Languages: Dialects of the crustfolk and Ravenscaw

Language setting elements.

We have already covered the more obscure, dead, rare or secret languages of the human cultures of Aporue, in the Orbis Furum.

We shall now loook at the often very different-sounding languages of the various beastpeople species of Aporue and the languages and dialects of their particular cultures. Today: The languages and dialects of the crusftolk and of the legendary ravenfolk.

 

Lobsterfolk and Crabfolk dialects

The languages of the two species of crustfolk are unintelligible by other Aporuean humanoids. Those less charitably inclined towards the crustfolk are of the opinion that they don't really have much of a language at all, and only communicate via the equivalent of animal sounds. Others, especially emerging linguists and naturalists, both churchly and secular, are of the opinion that there is more complexity to the communication, even if the overall language of the lobsterfolk and crabfolk might be simpler than that of the other humanoids.

Some researchers brave enough (or foolhardy enough) to study the crustfolk closely, from various carefully chosen hiding places, have noted that there are certain patterns to clicks and chirps made by the lobsterfolk and crabfolk. Additionally, gestures and sounds created through gestures also play a major role in communication, often even moreso than any vocalisation. Those at all interested in the research of lobsterfolk and crabfolk dialects have concluded that, whatever language the two species use, it is often quite different to that of the other humanoids, but points to at least some sort of an intelligent system for communication, rather than one based purely on instinct like in their animal counterparts.




Ravenscaw

The largelly hypothetical language of the (possibly entirely legendary) ravenfolk. Given that so little is known about the ravenfolk, up to and including whether they still exist somewhere remote, or whether they existed at all, linguistic sources pertaining to so-called "ravenscaw" are very limited. What passes for such sources is often based on little more than hearsay and rumours (usually by supposed witnesses) or on various, even less reliable descriptions in legends, folk tales and the odd written account. What little is known about the ravenfolk or corvidfolk indicates that they were incapable of human-like speech, their language more akin to that of various birds, corvid birds in particular.

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