Baklunish language
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| Greyhawk Language | |
| Baklunish | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in | Baklunish Basin, Ket |
| Spoken by | Baklunish |
| Script | Baklunish script |
| Language Family | Baklunish |
Baklunish language can refer to either Ancient Baklunish or one of its Low Baklunish dialects, which are spoken by the Baklunish people.
Ancient Baklunish is one of the ancestors of the Common tongue, though there is little resemblance between the two in the present day, a thousand years since the two have diverged. It is still spoken by the nomads of the Plains of the Paynims, and by the faithful of Al'Akbar. It is the language of all official and religious documents west of the Yatil Mountains.
Low Baklunish refers to the contemporary, colloquial Baklunish dialects, descended from Ancient Baklunish but much changed by time.
Selected glossary
Baklunish to English
- Baragu: navel (presumed)
- Da'shon: falling hail
- Edel: gift of fate (psionics)
- Orem: one set apart
- Shai'tan: Fiend
- Tovag: Oerth (presumed)
- Tovag Baragu: navel of the Oerth
English to Baklunish
- Falling hail: da'shon
- Fiend: Shai'tan
- Navel: Baragu (presumed)
- Oerth: Tovag (presumed)
- One set apart: orem
- Psionics: edel
Bibliography
- Gygax, Gary. World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1983.
- Holian, Gary, Erik Mona, Sean K. Reynolds, and Frederick Weining. Living Greyhawk Gazetteer. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000.
- Ward, James. Greyhawk Adventures. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1988.
