Well I suppose Trade sounds very much the way you and I are speaking to one another now, but Tevene is more like:
Festis bei umo canavarum
or
Na via lerno victoria
The first is "you will be the death of me" and the second is "only the living know victory." Though I do like the more colorful phrases like vishante kaffas.
Orlais and Antiva are quite far apart, actually, they have Nevarra and the Free Marches, not to mention the Waking Sea as obstacles...that's hundreds and hundreds of miles. I suspect migration might have something to do with the language transformation in our world and why some languages might sound similar. It might also be the reason why the Trade language is commonly used for communication purposes.
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Festis bei umo canavarum
or
Na via lerno victoria
The first is "you will be the death of me" and the second is "only the living know victory." Though I do like the more colorful phrases like vishante kaffas.
Orlais and Antiva are quite far apart, actually, they have Nevarra and the Free Marches, not to mention the Waking Sea as obstacles...that's hundreds and hundreds of miles. I suspect migration might have something to do with the language transformation in our world and why some languages might sound similar. It might also be the reason why the Trade language is commonly used for communication purposes.