Moonwatch

Cheer up! Yer fall'n. Nota bigun. Issa lon' jurny still, lesa yip!

— Ec'ri trying to encourage his traveling companion Est'l who really doesn't like mud.

Moonwatch is a language used primarily by Moon Dragons and adopted by Warborn, it consists of words tied together in a manner that other races find difficult to follow. This allows both a quick exchange of information as well as serves well in musical endeavors such as songs and poems.
For roleplaying purposes, you can adopt a speech pattern utilizing some of the words from below to imitate that the Midrastian speaks Moonwatch. For everything else not listed in vocabulary, follow these rules:

• - Long words should be shortened, generally speaking, you shorten by either the first or last vowel: Dweller = Dwell'r | Understand = 'Nderstand
• - If the word starts or ends with G or H and is at least 5 letters long, ignore that letter: Rutting = Ruttin' | Interesting = 'Nterestin'  | Horned = 'Orned
• - Try combining short expressions together into a single word. Make sure that it is still understandable: Is a = Issa | At them = Attem | I do not know = Dunno  
• - It's easy to get a bit carried away, apply some personal judgment here, and ignore any of the previous rules if your shortened version can have two meanings: Howling /= 'Owlin' = Howlin'

Vocabulary:

• Yip = Hello/Hi/Go/Move
• Yipyip! = Come on!/Move it!/Quickly!/Run/Chase/Move quickly
• Greets = Salutations/Good day (more formal than Yip)
• Yep = Yes/Yeah
• Yipyep = Ah, yes/I know/I understand/Acknowledged
• Gud = Good
• Guday = Good waking (used in the evening, when Moon dragons wake up. This is used retroactively to say the day during which they slept was good, which technically means "We had a good day of sleep")
• Gudnai = Good sleep (used in the morning before Moon dragons go to sleep. This is used retroactively to say the night when they were active was good, which technically means "We did some good work tonight")
• Gubay = Goodbye
• Thank = Thanks/Thank you
• Sorr = Sorry/I apologize
• Issa = I am/He is/She is/I have/He has/She has/It is
• Yer = You/You are
• Weve = We are/We have
• Themve = They are/They have
• Nota = (I/he/she) Don't/No/Not a
• Yern = You don't/Not you
• Dis = This/This is/This is it
• Ther = There/There is/There it is
• Fer = For
• Er = Or
• Ef = If
• Ernot = Or not
• Yipernot? = Yes or no?
• Jus = Just/Just a humble/humbly so
• Likah = Like a/Similar to
• Bigun = Big deal/Important
• Lesa yip! = Let's go!
• Neva' = Never
• Rut/Rutting = Sex/Mating for the purpose of bonding
• Breeds = Sex/Mating for the purpose of procreation
• Kmune = Commune/Dream
• Munescap = Dreamscape
• Goost = Spirit Tearer
• Wier = Wierd/Odd/Unusual
• Ehg = Egg
• Denmate = Den inhabitant, usually used by Dwellers and refers to other Dwellers living with this one
• Nestmate = A preferred lover, significant other
• Fol = Folk/Midrastian, usually used when talking about non-tribe members or large groups of different species and groups. Only used to refer to intelligent Midrastians
• Dwell'r = Dweller
• Spott'r = Spotter
• Moongaar' = Moonguard
• Po'm = Poem
• Sonn' = Song
• Pleh = Play
• Muses = Music
• Gryph'n = Gryphon
• Derg = Dragon
• Bas'lisk = Basilisk
• Vern = Wyvern
• Stompah = Killzilla (Big lizard animal similar to T-rex)
• Fimsh = Fish
• Critt'r = Animals that can be hunted
• Monsta' = Animals that are dangerous