BRYTHONIC Language Family
(Real World Influence: Celtic languages)
Druidic: Descendant language of Old Brythonic, incorporating elements of the Sylvan tongue, and used as the secret and liturgical language of the Druids.
Mannish: Modern language and Lingua Franca among the Brythonic peoples of the Sceptered Isles. Originated on the Isle of Man and propagated throughout the sphere of influence of their early trade empire.
Old Brythonic: Ancient language of the Mannish-speaking peoples of the Sceptered Isles.
Pictish: Archaic dialect of an extinct form of Old Brythonic, spoken only in the Highlands of Pictland.
Nota Bene: Mannish is inter-intelligible with both Common and Ynge.
SCRIPTS
Common Alphabet: More modern script imported to the Brythonic peoples from Londinium and the nearby Roman Remnant.
Futhork: Runic alphabet imported from the Ynge-speaking natives of Albion. Most popular of scripts in use among the Brythonic peoples.
Ogham: The original and ancient linear script employed by speakers of Old Brythonic and for secret communication among the Druids.
--CKW

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