Núrakic
The núrakic languages form one of the main branches of the modern elven languages, with most speakers inhabiting Núrak in western Adynía and to lesser extent the Lakú Mountains to the north. Historically, the language family was much more widespread, núrakic speaking communities were found as far south as the river Lírúl in Larúnas to the southwest, on the Meldon Plain in central Adynía and as far as the southern coast of the island of Annor in the Central Sea, the lattermost which lives on in the name of Hiska, the island's largest settlement, derived from eisk, meaning driftwood.
Plains núrakic languages were supplanted by various human ones during the early iron age, while the southern ones declined after the region was conquered by the Larúneans and eventually died out when Dragons scorched Larúnas half a millennium ago.
More recently, núrilede spoken in northern Núrak has also been adopted to some extent by certain Záali tribes across Þixos Bay in northwestern Adynía to ease trading with núrakic merchants.
Currently, the most widespread núrakic language is Navalede, common tongue of the Kingdom of Núrak.
Kílisede (central Dap Hills)
Navalede (Núrak)
Tapalede (Southern Núrak)Læte-Tapalede (southern Dap Hills)
Mep-Tapalede (Úlvan Plain)
Úrilede (northern Núrak, southwestern Záal)
Plains núrakic languages were supplanted by various human ones during the early iron age, while the southern ones declined after the region was conquered by the Larúneans and eventually died out when Dragons scorched Larúnas half a millennium ago.
More recently, núrilede spoken in northern Núrak has also been adopted to some extent by certain Záali tribes across Þixos Bay in northwestern Adynía to ease trading with núrakic merchants.
Currently, the most widespread núrakic language is Navalede, common tongue of the Kingdom of Núrak.
Modern Núrakic Languages
Northern Núrakic
Adral (Lakú Mountains)Western Núrakic
Ekalede (eastern Núrak)Kílisede (central Dap Hills)
Navalede (Núrak)
Tapalede (Southern Núrak)
Writing System
Modern núrakic languages are written using alphabets derived from dwarven zameltonían hieroglyphs dating back to the bronze age, and are the only ones which still has different forms for each letter depending on whether it's in the beginning, middle or end of a word.
The one exception to this is adral, which uses a script where all letters only have one form.
The paþarian script was once used by the aristocracy of Ekal, a client state of the Paþarían Empire, but was supplanted by one similar to the navalic script after the fall of Paþaría.
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