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Dyrel is spoken in [[Verse:Dyrellion|Dyrellion]], a primarily human city-state situated on a plateau on top of a mountain on the northern half of the contient, overlooking the ocean to the west. Dyrellion is a constitutional monarchy with relatively laissez-faire policies. To the east is a forest, part of which is within the domain of Dyrellion, where the Gurim live, though some Gurim live inside Dyrellion proper. To the north is §aı̊yunq̄, where elves live and speak nátr̀ȳ (Natarye). The northern mountains are Tharvast, where dwarves speak both Thurin and Aɣfalen (Angfalen). Dragons reside to the east of these mountains, in tısum iqqol, where they speak Nasraqqor. To the east of the forest, near the center of the continent, is another human kingdom, Xictor. The eastern coast is where the Nokppoddarra live. The southern half of the continent is the Goromic region where the various descendants of Goromul are spoken. Somewhat off the coast of Dyrellion is an island where Odreli, a descendant of Dyrel, is spoken.

Default word order in Dyrel is SOV, but word order is relatively free because of the extensive case marking.  Modifiers precede the element that they modify, except genitives, which follow their construct state referents. Elements in the construct state do not take the nominative case marker even if in the nominative; i.e. ''on veí'' "my house" regardless of whether it is the subject or an object.

Dyrel has a simple proximate vs. distal distinction in demonstratives. Demonstratives are not marked for number, and among most speakers are not marked for case, even when used alone, and never when followed by a noun. The proximate demonstrative is ""era"" and the distal demonstrative is ""vera"".