Hiden's Glyph Language in Terraloga | World Anvil

Hiden's Glyph

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Not many languages throughout history that can presist its form since its creation. However, it's possible to a small group of individuals. In this case, the glyph language from Casto Hiden's family.

The glyph is passed down through his family for generations. It's so presistant that even a thousands years document of it could still readable without losing its meaning.

Furthermore, it's function as an encryptor rather than spoken language, because it's originally made for writing The god's print to hide the secret on the document.

Spreading the Words

Parents had to teach their children how to read, speak and write with losing its meaning, by studying from the familiy's heirloom.

However, the spread of the langugage is limited by the family restriction, so no one outside their house is able to know its existance. The penalty will be set to whoever break the rule. Unless, the users is adapting in various way without any public notice. For example, Casto craved it on artisans as his signature.

Writing System

Having about 15 to 20 symbols or so, each glyphs is the combination of multiple straight and curve lines.

Phonetics

As the language's purpose is static, the lesson is limited by family's heirloom that also being passed down; The list of every original glyphs with phonetically comparation to each alphabet of spoken language they currently use, which might be updated overtime defined by their migration, but the core is still the same.

The first list ever written was on clay with an immemorial language, in which was dated back around 1000 to 900 BVE. Since then, the medium is kept changing due to deterioration or secret hiding. The recent document is written in Krin/Valonian language on papyrus scroll, for convenient storing.


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