Common Tongue

The most readily spoken language of the post-war era

Common is the official language of all nine city-states, born from the destruction of history and culture in a post-war era, and a desire to create a language easily understood across the continent. Though some cultures and languages have managed to survive, common remains the popular language of most existing colonies in Inero.

Common has evolved to meet the needs of each generation of survivors spanning across three centuries, and as such has developed fully into its own fleshed out language. Most people near the end of the third century can speak it with greater ease than the traditional dialects that were once a staple of their culture.

The eight major parts of common speech are noun, pronoun, adjective, verb, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection. Each part follows the same basic set of rules put in place by english speaking people of the real world.

• Formal: greetings, pleasure to meet you, welcome


• Neutral: hello, hi, how are you


• Informal: hey, what's up, how's it going

• Formal: goodbye, until later, safe journeys


• Neutral: bye, see you around, take care


• Informal: see ya, I'm out, take it easy

please, pray, kindly

• Formal: thank you, I am honored, how generous


• Neutral: thanks, I appreciate it, I'm grateful


• Informal: thanks a lot, I owe you one, you're the best

• Formal: you are welcome, my pleasure, no worries


• Neutral: you're welcome, no problem, don't mention it


• Informal: not at all, sure, any time

• Formal: I apologize, forgive me, I beg your pardon


• Neutral/Informal: I'm sorry, sorry, my bad

yes, definitely, of course, sure, naturally

From 1-10: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten

few, fewer, little, many, much, more, most, some, any, etc.

• she/her


• he/him


• they/them


• it

• Articles: a/an, the




• Demonstratives: this, that, these, those




• Possessives: my, your, his, her, its, our, their

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