blateravi

Blateravi is a term used in speculative linguistics and worldbuilding to denote a family of fictional languages created for storytelling and role-playing. It serves as a convenient label for a group of languages imagined to share a common origin within a fictional world.

In most portrayals, Blateravi is an umbrella classification for multiple languages that are treated as descendants of a common ancestral tongue, sometimes referred to as Proto-Blateravi. The concept is used to give depth to fictional worlds by providing linguistic coherence across regions and cultures, while allowing individual languages to develop distinct features.

Linguistic features vary by author, but common conventions describe Blateravi languages as morphologically rich, employing affix-based systems that are often agglutinative or fusional, with explicit case marking and relatively flexible word order. Phonologically, depictions frequently feature a distinct consonant inventory and vowel system, sometimes with phonotactic constraints that shape syllable structure. Across different entries, there is often attention to how sound changes relate to semantic or grammatical shifts, as well as how borrowing occurs between Blateravi varieties and neighboring languages in the world.

In worldbuilding and fiction, Blateravi may appear in historical or mythic texts of a culture, or as the everyday speech of a diverse population. Authors may present sample sentences and glosses to illustrate syntax and meaning, helping readers and players infer cultural context and communicative norms.

Etymology of the name is not standardized; it is commonly treated as a fictional label created for worldbuilding, with various attributions depending on the author. See also constructed language, conlang, worldbuilding.