IMO it is likely that Old Pavic preserved the language spoken in EWF Dragon Pass around the time of the formation of the Third Council. The Pure Horse tribe became less friendly to the Pavisites, and more "Praxian", and the Beast Riders returned in strength from the Wastes. It is fairly clear that the more esoteric draconic movements (like "Here and Now Dragons") never made it to Pavis.>>
I agree that the "Pure" Pure Horse people may have become less friendly to the Pavisites (although I see no evidence of it), linguistically they remain Pentan, not Praxian, as shown by the fact that 'Pure Horse Tongue' spoken by the Grazers hundreds of years later is still a Pentan language. Personally speaking, I think Pavis himself led an esoteric draconic movement, part of the reason he left the EWF proper and built his own city. (a kind of draconic Pilgrim Father)
<< Auld Wyrmish may have done strange things to grammar and poetic styles,
traces of which might make Old Pavic somewhat more sympathetic to Auld
Wyrmish than the modern Theyalan languages which had undergone a
conscious effort to strip away draconic components.
I'd expect the Issaries-worshipping Zebra riders to be linguistically more adapting than the EWF-Orlanthi of Pavis:>>
But why are these EWF-Orlanthi in Pavis? My main problem seems to be that I think the bulk of the population in the early days was Pure Horse or Zebra. Theyalans only came, en masse, with the Sun Dome Templars.
<< No. As traders and mediators, they used the language of the people they
lived with. Whatever terms their host language lacked they would
provide, but given that Heortlings have a long tradition of
horsemanship, I don't see much need for this. >>
Still, my point being that the people they lived with were, on the whole, Pure Horse speakers. I would expect more Ralians (shipped overseas by the Godlearners in 825), Jrustelans, Kralori, and Seshnegi (all tempted by Cradle Loot to this port which would have offered a troll free route to Dragon Pass and Peloria) than Heortlings.
Keith N
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