Thracian Language

Thracian is the dominant language spoken in the Valley of Thrace. Due to the historic power of the New Kalikán Empire, it is prevalent in legal documents of the 2500's as it was the official language of the empire and spoken by the viceroys of the King-Emperor of Thrace. Thracian loanwords for governance and skycraft are frequent in the languages of the Pallathantic. Thracian is a Jaggudornish language descending through the Thwarrish branch of the Gwenyan Languages.

Dialects of Thracian

In addition to several dialects of Thracian spoken in the Jaggudorns, Thracian is spoken in Skaligdæ and used as a liturgical language for the Aurician State Cult of the Golden Phœnice.

Origin of Modern Thracian

This shows the phases in the development of Thracian as a language from ancient Gwenyan.

♦ PG

Paleo-Gwenyan [up to 6300 AS]

♦ AHG

Ancient High Gwenyan [West Asdauria] [6300 to 4800]

♦ Thw

Thwarrish, 5000 AS to 2700 AS

♦ LThw

Late Thwarrish, 2700 AS to 1150 AS

♦ OJG

Old Jaggudornish Gwenyan, 1150 AS to 650 AS

♦ LJg

Late Jaggudornish, 650 AS to 150 AS

♦ ATh

Archaic Thracian, 150 AS to 800 AI

♦ CTh

Classical Thracian, 800 AI to 1450

♦ MiThr

Middle Thracian, 1450 to 2200

♦ MoThr

Modern Thracian, 2200 to 2750

Phonology

p, b, ph, v, t, d, th, s, z, dz, k, g, kh, r, rh, sh, l, m, n, ng, y

a, e, i, o, u, ä; ai, au, ei, ui

Phonotactics

initial

br, bl, dv, zv, st, str, tv, thr,

middle and finial

st, str, nd, mb

Lexicon

A

D

dash: snow

DZ

dzam: king

K

Kal: elevated, highborn

L

-lis: attribution of origin, frequent in surnames of commoners

lukkhaminko: viceroyal duchy

lukkha sampushá: viceroyal duke

O

omudzár: grandmother

S

-späl n mountain weir or fastness

sulidzám: viceroyal duke

T

Taspizaisha: right of aerial passage in Thracian law

Tuvar: Thwar, god of sky, war, and Thrace

Tuvarshekha: Thrace, land of the god Tuvar (Thwar)

TH

Throva: "Throvy" Lucacia

V

vakka: father

vakludzá [<vakka + lu]: grandfather

Z

Thracian Proper Names

Excluding Personal Names

A

D

Dzan Kahisa

K

Kalikán

T

Tuvar

tuvarund: son of Thwar

U

-und: son of, patronymic

See Also

• List of Thracian Personal Names