The Immaterial languages belong to the planes beyond the world itself. Their definition as a 'language family' is questionable, as although each of the daughter-languages borrows elements from the root, they are entirely distinct in sound and vocabulary.
The root language is
Divine, the language of the
Gods themselves. It is, in fact, the root of
all Languages on
Aiaos, the core of all meaning and the medium of all truth and every lie. Aspects of the Divine were distilled into
Ur-Titanic,
Old High Draconic and
High Primordial. Even the
Dark Speech is influenced by them in its deliberate construction as the antithesis of Divine. With the Immaterial languages, however, the connection is more direct and recognisable.
Divine, as a language, is both absolute and universal. Absolute means that it is not possible to tell a direct lie while speaking Divine, although miscommunications and misdirections are both possible. Universal means that when a being speaks in Divine, any creature native to Aiaos can understand them, if the speaker so chooses, whatever languages they speak. Speakers of Divine can also understand any Aiaosian language, with the exception of the
Legionary Languages. No being other than a god can speak Divine.
Celestial
Celestial is the language branch of the
Firmament, in its purest form spoken by the
servants of the gods. It is a musical language, every sentence a song, and the dialects of the different Firmament realms are often likened to different genres. Celestial is both absolute and universal, with the same limitations as Divine.
The
Infernal language is that of the
Devils, and is like a distorted, atonal version of Celestial. Despite this, it maintains a certain bleak beauty and majesty. It is a universal and absolute language.
Yuglon, the language of
Loths, is a further derivation from Infernal. Phonically, it lacks the musicality of its roots, an unavoidable result of the changes which make it possible to lie when speaking the language. The mercenary and deceptive nature of its speakers made it inevitable that these dialects ceased to be absolute. Yuglon retains universal speech, but does not have the reciprocal property of allowing its speakers to understand any language.
Abyssal
Abyssal, the language of
Demons, is a direct corruption of Divine, made up of the words that the language of the gods cannot or would not say, and tainted by the extraontological morass of the pit below the
World. It tears across the senses of any creature that hears it, and triggers an instinctive repulsion in Aiaosian life. It is not absolute, but it is universal, its foul syllables reshaping themselves to be understood.
Sylvan
Sylvan is the primal branch of the Immaterial family, spoken primarily by the
Fae. While also a musical language, its musicality is quite different from Divine or Celestial; earthier and more substantial. It has a limited universality, in that the broad meanings of its words can be made understood to any Aiaosian, but is not absolute. In fact, it is such a circular, ambiguous and convoluted language that no statement in Sylvan is ever entirely definite, and how a Sylvan speaker says something is almost more important than the words that are spoken.
Duskan is the language of the
Grim Plain, a derivation of Sylvan set in a minor key, and deeply influenced by Abyssal. The result still has a strange and eerie music, and is widely used for necromantic ritual magic,
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