Ephemeral Tongue (Taharim)

Spoken In: Lysaeris, the Ephemeral Expanse, and Tahata communities.

Evolved From: Sylvaneth (Pre-Fissure Elven); diverged post-Fissure.

Script: Angular geometric glyphs with tonal diacritics, carved; direction adapts to surface.

Type: Fusional, SVO. Particle vi is a multi-purpose linker.

Common Use: Daily speech, ritual, and nomadic record-keeping among the Tahata.

Taharim is the living language of the Tahata Elves. It descends from Sylvaneth and diverged after the Fissure, carried across the Ephemeral Expanse by a people who do not stay still. Where other tongues calcified inside institutions, Taharim was preserved by walking. The Tahata carry it by using it, daily, until the language bends to their rhythm.

Its single linking particle vi threads through almost every phrase. Its script adapts direction to whatever surface is at hand.

"We carve our history into bark and keep walking. By the time anyone finds the marker, we're elsewhere. That's the point."

— Firal Ethyn, Tahata ranger

Grammar

Noun Case

Four cases. Example root: pael (path).

Verb Paradigm

Root example: tral- (to travel).

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