The Darkness that Comes Before (90 page)
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Authors: R. Scott Bakker
In the
Isûphiryas,
the Sranc are first referred to as the Anyasiri, or the “Tongueless Howlers.” Through the first books of the
Cûno-Inchoroi Wars,
the Nonmen chroniclers seem reluctant to attribute the power of speech to the Sranc. By the time the first Nonmen scholars studied and recorded their speech, it had fractured into innumerable dialects.
Isûphiryas,
the Sranc are first referred to as the Anyasiri, or the “Tongueless Howlers.” Through the first books of the
Cûno-Inchoroi Wars,
the Nonmen chroniclers seem reluctant to attribute the power of speech to the Sranc. By the time the first Nonmen scholars studied and recorded their speech, it had fractured into innumerable dialects.
AGHURZOI
—Original “Cut Tongue” language of the Sranc
INCHOROI—Original “Cut Tongue” language of the Sranc
The Inchoroi tongue, which the Nonmen call Cincûl’hisa, or the “Gasp of Many Reeds,” has defeated all attempts to decipher it. According to the
Isûphiryas,
communication between the Cûnuroi and the Inchoroi was impossible until the latter “birthed mouths” and began speaking Cûnuroi tongues.
Isûphiryas,
communication between the Cûnuroi and the Inchoroi was impossible until the latter “birthed mouths” and began speaking Cûnuroi tongues.
CINCÛLIC
—Undeciphered tongue of the Inchoroi
—Undeciphered tongue of the Inchoroi
EÄRWA
4109 Year-of-the-Tusk
THE WESTERN
THREE SEAS
THREE SEAS
4109 Year-of-the-Tusk
ACHAMIAN’S
M AP
M AP
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