Pietificity

Pietificity is a property of many ancient languages on the world of Asdar. Words, usually nouns, can express awe, reverence, or piety towards the subject or the absence thereof. This status is classed under one of three conditions: Pietific, Impietific, and Equipietific. In the culture of the speakers of Thwarrish Language, many natural phenomena, animals, and often people were considered imbued with a status that summoned a sense of reverence or honor. It was possible through a mishap of disrespect to invoke the ill-will of a mountain, a river, a bear, or even the image of a god. These observances of the language were also applied to members of one's family and the king. Thus one word was often reserved for use in the presence of the referred, while another was spoken in the absence of the referred. There was a certain word for day to be used in the daytime and another word for day to be used at night.