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The Dictionary of Yezur

every word, in every tongue, and the roots and kinships that bind them

Many tongues are spoken across the world, and their words are woven together — descended from shared roots, borrowed across borders, and reshaped on every tongue that carries them. The Dictionary sets them side by side: what each word means, how it is spoken, and the family it springs from. Choose a way in below.

Ways into the words

Ancient tongues
The oldest recorded speech — Hertic and Gaillean among them — from which later languages descend.

Living tongues
The languages spoken across Yezur today: Lonish, Nichana, Pjany, Uu, and their kin.

Families & roots
Every tongue belongs to one of five families; follow a word back to the proto-language it grew from.

See also the encyclopedia of Yezur for the peoples who speak these tongues, and the map for where in the world they are spoken.

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-The '''Dictionary''' gathers the words of Yezur's many tongues — what they mean, how they are spoken, and where they come from. Where so many languages meet, a word is best understood beside its kin: an entry can trace it back to the [[:Category:Language families|family]] it springs from, set it against its cousins in neighbouring tongues, and follow it wherever it has been borrowed across their borders.
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-Words are drawn from the tongues of Yezur, among them:
+Many tongues are spoken across the world, and their words are woven together — descended from shared roots, borrowed across borders, and reshaped on every tongue that carries them. The '''Dictionary''' sets them side by side: what each word means, how it is spoken, and the family it springs from. Choose a way in below.
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+'''Ancient tongues'''<br>
+The oldest recorded speech — [[Hertic language|Hertic]] and [[Gaillean language|Gaillean]] among them — from which later languages descend.
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+'''Living tongues'''<br>
+The languages spoken across Yezur today: [[Lonish language|Lonish]], [[Nichana language|Nichana]], [[Pjany language|Pjany]], [[Uu language|Uu]], and their kin.
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+'''Families & roots'''<br>
+Every tongue belongs to one of five [[:Category:Language families|families]]; follow a word back to the proto-language it grew from.
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+</div>
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+See also '''[[Main Page|the encyclopedia of Yezur]]''' for the peoples who speak these tongues, and '''[[Map:Main Page|the map]]''' for where in the world they are spoken.
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