Star Spun Souls

This post is Part 1 of a series to augment the Codex of the Known World available for free download. This and other linguistic resources are gathered in my Language Directory for you to explore. Find more worldbuilding content in my Codex Directory . In the Known World of my Tales of the Known World saga, most people speak Allanic. But every region has its own dialect, influenced by the heritage language of that area. Some cultures retain their native tongues, using them for a variety of purposes from traditional rituals to personal identity. Other cultures have lost their heritage language completely, and only the unique quirks of their Allanic dialect remain. Check out the Codex of the Known World for more resources! Regardless of what language they speak, each culture sculpts their language over generations, reflecting their unique ideologies in their usage of wor...

This post is Part 2 of a series to augment the Codex of the Known World available for free download. Start with Part 1 here . This and other linguistic resources are gathered in my Language Directory for you to explore. Find more worldbuilding content in my Codex Directory . In Part 1 of this series , I outlined the many dialects and languages of the Known World. Due to the many books and stories in my Tales of the Known World saga, I opted against creating a unique glossary for every publication. However, these various publications often contain the names of people and places, and I still needed a way to provide my readers with a guide to the pronunciations of those names. So instead of a multitude of separate glossaries, I've created a single master glossary in the Language Appendix available below. Download the Language Appendix : ...

This post is part of a series to augment the Codex of the Known World available for free download. This and other linguistic resources are gathered in my Language Directory for you to explore. Find more maps and atlas content in my Map Directory . Within the Atlas of the Known World , each map entry describes the language of that region. This directory reorganizes the maps from Awakening into alphabetical order by language. Click the thumbnails below to read about each dialect, the way it is written, and the people who speak it. A'lari Lilting tongue of the elusive nymphs. This isolated language is fluid and nuanced, with few consonants and a slew of assorted vowels. It varies between villages and family groups. It is spoken primarily in the Glades of Despair and has influenced the language of Old Ryerin . ...