Dravinish Language

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The Dravinish Language was a guttural tongue once spoken in Dravinaar. It had at least two dialects. The High Dravinish dialect was spoken in the Holy Empire of Istar's southern provinces when they were city-states.

High Dravinish Words & Phrases

Bon drova bruvli - 'In troubled times'
Gavos avizua - 'Bearer of hope'
Isto gizua - 'With Istar endangered'
Ita deg dridiva so anevunt - 'And though the darkness shall fear him'
Ita muzaba susilva so gnivunt - 'And the gods themselves shall bow to him'
Qoi Zehomu, Psandru Ovrom Vizeva - 'What Shall Come: The Foresights of Psandros the Younger'
So gunnunt - 'Hunt him'
Sos volbua sivunt - 'Seek his destruction'
Su ollom viu nirinfo vesuu - 'He is the savior of holiness'
Vesinua - 'From the west'
Vilo lush vevom su behomu - 'Carrying lost riches he comes'
Vizilovios Ihomua - 'Advent of the Lightbringer'
Vizilovra - 'Lightbringer'
Yuzun horizua - 'The setting of suns'

Dravinish Words

Kalim - ' Warrior'
Raqqa az Zarqa - 'The Sun's Anvil'
Daqan si-tuli bhak - 'All roads have their ending'
Jandhar Azuya - 'Black Knife'
Sharaz Qunai - 'The Staring Ghost'

Behind the Scenes

Dravinish is actually very loosely based on Umbrian, which is in the same family as Oscan.

References

Chosen of the Gods p. 38-39
Divine Hammer p. 249, 250, 252
Lost Leaves From the Inn of the Last Home p. 107
Sacred Fire p. 2, 4-5
Towers of High Sorcery (Sourcebook) p. 124

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