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Elvish
Elvish is the language of the Elves. Horses and seafaring birds understand well-spoken ancient elven to some extent.1
Elvish is widely learned and spoken by the elites of The Empire.1
Among the wood elves
The wood elf warriors of the K're usually speak Elvish, and the K’reani, guardians of the ancient forests, understand it though they do not speak.2
The dialect of the wood elves gave its grammatical structure to Badgertongue, the language of the badgerfolk, which resembles a mixture of Elvish and Empirian.3
Speakers
Among the mercenaries known to speak Elvish are Jogard Di, leader of the Warmongers, Turnip Bellwater, leader of the Shortstack Stranglers, and Willford the Hexbreaker, who taught himself to speak it fluently by the age of seven.4
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