Aeranid) speaking powers of the time, whilst the right denotes the evolutionary stage of Aeranir.
}}


==Phonology==
==Phonology==
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