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'''Baklunish language''' can refer to either '''Ancient Baklunish''' or one of its '''Low Baklunish''' dialects, which are spoken by the [[Baklunish]] people.
'''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]].
'''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 Ulakandar]], 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.  
'''Low Baklunish''' refers to the contemporary, colloquial Baklunish dialects, descended from Ancient Baklunish but much changed by time.  
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===Baklunish to English===
===Baklunish to English===
*Baragu: navel (presumed)
*Baragu: navel (presumed)
*Csipros Erd: Geysers of Death
*Da'shon: falling hail
*Da'shon: falling hail
*Edel: gift of fate (psionics)
*Edel: gift of fate (psionics)
*Orem: one set apart
*Orem: one set apart
*Shai'tan: [[fiend]]
*Tovag: [[Oerth]] (presumed)
*Tovag: [[Oerth]] (presumed)
*Tovag Baragu: navel of the Oerth
*Tovag Baragu: navel of the Oerth
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===English to Baklunish===
===English to Baklunish===
*Falling hail: da'shon
*Falling hail: da'shon
*Fiend: shai'tan
*Geysers of Death: Csipros Erd
*Navel: Baragu (presumed)
*Navel: Baragu (presumed)
*Oerth: Tovag (presumed)
*Oerth: Tovag (presumed)
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==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
*[[Broadhurst, Creighton|Creighton Broadhurst]], [[Paul Looby]], and [[Stuart Kerrigan]]. "Rumours and Whispers of the Flanaess." Wizards.com. Available online: [http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=lg/lgmp/20040914a] Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2004.
*[[Gary Gygax|Gygax, Gary]]. ''[[World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1983.
*[[Gary Gygax|Gygax, Gary]]. ''[[World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1983.


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[[Category:Greyhawk languages]]
[[Category:Languages]]

Latest revision as of 16:18, 9 March 2025

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 Ulakandar, 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)
  • Csipros Erd: Geysers of Death
  • 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
  • Geysers of Death: Csipros Erd
  • Navel: Baragu (presumed)
  • Oerth: Tovag (presumed)
  • One set apart: orem
  • Psionics: edel

Bibliography

  • Ward, James. Greyhawk Adventures. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1988.