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Englesh

Originally a somewhat derogatory term given to the language spoken by the indigenous people of the area by the first settlers, the name 'Englesh' is now used by scholars for the patois developing in the general society of Constantine, the capital of the newly formed country of Engle, which sits at the mouth of the Lyr River the course of which marks the southern border of the country.   The dialect is based on Stemian, the language of the indigenous people, but includes terms from Sorendenese for which there are no equivalents in the native tongue. These omissions are considered strange by scholars because they concern both the formal accumulation of knowledge—contemporary Stemian has no written form (see more on this below)—and magick, the lynchpin of civilisation.   Originally, it was thought that the latter was because Stemians did not possess the same innate sorcery trait as the Sorendenese, but this has since proved not to be the case (see Latent Sorcerer ). The kings of Engle (see Oran Maxwell Rafael III ) even had to initiate a program amongst the indigenous population where all children had to be tested for sorcery before reaching puberty to prevent wild magic accidents; those testing positive are then trained in the safe use of their talent under royal patronage.   Linguists and archeologists are especially interested in this apparent lacking of a written form of the indigenous language in contemporary Stemian culture. There is no lacking of symbolism in Stemian culture but it seems restricted to the forms of parable-like storytelling and simple iconography used in their primitive religious practices; the majority of Stemians still holding to animism and ancestor worship where the great god Mithra is simply seen as the great progenitor rather than the creator of the universe.   However, it has become apparent from archeological surveys in the country that they once did have a somewhat sophisticated system of writing, as it is recorded in the stone of the ancient ruins that have been discovered, particularly in the north of the country. Ruins that are in general shunned by the natives who lead a more spread-out hunter/gather, early agrarian lifestyle.   This discovery has led to one scholar making the somewhat unusual statement that this is a rare case where history has been unwritten by the victors.

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