Tarnese language (Pacifica)

Tarnese (Tarnese: Târnesc) is one of the more dominant languages on Bailtem. The language derives from shepherd tribes in Tarnia in the north of Bailtem. Some tribes migrated southwards and dispersed the Tarnese language over the continent. Tarnese may also refer to the larger family group as the migrating tribes held their original language close. Commonly the different pronunciations are called speeches instead of dialects or even separate languages. One of the most well-known of the speeches is Stoinian (Tarnese: Stoinesc) due to emerging Stoinian influences around the South Pacific.

A portion of the Tarnian shepherd tribes in north Bailtem traversed across the Rainbow Islands, approximately 800 years ago. They've arrived in northern Cordilia, initially forming Terelia. The tribes would develop a variant of Tarnese more distinct than that of their homeland due to neighboring cultural influences. Being foreign tribesmen, situated around powerful nations with their own long cultural history and language, the Terelians would often be subject to various raids, sometimes invasions and occupations.

This terrain was not suitable for a lot of Terelians, leading to a significant portion of them deciding to move southwards through Cordillia. It was due to their shepherd lifestyle that they've managed to use the steep mountains and avoid combat with other nations, mostly going unnoticed. By the time they've reached what is now Viliakmon, the migrants of Terelia have grown accustomed to a more nomadic lifestyle. Reaching the Halakhaosmian river running down one of the mountains, they've followed it. It was then that the Terelians would encounter Viliakmoni tribes, who have lived isolated and unbothered thanks to natural barriers around them. Being introduced to this valley and welcomed by the proto-Kretti in their settlement of what is now Durrax, the travelling Terelians have very quickly assimilated into these Viliakmoni territories.

Naturally, the original Terelian language was even more transformed due to the multi-ethnic and clan-based nature of Viliakmon. This vastly different variant of the original Tarnese would be known as Arromanean initially. However, as more cultures were encountered, Arromanean developed its own dialects across Viliakmon, often based on the languages which the local Clans spoke of each settlement. The dominant dialect of Arromanean today is Tszintszi, which is closely related to the Bregoderian language.

Arromanean was chosen to be the national, official language of Viliakmon upon its' first, unilateral declaration of independence in 1944. It was believed that Arromanean dialects were mostly understandable between one-another and that the language has grown to be understandable to the ethnically diverse Viliakmoni. Arromanean continues to be the official state language of Viliakmon, symbolizing a cultural unifier of the various Clans and tribes.

OOC

Tarnese is the IRP version of the real life Romanian language.

Arromanean is the IRP version of the real life Aromanian language.