Hainish language

The Hainish language group is a group of dialects in Northern Stildane associated with the non-Kobold populations of the midlands - notably the Kingdom of Hain, which has championed these languages wherever its influence has spread.
This language group began many centuries ago as a pidgin of various local languages that were forced together across the midlands following the pummeling of the continent with Ederstone at the end of the divine era. This trade tongue was formalized by the early post-Cursed-Storm states of Andrig and [Gennorholn and largely diverged into two different languages from there - only to be crammed together again by the Kivish invasions that wiped out both societies. The Kivish Scourings forced people to comingle and cooperate across cultural and ethnic lines for many centuries, and the critical influence of the Hainish tribes in organizing that resistance brought their version of the language into international dominance.
While Hainish lacks the raw cultural power and naming dominance of Wakingtongue, it is still necessary if you want to talk with the commonfolk of Hain, Andrig, Kagaren, or Gennorholn.

Hainish Names

Some of these names have clear meanings, others do not:

• Ustiv/Ustala (mutations of "Ustav")
• Yukan (green child)
• Asdra (mutation of "Asimaldra" a sacred name)
• Kedia (mutation of "Keten", a sacred name)
• Endrig
• Itugen
• Savad (warrior)
• Korala
• Rena
• Iteska
• Aindon
• Arvarad
• Minessa
• Lelistra
• Haliba
• Tovilen
• Gudrek
• Klindek
• Vekma
• Frula (springtime)
• Tedrig
• Goklen
• Yamar
• Davar/Davra (the wall)
• Kovra/Kovrin (heir to the shield)
• Gollel (robed in many colors)
• Oturn (harvester)
• Kogain (sows victory)
• Jornnan (renewal)
• Fyusha (feathered shirt)
• Dullen (miller)
• Sandor (anvil of war; holds the line)
• Redri (wheel of justice)
• Einfel (follows the path)
• Mieta (lance of goodness)
• Volstr (enacts peace)
• Ginshka (follows the temple)
• Jovet (pursues goodness)
• Denst (fears corruption)
• Floriv (duty)
• Dogra (struggles against evil)
• Yonesha (weeps at tragedy)
• Yasha (purified)
• Ronsha (battle caller)
• Mossela (gentle-serving)
• Aldgar (field guardian)
• Krolcha (red shoes; veteran)
• Gollern (dignified)
• Settarn (reaps the foes)
• Orom (club of maple - grove keeper)
• Nedrim (against the outsider)

Hainish surnames only exist in any organized manner for either people with titled, or people associating with a specific clan group.
Hainish gentry/knightly surnames:

• Devgurren
• Vasahov
• Inskelen
• Inzoren
• Devorel
• Enkrelk
• Devinev
• Devaril
• Evenkeil
• Deventka
• Margren
• Herzen
• Graffen
• Kligreva
• Gensharl
• Songarna
• Turen
• Yultan

Hainish noble names:

• Yulahosk
• Koshan
• Valastren
• Hugelma
• Kalstein
• Varket
• Elton
• Sovelt
• Havalstr

Hainish major noble names (elector clans of Hain)

• Geinmen
• Hunain
• Dezuren
• Halar
• Devhauzen
• Savadan
• Neshelna

Hainish burgher (titled master merchant) names:

• Mammintrup (leads the carpenter's guild)
• Kolundstr (accountant)
• Ogantin (is a scholar)
• Ohdentral (silk trader)
• Kyudenton (master of chefs)
• Tosgarmann (officer of the couriers)
• Karilmann (officer of loans)
• Argentrup (leads the wagonmaker's guild)
• Dovoshtrup (leads the weaver's guild)
• Letmined (teacher of the trades)
• Shalkalod (master cobbler)
• Daydentrup (leads the smith's guild)
• Shalzalod (master smelter)
• Barstermann (officer of the dyemakers)
• Lodalod (generic 'greatest guildmaster')

Gennoran tribes:

• Gorkrek (hornbreakers)
• Gottraigen (travelers in shadow)
• Kogarsha (defenders of the garden)
• Anvlasho (hunters of the valley)
• Ergenli (lives between mountains)
• Kelenli (lives around the spring)
• Tronarva (heirs of the God)
• Yamaref (summer farmers)
• Sosha (shepherds/keep animals)
• Olkeva (follows the herds)

Areas where Hainish is commonly spoken, not including wasteland areas

Spoken by

• Hainish Culture