North

Regional

all

Hadrun

A trade creole based very loosely on Old Jireti, which nobody speaks any more, with bits of most of the northern languages and some of the central languages mixed in

North

Hachtivo

Hachtivi

Hachtar

Falling out of use as the Hachtivi themselves have largely died off; influenced Hadrun significantly, although the two are not mutually comprehensible at this point

North

Jintrassa

Jintrasi

Old Jireti

Only used in formal documents and religious ceremonies, the foundation of Hadrun

North

Jintrassa

Jintrasi

Jireti

Descended from Old Jireti, partly understandable by Hadrun speakers

North

Prestir

Prestali

Orgol

Descended from Ortogolol, a language brought over from the Northern continent before the Great Cataclysm. Not mutually understandable with any Antillian language, although a few loan words may be heard here and there.

North

Surtil

Surtiri

Jurtavo

Descended from Old Jireti, but due to linguistic drift and influence from Northern continent languages, not mutually comprehensible with Jireti or Hadrun.

Central

Regional

All

Gortoli

A trade creole based on Kylendal, with phrases, words, and grammar mooched from all across the Central Kingdoms. At least partially understandable by most Central Kingdom residents.

Central

Forvar

Forvari

Forvendi

Descended from Kylendal and closely related to Ustari, the two are mutually comprehensible, although Usterites and Forvari complain about each other’s atrocious accent

Central

Kylara

Kyleri

Kylendal

An ancestral language belonging to a land that no longer exists, Kylara having fallen in war five hundred years ago and the Kyleri having been absorbed into other nations that arose from the wreckage. Only spoken by scholars and Sages now, but at least partially understandable to over half the population of the Central Kingdoms.

Central

Uster

Usterites

Ustari

Descended from Kylendal and closely related to Forvendi, the two are mutually comprehensible, although Usterites and Forvari complain about each other’s atrocious accent

Central

Wekzir

Wekziri

Dulcitan

A long separated offshoot of Deridian that’s only vaguely comprehensible by native Deridian speakers, like Portuguese and Spanish, coming into wider use because of the Hachtivi tunnel

East

Regional

All

Sesset

The Mahassar ancestral language has remained the common tongue throughout the Eastern Kingdoms, largely due to Mahasset’s position as both the original settlement in the region that all others split off from, and its central location on the primary trade route to and from the Central Kingdoms.

East

Fisher Principalities

Several

Half a dozen

The islands of the Fisher Principalities have been conducive to linguistic drift, and have fostered six dialects of the same mother tongue, all mutually semi-comprehensible. The usual complaints about the horrible accent of the next island over apply.

East

Ghoti

Ghotiers

Pescarul

Descended from Sesset but with heavy influence from Old Jireti due to an influx of Northerners fleeing a religious schism 800 years ago. Not understood by Sesset or Old Jireti speakers due to the peculiar shoehorning required to make the grammar of the two root languages work together.

East

Mahasset

Mahassars

Sesset

Loosely related to Kylendal, and semi-comprehensible to Kylendal speakers. Only vaguely understandable by those speaking languages descended from Kylendal.

East

Vrindil

Vrindi

Varundi

Descended from Sesset, and about half comprehensible with it

South

Regional

–

None

There is no trade patois or creole in the Southern regions.

South

Glaucharkh

Glaucharkhas

Bishpon

Nobody seems to know where Bishpon came from. Its grammar is significantly different from the Central Kingdom languages, and it contains sounds that are difficult to write in Central Kingdom lettering systems.

South

Rinzara

Rinzars

Rinzari

A long-separated variant of Kylendal, drifted over hundreds of years of geographic isolation to a point where people who speak one can catch only a word or two of the other.