Gajoriiqa (ga.d͡ʒo.ri:.qa)
Suppose that Primordials are real - a small group of near-immortals, from whom we all descend.For those who are interested in the origins of humanity in Tiyu Amara, language is one of the big mysteries. How did those first people speak? Was it a single language, or many disparate ones? Were they taught to speak by the Divinities who formed the world, or the dragons who moulded the earth and sea? For those who believe in a single divine language, "Gajoriiqa" is that very thing.
Doesn't it stand to reason they would have spoken the same language? Maybe the language of the Divinities themselves?
History
Since no documentation of this language exists, or none that has been verified, the history of Gajoriiqa is purely speculative. It is believed that it was spoken by the first people who inhabit Tiyu Amara, or at the very least the continent of Thurásin. It likely originated in the fertile central regions of that continent before spreading out, first into the north and then to the west and east. This order is deemed important, as it explains the lack of similarity between Vaitsärriishal in the central areas and Zwiqaluu north and west, and justifying the closer relationship between Garanya and Nyikkishong, both of which are found in the east. The theory has likely existed for many eras, but gained steam following the arrival of the Dyiiladuun Fleet Survivors in 33 Era of Contact. With the discovery of another continent, one which even had a language closely related to Garanya, some speculated on the connection between the two. While the "correct" answer seems to be that the language shared the same documented ancestor, due to the history of the group in question, that failed to stop inquisitive souls from scrutinising what bits of the new language they could find. Gajoriiqa's "founder" was excentric linguist Yiyal Palku, who gave it the clunky name derived from the first syllable of each "child" language's word for language. In his theory, the Primordials were granted speech by the Divinities, who told them to go forth and create the rest of humanity. While they were variably successful in their task, their conditional immortality made them susceptible to the changeability of mortals, and their languages swiftly diverged into those that currently exist. The unique thing he added to the theory was that he believed Gajoriiqa still existed in some form, spoken by a rare few Primordials who had not died or been killed in the many thousands of years since their "time". This has sent many a hapless explorer to the least hospitable regions of the world in search of hidden immortals, with predictably tragic results. To date, no sign of Gajoriiqa or its "modern speakers" have been found.I'm not sure how you can take that "Gajoriiqa" thing with a straight face. Primordials don't exist, for starters. And in the name of the divines, how do you deal with that other continent? There's no way people travelled there long enough ago for that whole other language to develop before the Dyiiladuun escapees arrived. It's all bullshit.
Nyikkishong
Vaitsärriishal
Zwiqaluu
Extended Version
Vostan
Tengirhu
Yulemtan
Speakers
The Primordials were a group of theoretical nigh-divine humans created at the beginning of Tiyu Amara. Possessing many of the powers of the Divinities who made them, they were capable of enacting great change in their regions. One example is the pseudo-historical First Empress, who is held up as a case study for the development of Gajoriiqa. While her "true" personal name is lost to time, the variations suggest a lot of linguistic drift - Ttinwá, Timetyá, and Jenshá, to name but few. If these all come from a single source, it suggests a name that did not keep up with the language around it, and may have even been natively unpronounceable in Nyikkishong - a strange trait for the founder of a famously Nyikkishong-speaking empire to possess.
Burning Book by Movidagrafica
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