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Elvish

The elven language is a flurry of soft and quickly pronounced syllables that almost seem to weave together like one seamless sound. Someone hearing it for the first time would be forgiven for thinking that elves never take breaths between words. But of course they do, it's simply that the language is spoken out of the mouth while simultaneously breathing in through the nostrils. It is one of the harder languages to learn later in life.

Geographical Distribution

The language comes from sylvan, the language of fey. Elvish comes from the combining of sylvan symbols and sounds with the sentence structure of the common script created by the ancient jotun. Primarily spoken by elves and satyrs, it has been picked up by some halflings as well as firbolgs native to the mountains around the red forest. Though more difficult for some other races, the ability to speak elvish requires excellent breath control and circulatory respiration, meaning the ability to speak out of ones mouth while simultaneously breathing in through the nose. Those who attempt to speak elvish between breaths may communicate incomplete thoughts or be cut off because the other person thinks you're finished speaking. This makes communication between elves and other races a tense and often frustrating experience, leaving both parties confused or even insulted.
Spoken by
Common Phrases
Linne' as tye tolde tan
Go with your head high
Na suilann' cin na' na suilad i erin
To greet you is to greet the morning
Im near mui lim with cín enemui
I cast my lot in favor of your enemy
Cúna vardarianna, vana tye lótesse cen'. Cúna vardarianna, loss tye indóme hópa
Curved tree, beauty you may see. Bent tree, loss you will harbor
Common Female Names
Aenwyn, Arlayna, Azariah, Eirina, Eshenesra, Kilyn, Lyrei, Sarya, Thalia, Valindra
Common Male Names
Arlen, Elred, Jassin, Lorrel, Marikoth, Rhistel, Scalanis, Tarathiel, Traeliorn, Vesryn
Common Unisex Names
Aire, Aithlin, Cithrel, Erendriel, Estelar, Ithronel, Myriil, Ruven, Saelihn, Tanyth

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