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'''Aeranir''', also known as '''coeñar aerānir''' (''language of the Aerans''), or '''coeñar indëris''' (''language of the capital''), is an Iscaric language in the [[Maro-Ephenian Languages|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 <small>[[New Imperial Age|NIA]]</small> 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 <small>[[New Imperial Age|NIA]]</small> 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.

The oldest attested form of Aeranir is Old Aeranir, which was spoken in the kingdom of Telrhamir circa 2300 <small>[[New Imperial Age|NIA]]</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.

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 ''Lēctïca Prīstus Limius Vestil Oscānus Fellëntīmā Motā Soniae'') who is credited with first marking diminished vowels in writing.

*'''''{{term|vōnia}}''' {{term|rhael}} {{term|salvan}}''—The child reads/is reading/was reading/will be reading a book

[[Category:Maro-Ephenian Languages]]