Language


The Ferah-saar of Myr'seros all speak Ferah'yhuh, a language composed of sharp consonants and hisses.

Ferah'yhuh once had thousands of local dialects, but now only a few dozen major and minor dialects remain. The major dialects can be broadly grouped based on region: highlandic, lowlandic, wildwoodian, coastal, islandic, fjordian, and archipelagan.

Pronouns

As most life on Myr'seros is mono-sex, gender is not a concept that exists among the Ferah-saar. All individuals use the same pronouns (xhe/xhem/xher). When referring to other species, each species has a unique pronoun that is used for every single member of that species (ex. Lavaak-sa'haar: ze/zem/zer; Vaelyk-saar: ve/vem/ver). With the advent of modern species categorizations, Ferah-saar will typically group a variety of similar species into a single "clade" and refer to all species in that clade with the same pronoun.

Idioms

"channeling the earth's power"

Getting angry with someone over something because you didn't communicate clearly enough.
// "Xheiyrihc asked xher assistant to bring anything that wasn't sweet and channeled the earth's power when xhe brought a bitter drink."

[Comes from the Lavaak-sa'haar Faetrihc, who was said to be a poor communicator, yet flew into frenzies whenever someone misinterpreted zer words.]

Descriptors

"overluminated"

A 'saar that's gone mad, often sprouting all sorts of nonsense.
// "Did you hear that overluminated 'saar talking about ancient alien gods?"

[Comes from the Lavaak-sa'haar Seitziil, the keeper of secrets, who is said to live in the Illumination.]

"sunbrained"

A 'saar who is trying to impose their will upon others with little consideration for their points of view.
// "That sunbrained CEO is trying to make everyone come in before first rise even though our hatchlings can't wake up that early..."

[Comes from the Lavaak-sa'haar Vahrtiis, the tyrant of the stars.]

"vyrviinous"

1. An organism that can or has reproduced via parthenogenesis.
// "The vyrviinous naartik populations remain stable throughout the years due to their ability to self-fertilize their gametes."

2. A 'saar who is overly obsessed with xher legacy.
// "Vyrviinous 'saar are so weird, who cares about what your hatchlings get up to when they're already out of the den?""

[Comes from the mythical Vyrviin, ruler of the island Fahrivaak, whose residents are all said to have descended from Vyrviin alone. ]