Erones

The Erones Language (Classical Valniran) Erones (Ar Erones /aɾ ʌɾoneθ/) is a constructed, naturalistic artlang, created by Arthur Chrzanowski in 2019. It is a language isolate, and the most noble tongue in its fictional world. Although its parent language was exclusively agglutinative, Modern Erones has become more fusional, with many traces of its agglutinative past, especially amongst verbs. In its fictional word, Valnir, it is a greatly prestigious language, being the sole language of writing, laws, and record-keeping. Although once used colloquially in Valnir, its various dialects soon began to diverge (c. 250 VT), while its literary norm remains.

This grammar generally focuses on Classical Literary Valniran, Ar Valniran Aroneran Marvoneran, which is the form of the language used in Modern Valniran writing, literature and law, being standardized by King Tokaros IV of Valnir in the proclamation of 207 VT. Other forms of Erones are discussed in the sections Archaisms and Dialectal Variation.

Erones, the most commonly used name of the language, is rendered Ar Erones natively, meaning literally, “the language”. It is however common to refer to the language as Valniran, Ar Valniran or Ar Valniran Aroneran “Classical Valniran”, both of which derive plainly from Valnir, where the language is spoken.