Vaitsärriishal

You could not pay me to refer to this land as "Thrrasin". The idea of using a name those conquerors forced upon us sickens me. At worst, it's "Chörridh", still a land of dragons. Far more preferable is "Diivarrzadh" - the land of divine light.

— Tsädhayo patriot

Vaitsärriishal is the native language of the Tsädhayo and many related groups, spoken in central and western Thurásin. The most widely spoken dialect is the one in Ozäxa-Lavüdh, and it heavily influences its neighbours.

History

Vaitsärriishal, or the 'Light River Language', has been spoken in central Thurásin for thousands of years. It has no relation to the Nyikkishong or Garanya languages found to its east, nor with its northern neighbour of Zwiqaluu.
The majority of its speakers were found along the River Tsädh and around the shores of Lake Strelish, and it was only rarely spoken in other parts of Thurásin. Its spread was especially curtailed by the advancement of the Nyikkishep empire, who conquered many Vaitsärriishal-speaking countries and enforced the learning of Nyikkishong. It is even from Nyikkishong that the common name for the continent, Thurásin, derives - a fact which infuriates many Vaitsärriishal speakers.
Despite the hardships, the language outlived the empire and was brought back to its former territories, many of which became bi or even tri-lingual depending on their relationship with the empire. It became more solidified during the Central War, wherein Ozäxa-Lavüdh extended its borders and proud use of Vaitsärriishal. In the many eras since that war, the language has only been affected significantly by the introduction of elves to the continent, which the lakeside regions seeing particularly high populations that introduced vocabulary into their dialects.
Today, Vaitsärriishal has the most speakers of any other Thurásin language, rivalled only by Zwiqaluu speakers in the north. The historically good relationship between speakers of these languages ensures that speaking either will get you nearly anywhere in Thurásin.

Dialects

Officially, there are three primary dialects of Vaitsärriishal - Coastal, Riverside, and Lakeside. The Coastal dialect is the most affected by the history of Nyikkishong and Garanya speakers, while the Lakeside dialect is most affected by the elven language. The Riverside dialect is the one used for official business in Ozäxa-Lavüdh, and is considered the prestige dialect.

Spoken by

• Tsädhayo

Official language of

Ozäxa-Lavüdh, Pris Xüfonz, Ibza Xüfonz

All in a name

Thurásin became the standard name for the continent sometime during the era of plague, as the Nyikkishep empire reached the peak of its power. Its meaning of 'land of dragons' was presumably because the sole commonality between all the regions the empire held was the presence of those divine creatures. Due to the disdain many Vaitsärriishal speakers had for the empire in this period of history, this name was utterly rejected by them. Unfortunately for them, the other three languages of the continent adopted it wholeheartedly, and Vaitsärriishal has been fighting a losing battle to rename it.

Diivarrzadh is the most supported alternate name, especially in landlocked Vaitsärriishal-speaking countries who have little direct contact with non-speakers. Ozäxa-Lavüdh, despite its power, begrudgingly uses both names next to each other in all correspondence to prevent confusion with its distant trading partners, though always transliterates Thurásin into Thrrasin.

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