Klobir Language

Klobir, sometimes referred to as Krobuny, is a language native to and spoken by the Krobuny people within the empire of Simulami on the continent of Nieden in Rathnir, Valresh in Eldham and in Jagdas prior to the Jagdasian Collapse. The closest living relatives of Klobir are the Valdic languages spoken in Skjordrbrodir. Klobir was heavily influenced by the Asteri language of the Niedene since Asteri historically dominated the region where Klobir is spoken, and also influenced to a lesser extent by the Floram language when Floramia controlled the territory. In recent years, it has become a de-facto lingua franca within Simulami by being the leading language in professional contexts such as science, navigation, philosophy and law.



Major features

 * Klobir is written from left to right,
 * Its written form is an example of a scriptio continua, as it does not use spaces, different letter cases, or punctuation to tell apart words, phrases, or sentences.
 * It is an analytical language, so it organizes words and grammar by a strict word order instead of inflections, or word endings that show grammar.
 * Klobir nouns require classifiers in order to be counted. That is, when specifying the amount of a countable noun, a classifier must be inserted which agrees with the noun.

Script
The written form of the language is traditionally in the form of a runic script, known as ptatlsoto in Klobir. It is characterized by angular characters, with no curves or soft edges like those found in the Traveler’s Tongue alphabet. This is due to the fact that it was originally carved in wood or stone. In the past, horizontal strokes were not used, because, when carving a message on a piece of wood, horizontal strokes were parallel to the grain, therefore less legible and more likely to split the wood. Since writing on parchment and paper became widespread, however, previously angular characteristics of some characters have become horizontal.

Due to the spread of the global lingua-franca Traveler's Tongue, a variant of Klobir using its script was developed at Osundir University. It consisted of directly transcribing the old runic script into a new form, which resulted in the sounds made by the letters in Klobir being different from the sounds made by the same letters in Traveler's Tongue. There are even multiple letters, such as y and i, that share the same sound. Furthermore, there were a few letters that were not used, among them the letter z. At the moment, this variant is exclusively used in academia and also to aid foreigners in learning the language.