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# Codrin Bălan#Artemis --- 2346
"To begin with an example concept, I have noticed that your common language is very irregular and relies heavily on a small vocabulary and nominal compounding," Why Ask Questions said. "As we classify our languages into families based on several factors, including compounding, can each of the races expand on various features of their languages?"
"You speak on general terms?" Iska asked.
She nodded. "I am curious if you have noticed consistencies between the languages of the various races as they have been incorporated during the convergences."
The secondracer brushed their paws over their whiskers, a gesture that seemed somewhere between grooming and a thoughtful habit. "I will speak to old *Nanon* as it is spoken in primarily secondrace sims. You have guessed that it relies heavily on compounding. We say 'old', but the language remains similar to its modern form as it was during the first convergence. That which we used to call old *Nanon* was, *lu*...synthetic language, you may call it. Inflectional. There were eight grammatical cases and three grammatical genders--"
"Apologies for interrupting," Codrin said. "But do those genders map to the prefixes we used when addressing ourselves? *Uchles*, *achles*, and so on?"
Iska nodded. What had begun as a curiously outsized and clumsy gesture had settled into something more akin to how True Name and Dear might nod. "*Anem,* yes, recorder Codrin Bălan. They were, *lu*...you might say animate, inanimate, and conceptual. In later evolutions of the language, they began to mark roles in society as they fell out of use in cases other than referring to individuals."
Codrin nodded, made note of this, and flipped to the next page as the discussion continued.
Ey was finding the linguistics portion of the discussion particularly fascinating. Although many of the scientific topics incorporated history, this contained the most easily digestible for em. Both Why Ask Questions and Sarah had studied up on the topic intensely during the days and weeks leading up to the meetings.
It would be interesting to compare notes with Codrin#Emissary, and ey was looking forward to the merger down the line. Ey wasn't sure yet whether this was accompanied by a desire for the talks to be over, for there was also the fact that ey missed home greatly.
Ah well. Until then, ey dedicated as much of eir attention as ey could manage to keeping up on eir job as recorder. Each of the races continued in turn, describing various features and aspects of the language or languages of theirs which had made the transition through the convergences.
Each, that is, except the firstracers, who did their best to express the features of their mode of communication, apologizing for being unable to express the languages that had existed during their biological period.
"Thank you," Why Ask Questions said. "I have a few questions on the use of metaphor and analo--"
Most of those around the table jumped as a second instance of True Name appeared at the end of the table beside the fountain, bowed, and said, "My apologies for interrupting. #Artemis, please merge immediately."
After the second skunk quit, True Name #Artemis frowned. The frown deepened, then transmuted to one that bordered on panic.
"Leader True Name, please explain," Turun Ka said.
She stood, composed herself, and bowed toward the Artemisian delegates. "My apologies. That was a second instance of myself bearing news. She quit and merged back with me so that I may have her memories. It was the fastest way to receive news. I would like to call a halt to the current topic and make an announcement."
The firstracer tilted its head up in assent. Codrin scanned the rest of the delegates and found a look of concern on Iska's face, one recognizable from discussions on forking. Stolon appeared nonplussed, and Artante intensely focused.
"There has been an incident aboard Artemis with the delegation regarding one of our representatives."
Why Ask Questions sat bolt upright.
*Could they have discovered the subterfuge?* Codrin thought. Ey frowned and scooted eir chair back from the table a fraction of an inch, prepared to bolt.
"I will explain in full and then accept questions," the skunk was saying. "As I have mentioned, and perhaps you may have heard from your co, my entire clade struggles with the concept of time skew
Part way through a talk on languages (WAQ has learned a lot about this leading up to it), TN gets news re: AWNH (a fork enters the space, quits, merges - Artemisians like huh???), calls halt to meeting, preempts everyone getting news separately by announcing what happened, tries to gloss over the swap quickly (b/c of course she's planned), but Turun Ka speaks up, says that this is part of confirmation required. For what? Tune in next time...