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{{Infobox language
| language = [[Dweorgen Language]]
| image = https://imagedelivery.net/TNzzP2IqyQLYoHEs2ZN5aQ/f7562809-8d91-4be2-35e2-13ff3e5adf00/wiki#.png
| caption = The ancient language of the [[Dweorg]]es, spoken across the [[Quarrylands]] in several distinct dialects. Strict grammar, the [[Miners Code]], and a wealth of practical literature give it a distinctly [[Dweorg]]en character.
| native_name = [[Dweorg]]ish
| family = Ortaluyk Til
| usage = Spoken, Written
| regions = [[Quarrylands]]
| speakers =
}}

The [[Dweorgen Language]] is spoken almost exclusively by the [[Dweorg]]es of the [[Quarrylands]]. It belongs to the Ortaluyk Til family and shares much of the grammatical structure of the [[Otan]]i language, though the rules of [[Dweorg]]en are considerably more rigid. With far less contact with outside languages than its [[Ortalyk]] cousin, [[Dweorg]]ish has retained older structures and developed a reputation for precision. What it lacks in linguistic flexibility it makes up for in being remarkably difficult to misunderstand once one has learned it properly.

To an outsider, however, [[Dweorg]]ish may not sound particularly precise. The language is breathy and punctuated by frequent little squeaks and excited ticks, giving the impression of yaks arguing over their breakfast. This peculiar rhythm varies somewhat between the dialects, but the general impression remains unmistakably [[Dweorg]]en. Speakers themselves seem entirely unaware that a language can sound simultaneously industrious and mildly indignant.

== Speakers and [[Dis]]tribution ==
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There are just under 4 million speakers of [[Dweorg]]en, divided into dialects that broadly follow the four [[Dweorg]]en substrains. The high-altitude [[Beodweorg]] dialect is itself divided into dozens of smaller regional forms, reflecting the isolation of communities scattered throughout the northern mountains. The Common [[Dweorg]]ish tongue is most widely associated with the [[Fyldweorg]]es and is also spoken by some [[Haefdweorg]]es, providing a useful common form between the more specialized dialects.

The [[Haefdweorg]] dialect has developed a distinct maritime character, complete with such an abundance of slang that outsiders sometimes wonder whether it contains more informal expressions than actual language. The [[Oradweorg]] dialect is generally regarded as the closest surviving form to the language's older roots and has an unusually formal character. When an [[Oradweorg]] speaks to another [[Dweorg]], the result can sound less like conversation and more like someone reading aloud from a carefully composed letter.

The [[Oradweorg]]es have taken this tendency toward precision one step further with the development of the [[Miners Code]]. Rather than speaking, the Code represents [[Dweorg]]en through a system of taps that can be transmitted through stone, allowing miners to communicate when separated by rock or working in different passages. Centuries of use have produced shortcuts, conventions, and an extensive slang of its own. The result is no longer merely a method of representing [[Dweorg]]en, but a specialized language of the deep earth.
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== Writing and Literature ==
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The Book of [[Woden]], translated into [[Dweorg]]en, is by far the most common major publication found throughout the [[Quarrylands]]. Copies can be found in temples, settlements, and private collections, and the work provides a common written reference across the otherwise varied [[Dweorg]]en dialects. Religious writing therefore remains one of the strongest forces holding the written language together, even as spoken [[Dweorg]]en continues to develop along substrain and regional lines.

[[Dweorg]]en literature is nevertheless dominated by something considerably more practical than theology: the Tulki Guides. Originally published informally by Samat Tulki as loose unbound pages, these concise manuals became useful collections of practical knowledge and eventually grew into an entire publishing enterprise. Different specialists have since contributed to the series, allowing a guide to yak grooming to sit comfortably beside one covering sail repair, with neither requiring the original author to have known much about the other.

The Tulki library has long since outgrown its namesake. Its guides cover the practical arts of [[Dweorg]]en life and have become so useful that the collection rivals, and in some subjects surpasses, the practical holdings of many [[Sophist]] libraries. A Tulki volume is therefore less likely to be treated as great literature than as something far more valuable to a [[Dweorg]]: a book that tells you how to fix the thing that has just broken.
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