Elvish (Grisaire Supplement)
The Elvish language is the spoken language of elves. However, it also has a written script that is used in Sylvan.
Subrace Differences[edit]
Elvish tongue is unique in that it technically is not a single spoken language, but really a diverse body of varieties. All these spoken by elves are conflated together as "Elvish." However, many varieties, like that of wood Elvish or high Elvish, lack full mutual intelligibility save for some similarities in root woods. You can think of this like how Portuguese and Spanish share many root similarities as Romance languages, but they are considered separate languages in and of themselves. As such, the elven languages are a rich and diverse quilt of different patches woven together just called under a single blanket of Elvish.
High Elvish[edit]
High elves are the origin and primary users of a variant of Elvish known as Selu Eln'Quess ("High People's Tongue"). It was originally the accepted standard of elven language until the collapse of the primary kingdoms and subsequent faded prominence of high elves. Today, it is still used by high elves in particular. However, it no longer holds the prominence it once had and is considered a minor language variant. This tongue is known for fluid, flowing syllables that are soft on the tongue and does not contain any harsh or guttural sounds.
Wood Elvish[edit]
Today, wood elves comprise a high portion of the elven population worldwide and their influence has become the largest of elves following the collapse of high elven kingdoms. Wood elves speak what they call Ko Yeun-Kueh ("Forest People's Tongue"). This Elvish variant is very different from that of the high elves, as it has hard-stopping consonant sounds and a phonetic tone system that is absent in most other Elvish variants. The grammar and sentence structure is still mostly the same, save for some word ordering.
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