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Language

The Sylvan language is a hybrid of Quenya (the preferred language of the Ents (other then entish which is undocumented)) and Black Speech/Koboblah. Essentially "c"'s in Quenya are usually pronounced as "k"'s so any "c"'s have been changed to "k"s. The number system is the same as the kobold one, only elongating the vowels. The Sylvans acknowledge standard Quenya as their "Ancient Sylvan" and the new language as their common tongue. Common is used almost exclusively, though their may be Sylvan ceremonies and such that will dig deeper into the ancient language.

A few Quenya language sites:
Quenya Corpus Wordlist (most commonly used list)
English to Quenya
Quenya to English
A Quenya Course (more than a member is expected to learn/use, provided for reference).

In an effort to tie back into Entish and a way to easily delineate which race is talking, sentences use dashes (-) instead of spaces.
e.g.:
human: Lets go kill stuff.
kobo: Litz gu klomp stuv.
sylvan: Let-nia-goo-upruut-stuuf.

As far as speech patterns for non specific words, the Sylvans use as many double vowels as possible (every sentence other than one word utterances should have atleast one double vowel), and refrain from using c (c sound is not really used in the language). "A"'s are heavily used. In addition to this they pluralize almost exclusively with "i" in the case of words ending with a consonant and "r" when the word ends in a vowel, as this is consistent with actual Quenya language rules. Sylvans have a great fascination for language and know many languages, because of this they often preface long sentences with "Aas-yi-kobor-wouuld-blaah, <insert sentence in standard kobo>".

Common word examples include (notice examples only some of these words may have a true sylvan word):

wood = wuud
food = fuud
could = kuuld
would = wuuld

cider= siiduur
fight= fiight
lose = luus
nature = naytuur
to = tuu

Numbers (use these instead of english numerals):

zero = Zuuth
one = Aash
two = Duub
three = Gaakh
four = Fuuth
five = Kraak

six = Bluug
seven = Uudu
eight = Tuukh
nine = Kriith
ten = Aash'Zuuth

Commonly used Sylvan Specific Language List (use these instead of kobo words):

Pronouns:
I/Me/My = Ni
Us/We/Our = Nia
You = Yi
you all = Yia
He/She = Ti
They = Tia
everyone = tira

Grouping words:
fight/kill = upruut
magic/power = vala
health = saap
dead = stump (ni-a-stump)
rez = rosse
root/mez = vine/vini (ni-koviired-dim-in-vini)
xp = aging
bubble (of xp) = seed
level = ring (ni-gaiined-anuddir-ring!)
move/go = ruma
group = grove
bind = laay-doown-ruuti
horse = graazer

General words:
Greetings = Aiya
Farewell = Naiya
go away = Heka!
Yes = Yaa
No = Naa
multi purpose interjection = Ai!
@*&^ = skaah
thank = Hanta (Hanta-yi)
hoowah = huuah
understand = gruuk
the = i
and = ar

Internet Related Terms:
LD = Fell (as in Timmmbeeerr)
Lag = Dropping Leeaves
alt/secondary = wild oats

Armor/weapons:
armor(general) = baark (like leatheer-baark)
weapons(general) = thoorns
Hammer/blunt = Olba
Sword = Eket
Axe = Luusk
spear = Tehta
Bow = Luva
HtH = Karka

Extended common word list (stuff like seasons):
winter = hrive
fall = yavie
spring = tuile
summer = laire
cold = nique
dark = morna
night = lome
branch = olba
cave = hrota
forest = taure
land, world = soil
cheif(their version of nob) = ingwe
commander (used similar to wargoth/klangoth) = kano