Old Elvish

Old Elvish, as it is now known, was a language spoken by the nomadic Green Elves during the period of 005 OA - 340 OA (Old Age, or approximately one millenium before the crowning of Queen Tarista) between the rules of Queen Ava of the Wooded Elves and King Aristeus of the Landburrow Elves. Queen Ava was known to be the one who promoted the speaking of Old Elvish, and during the Abstergens Days this language was the only spoken, until a few decades after Aristeus's death, where Early Elvish began to appear amongst the Water Elves. In fact, written on Ava's tree-tomb is such: Iso Avam'banetas a ekem'ildo îyechein, meaning "Thus is an inscription of Ava's language over her grave." A simple "A" was deeply etched above Aristeus's tomb.

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Phonology
All letters in Old Elvish are pronounced exactly as their English counterparts. There are, however, less "z"s than there are "a"s, less "x"s than there are "s"s, and so on.

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Grammar
Old Elvish grammar is not too hard to learn, but it does have some noun declensions and a unique system of verb conjugations because it has been proven to actually be a branch of Ancient Elven.

Nouns decline, and there are two separate sets of declensions, though they do not have a name. The first set of noun declensions is those concerning nouns ending in a vowel.

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