Sagaviri Languages

The Sagaviri Languages comprise a language family spoken throughout large swathes of Southern Alteniquia. It is one of the most well-known language groups of Rathnir.

History
The Sagaviri (originally named "Morothonian" by Rithaur IV, renamed later by Mikuhr) languages have roots in the Asaran peoples of prehistoric Sironia. Following the arrival of the prophet Temion, this powerful tribe converted to Sakrelism and began to send out missionaries to the surrounding Shironlirak people, eventually annexing them, beginning the rise of the Sagaviri Empire. Ancient Sagaviri began to serve as a common tongue between the tribes of Shironlirak and Asara.

Transcription System

 * Sagaviri-Latin transcription system by Desir Farenkir-Kanadith (to be clarified which dialects it is relevant to)

Syntax
The southern strains of the language (Lapidosan and Ádávírí) follow the Subject - Object - Verb (SOV) grammatical syntax, however: the northern group - most closely tied to or derived from old noble strains of the precursor language, such as Sironian or Thenian (Raellite) - remain followers of the Subject - Verb - Object (SVO) grammatical syntax.

Distribution and Languages
There are currently three extant branches of the Sagaviri language family: Sironviri, Ádávírí, and Lapidoviri. Ádávírí is spoken predominantly in eastern Adavia; Lapidoviri is spoken in the County of Volstronn and the city of Boreavir; and Sironviri is composed of the Standard Sironian dialect in Sironia and the Fusciniviri dialect of Fuscinivir (southwestern Theionikos).