Fraenish Language

The Fraenish Language is an ancient Tribal Language that was spoken by the tribes that inhabited the Azerath region. Fraenish is considered an endangered language today, with limited speakers living in Vulharenjiard, Baasvonclad and Devinshire. Fraenish is most famously used in the names of some of the Azerath Nations and is considered the language of the Gods in the Devin Religion.

History
Not much is known about the early history of Fraenish since Fraenish was purely a spoken language and did not get a developed writing system until the late Tribal Era.

It is believed that Fraenish was first developed in the Hudi and Mulluud tribes. This would explain the wide use of the language over many tribes in the Azerath region.

When the God-Kings first came to the Azerath region, Fraenish was spoken by most tribes in the area but it did not have a developed writing system. The God-Kings did not speak Fraenish and instead spoke Azrathian, which they began to teach the tribes people of the region. This began the downfall of native Fraenish speakers but it also introduced a writing system.

Today, Fraenish is an endangered language that is spoken by few native speakers in Vulharenjiard, Baasvonclad and Devinshire. A recent revitalization of the language occurred in Devinshire, due to the language's religious roots but the number of native speakers has not increased by much so far.

Alphabet
Fraenish uses the Azrathian Alphabet with some modified letter pronunciation to better fit the pronunciation of Fraenish words.

The letters are:

A- ah

B- buh

C- cee

D- duh

E- ee

F- fuh

G- guh

H- huh

I- ih

J- yuh

K- kuh

L- luh

M- muh

N- nuh

O- ohh

P- puh

R- ruh

S- suh

T- tuh

U- oo

V- vuh

W- wuh

Grammar
Fraenish is structured SVO (Subject Object Verb) with no variation.

Fraenish commonly consists of compound words that form sentences. This made the language popular with the God-Kings to name their kingdoms since one word can describe the kingdom.

A sentence example:

"I am going home"

"Il hennaveim"

This translates to: "I am going to the home"

Names
There are 6 Azerath Nations with Fraenish names:

Vulharenjiard
Translates to "Snowy Kingdom".

Vulharen- snowy

Jiard- Kingdom

Jiarengrad
Translates to "King of the Mountain"

Jiaren- To be king of

Grad- Mountain

Baasvonclad
Official translation is "Land of Cliffs" although this translation is crude. Its real translation is "Area of Cliffs"

Baas- Area/land

Von- of

Clad- Cliff(s)

Devinshire
Translates to "City of Devin".

Devin- The Sun God Devin

Shire- City

Devfraern
Translates to "Sunflower".

Dev- Sun

Fraern- Flower

Harlemruud
Translates to "Harlem's Land".

Harlem- the name Harlem

Ruud- Land