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It is part of the [[Proto-Yeldhic|Yeldhic]] superfamily of languages, and most likely developed from Proto-Yeldhic, despite Ilda being located in the [[Proto-Yeldhic#Paleoyeldhic variations|Paleoyeldhic]] strip. | It is part of the [[Proto-Yeldhic|Yeldhic]] superfamily of languages, and most likely developed from Proto-Yeldhic, despite Ilda being located in the [[Proto-Yeldhic#Paleoyeldhic variations|Paleoyeldhic]] strip. | ||
==Origin== | ==Origin== | ||
Much of the Ildan language we know of today was taken from Zeror of Ilda's ''Ildaīsi Mondenikās'', who wrote the historical compendium in both Moshurian and Ilda, allowing linguists and researchers to decrypt what was written. Additionally, many medical terms in [[Moshurian]] originate in Ilda, such as ''zudözaba'' from Ildan ''sudusapās'', meaning "tibia". However, not all vocabulary could be retrieved from the '' | Much of the Ildan language we know of today was taken from Zeror of Ilda's ''Ildaīsi Mondenikās'', who wrote the historical compendium in both Moshurian and Ilda, allowing linguists and researchers to decrypt what was written. Additionally, many medical terms in [[Moshurian]] originate in Ilda, such as ''zudözaba'' from Ildan ''sudusapās'', meaning "tibia". However, not all vocabulary could be retrieved from the ''Ildaska Mondenikās'' and other texts alone- so many words are [[w:Comparative reconstruction|comparatively reconstructed]]. These reconstructed words are usually taken from other languages such as Moshurian, and are labeled with an '''*'''(asterisk) at the beginning of a word. | ||
The language was prominently used within the many empires and city-states that sprung up from Ilda and Maranösia, until Ilda underwent a general Decline and eventually became extinct around 200 UH, by that time little more than a language used ceremonially, and even this was becoming less and less common. | |||
The Ildan language and its syntax, morphology and phonology were still preserved however, by a secret society known as ''Ildasia''<ref>Also alternatively spelt ''Ildaswia'' or ''Ildaskaia''.</ref> who exclusively spoke Ilda, which Zeror of Ilda was part of, having learnt the language from either a friend or his mother<ref>Very few details of Zeror's life is known, although Badoror claimed that Zeror learned the language from Paswasor the Cynic, an acquaintance of his. Other sources, such as Zwumar of Oalan, claimed that Zeror's mother was an L2 speaker of the language.</ref>. | |||
However, when the Moshurians invaded and pillaged Ilda, the majority of the members of ''Ildasia'' | |||
were suspected as potential rebels against the Moshurian regime, and were thus given the choice of being imprisoned or going into exile, and almost all of Ildasia's documentation, including the original copy of the ''Ildaksa Mondenikās'' was burned. Zeror, with his knowledge of Moshurian, was able to avoid persecution, and ended up settling in Taráhus, where he secretly he rewrote the ''Ildaksa Mondenikās'' in both Ilda and Moshurian. | |||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||