Aervani

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Origin

The language of the Aervan is something that is avidly written more than spoken by the bird people. Referring to this dialect as Aervani, which is spoken within the skies more than anything. This beast, unsurprisingly, took after the sounds of other avian throughout the land in their earliest time of traversing Aversia. Having a mind that adjusted automatically to the interests of research, relaying such by spoken words was easy to be forgotten. To fill this gap, the Aervan developed a written language, contrived from their rather poor appendage grip. This was quickly taken up by the race, who now learnt the concept of recording in written form. Their advancement in writing material especially changed at this time, transitioning from crude leaves to actual paper. These documents are especially kept in scrolls nowadays. To them, verbally speaking Aervani is only a way to ignite discussion between themselves, but the written side of the language is used even more so.

Description

The tone of Aervani, unlike the other beast races, is much higher in tone. Their language trills often like that of a normal bird, though having the ability to adjust into many different sounds for a unique, intricate dialect of their own. Learning the way to speak Aervani can be very hard on the vocals, as their voices are notably more shrill. Sounding out some syllables, such as 'Ch', are sometimes a challenge for the Aervan, as a beak doesn't exactly aid in the pronunciation. Therefore Aervani does not often include it.

The written language of Aervani, however, is much more interesting than their bird-like speech. To match their generally poor grip ability, their signs take on the style of chicken scratch, prohibiting any sort of challenge they would otherwise have to print lettering. It is characterized with thin lines that are marked in different directions to represent each letter. What is most notable when they write is that their words travel from the bottom of the page to the top to create vertical rows, although still written from left to right.

Basic Phrases

• Kuzo zangpo! (Hello!)
• Jembalaekso. (You're welcome.)
• Kaadinhey la. (Thank you.)
• Ga day bay zhu yoe ga? (How are you?)
• Tsip maza. (Sorry.)

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