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'''Coeñar Aerānir''' (''language of the Aerans''), '''coeñar indëris''' (''language of the capital'') or simply '''Aeranir''' is an Iscaric language in the Proto-Maro-Ephenian language group. It developed in the deserts of Northern Iscaria in the city of Telrhamir, and spread with the expanse of the Aeranid Empire throughout Ephenia, as well as parts of Eubora and Syra. | '''Coeñar Aerānir''' (''language of the Aerans''), '''coeñar indëris''' (''language of the capital'') or simply '''Aeranir''' is an Iscaric language in the Proto-Maro-Ephenian language group. It was originally spoken by the Aerans, developed in the deserts of Northern Iscaria in the city of Telrhamir, and spread with the expanse of the Aeranid Empire throughout Ephenia, as well as parts of Eubora and Syra. It later developed into the Aeranid languages, such as Dalot, Ilesse, Iscariano, Îredese, S'entigneis, and [[Tevrés]]. It is still used throughout Ephenia as a language of theology, science, medicine, literature, and law. | ||
Aeranir had been standardised into Classical Aeranir by the time of the Early Empire, around the second millennia BTC by the writer and educator Limius. The period before that is generally referred to as Old Aeranir. The language spoken between the 15th and 12th centuries BTC is generally referred to Late Aeranir. This shift is marked by several grammatical and phonetic shifts. After that period, Aeranir began to splinter off into the various Aeranid languages. A form of Classical Aeranir called New Aeranir or Medieval Aeranir remained in use in official writings even after this period. | |||
Aeranir is a highly infective and fusional language, with three distinct [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_gender genders], nine [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_case noun cases], two [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_aspect aspects], three [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_mood moods], five [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_person persons], two or three [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_(grammar) voices], and two [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_number numbers]. | |||
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===Old Aeranir=== | |||
The oldest attested form of Aeranir is Old Aeranir, which was spoken in the kingdom of Telrhamir circa 2300 BTC. 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 simplification that characterised Classical Aeranir. | |||
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