Trinity:Languages

Languages in Trinity differ from those found in normal settings; in fact, Trinity diverges almost entirely from the concept of racial languages. In their place, Trinity uses languages based upon its geography and the proximity of its populations: peoples who live near each other will develop a language together over time. By extension, other languages are developed to bridge the gap between geographic regions.

While the languages are not equally detailed, there is enough information to at least determine what races and regions will speak what languages.

• Modern Languages
  • Common
    • Common, Eastern
    • Common, Western
    • Common, Ganymede
  • Ancelari
  • Arcanic
  • Assembly
  • Draenic
  • Fey
  • Lotharie
  • Lucavic
  • Lynaen
  • Nomadic
  • Quenya
  • Runic
  • Saigue
  • Tau
  • Tipan
  • Trade
    • Thunder
    • Northlander
    • Western
    • Glacial
  • Vesuvan
  • Zzithrani
• Dead Languages
  • Common, Ancient
  • Draconic
  • Ronkan
• Scripts
  • Arcanic
  • Common, Ancient
  • Draenic
  • Ganymede
  • Tengwar
  • Tipan
  • Ronkan

Modern Languages

As their name would have it, these languages are still used in the modern day, regardless of when they were developed.

Common

Common is just that; common. However, due to effects in the history of Trinity, there are three varieties of this language. Of these, only Eastern and Western are vaguely related; Ganymede Common has nothing in common with the other two. The Common languages are usually based heavily upon at least one Trade language, and possibly a regional language; this is due to the fact that they were developed last, after intercontinental travel had been established.

Common, Eastern

This language is spoken by almost every intelligent being in the northern and eastern continents of Adnez. It is not necessarily simple, either, despite the fact that it is spoken by a wide variety of races. Eastern Common is loosely based on Ancient Common and strongly based on the Northlander Trade and Thunder Trade languages.

Eastern Common uses the Ancient Common script.

Common, Western

This language is spoken by almost every intelligent being in the western and southern continents of Adnez. Unlike it's cousin, the Eastern Common, Western Common is fairly simplistic, and trade languages may be used in its place to relay more complex concepts. It is strongly based on Tipan and the Western Trade languages.

Western Common uses the Tipan script.

Common, Ganymede

This language is used by the majority of the inhabitants of Ganymede. It is an incredibly simplistic language, useful for conveying only the most basic of concepts. While it has grown more complex as the races of Ganymede have come together, it is slowly turning into a dead language due to the prevalence of those who speak Eastern Common on Ganymede.

Ganymede Common uses the Ganymede script.

Ancelari

Ancelari is not a spoken language; instead, it is entirely telepathic. As such, it can be used to convey incredibly complex concepts in a few moments. Due to its intensity, however, only those who are capable with psionics or who are highly intuitive can learn it. Ancelari sees use by those who need to be secretive with their communication, but is used rarely or never among the common people. In addition, the fact that Ancelari cannot be written severely inhibits its usefulness.

Ancelari is the language of choice for psionics.

Ancelari has no written form.

Arcanic

As the name would suggest, Arcanic is the language of users of magic. Based heavily off of Draconic, Arcanic is a highly logical and efficient language for conveying concepts relating in some fashion to the ideas of magic. Given that magic is highly systematic, Arcanic is relatively easy to understand, but it has literally hundreds of characters, each of which can be used in a variety of ways.

Arcanic is the language of choice for magic.

Arcanic uses the Arcanic script.

Assembly

Assembly is a relatively recent language, developed for use in analytical engines and - in a more useful vein - by artilects. As the machines that were being built could not comprehend standard speech, would-be reckoners devised a language that could be easily represented by simply switches and logic gates. This language came to be known as Assembly, and is widely renowned for being incredibly useful when one wants to spell out an idea exactly. However, Assembly is rather difficult for many intelligent races to learn, and only artilects and coglings seem to ever really master the language.

Assembly is the language of choice for technology.

Assembly uses the Ronkan script.

Draenic

When the Draenei came to Ganymede from the planar rift, they spoke their own language of unknown origin; they retain that language, though its use is slowly fading in light of other languages that are spoken by the Ganymede natives. Regardless, Draeneic remains a rich language, and is one of the few recognized purely racial languages in Trinity.

Draenic uses the Draenic script.

Fey

A language used by the various races of creatures that are heavily intune with the natural order, Fey is rapidly declining in use due to industrialization. In addition, it is rarely spoken outside of the woods where those who have spoken it for ages continue to teach it to their children. However, the druids - as a rule - tend to teach this language to their students, which ensures that the language will not die out.

Fey uses the Tengwar script.