Reikstein

Reikstein is the mother tongue of Reinestad, an evolved amalgomation of the Untheric and Netherese language families.
 

Description

Evolving primarily as a derivative of Tarikovian, Reikstein nonetheless has distinct markers of its Netherese influence dispersed throughout. From various loanwords to changes to its sentence structuring, there is a clear resemblance to anyone with an ear for linguistics.
 

Speakers

Though only natively spoken in Reinestad, Reikstein has spread throughout Astora thanks to the scale of Reinestad's maritime trade, making the language the most common secondary language in the continent.
 

Writing System

While borrowing much from Netherese, Reikstein is still at its core an Untheric language, using the Cuneus script in written form.
 

History

After the fall of the Eastern Tarikov Empire and Netheril, survivors of both mingled along the eastern coast of the Tarikov seas for centuries, blending cultures and languages into the amalgomation that eventually gave birth to the people and nation of Reinestad.
  Establishing itself early as a maritime juggernaut, Reinestad has spent centuries exporting its language along with its goods, spreading its language across the continent. Eager to profit from the massive volume of trade Reinestad's fleets carry out, merchants and traders across Astora eagerly study Reikstein in an attempt to gain an advantage over their competition. This explosion of culture has made Reikstein a popular language in many nations, though with nowhere near the ubiquity of the Common language.