Only a very few native Reanaarians speak true Reanaarese. The
people who settled along the western shores of
Reanaaria Bay developed
it. Through trade and interaction with other races, Reanaarese
has lost much of its original character. Most residents of Reanaaria
Bay’s city-states now speak
Merchant Tongue as a primary language.
Reanaarians tend to use only personal names. Their language and
names take elements from Kalamaran, Fhokki, Dejy, and the gamut of
demihuman languages. Regardless of the source, their names often
have double letters and have more vowels than other tongues (far
more than the jaw-breaking ancient Brandobian). Reanaarians are
fond of nicknames, and they freely abbreviate, modify, or add to their
names.
Few Reanaarians use surnames. A few of the nobility use a family
name, and some commoners have picked up the habit to appear
cosmopolitan, but most Reanaarians ignore such nonsense. If a
Reanaarian knows two people by the same name, he identifies the one
he’s talking about by career or race, such as “Gazee the Halfling,” or
“Feaveu the carpenter.”
The use of double and even triple vowel combinations characterizes
Reanaarese. Reanaarese uses A, AA, B, C, D, E, EA, F, G, H, I, II, K, L, M, N, O,
OA, OO, P, R, S, T, U, V, W, X and Z. The language varies from city to
city, due to the many dialects and accents.
Nouns are generally two syllables long, but three
syllable words are not uncommon. Verbs are longer, typically three to
four syllables. A speaker pronounces verbs more slowly than any
other form of speech. Nouns are spoken louder, to set them off from
the rest of the words in a sentence. Adjectives and adverbs are usually
only one syllable long. The suffix -asoo indicates male gender, -amoo,
female and -uxoo, neutral.
Reanaarese is plain and simple, with brevity and bluntness being common.
