Aiterean

  Aiterean is the native tongue of the Brelish and commonly used as both a liturgical language for followers of Aprēaq Hūril and a mercantile language among the merchants of Lethea. Commonly taught in various kiretiati throughout the land, Aiterean is one of the most widely spoken languages, despite its fairly small population of native speakers and relative uniqueness compared to the other languages that surround it.  

Origins

The Brelish are a people who stand apart from all their neighbours as their native tongue is a language isolate—having few to none similarities with the other languages of the world. Scholars suspect that the ancestors of the Brelish developed their language in relative isolation around lake Clēqhuap and the surrounding territories, remaining remarkably sedentary in their own homeland throughout the ages as little to no evidence of Aiterean's use predating its widespread adaptation after the spread of Hillenēq Hūril has been discovered.    

International Language

  The popularisation of Aiterean has resulted in the development of brand new dialects as various peoples from across the world have adapted to the language to the sounds they’re more familiar with in their own languages. Such new dialects feature words foreign to the Brelish themselves, as non-native speakers often add words from their own languages to supplement their existing vocabulary. While such changes have made allowed various groups feel more comfortable with Aiterean, they have inadvertently hindered their ability to communicate efficiently with other foreigners who are unfamiliar with their specific unique dialects.    

Plethora of Pronouns

Aiterean is a language that might lack grammatical gender for its words, but nevertheless, its pronouns are still gendered. While some languages are content with only having the third person pronouns express the individual’s gender, Aiterean also insists that people also refer to others in second person with a gendered pronoun.   To add to the list of pronouns to learn, the language also has two separate first person plural pronouns, one which can be used to include the person who's being talked to while the other can do the opposite and exclude them instead. It is a pronoun that comes up often when certain groups seek to set up a clear boundary between them and the person who they're talking to either when bullying or discriminating in other ways. There are many who find the existence of the exclusory pronoun baffling as Aiterean is the language of Aprēa, a woman who preached love and acceptance, but the language of course long predated the Lady of the Lake, giving the scholars of today a hint of the cruelty that may have prevailed before her ascension.