Alishi

Origin

After a great migration a Pride of Leonin appeared speaking a strange tongue they called Alishi. Over time as this tribe settled into the new world they now called home, trading and dealing with other prides the foreign tongue would begin to shift with their surroundings, creating Alishi as we know today.

While the origin of the tongue remains steeped in mystery, due to a few similarities between Alishi and Sulimi, many scholars of the world have come to the conclusion that the language is simply an evaluation of the tongue due to the isolationist past of the pride that speaks it.

Description

The sound of 'Alishi' is rather urgent, as though every word was to be said quickly and with a slight edge of roughness to it, containing grunts and clicks to pronounce certain words. While it can be spoken by other races, it is notably hard and rather alien to those who haven’t spoken the tongue from a young age.

Unlike Sulimi, Alishi has a written form instead of the use of pictographs. However, it is uncommon for anyone but a shaman and leadership of an Alishi-speaking pride to know how to write it. It is often seen scribed on cave walls with paint to record important stories or carved onto weapons. Due to this, the runes of Alishi are running in large and easily flowing connecting runes.

Basic Phrases

• Namas’tespha! (Hello!)
• Welinkile. (You're welcome.)
• Mahaloi. (Thank you.)
• Wiun gajuo sahan? (How are you? [Female Target]) / Wiun gajuo rahan? (How are you? [Male Target])
• Kalisamai. (Sorry.)

The Realm of Ephimoria • Beyond the Fracture