relaními

Relaními is a fictional language depicted in speculative fiction and tabletop lore as the native tongue of the Relani, a cultural group in the Eldaran setting. The term appears across multiple works and fan glossaries, but there is no single canonical grammar; descriptions vary by author and medium.

Etymology and orthography: The name is shown with an acute over the i to indicate a stress pattern, and the language is typically written in a Latin-based script with diacritics. In-universe explanations of the roots of Relaními are inconsistent, with some sources presenting it as a name of the language and others offering speculative derivations for related terms.

Phonology and grammar: In most depictions Relaními is described as having a moderate consonant inventory, a five-vowel system, and phonotactics that favor syllables of the form CV or CVC. It is commonly treated as agglutinative with suffixal morphology, a generally SOV or flexible word order, and explicit evidential and tense-mood markers or particles.

Usage and writing: The language features in narrative texts, rituals, and in-game materials, with sample phrases circulated in glossaries and fan resources. Writing practices vary by source, but the Latin script with diacritics is the standard in most published material, and some fans create alternate scripts and transcription schemes.

Community and reception: Relaními has a niche but active community of creators and readers who document phrases, grammar sketches, and lexicon. As with many constructed languages, canonical rules differ between works, making full fluency descriptions uncertain and subject to revision as new material appears.