Languages in Temerant

In Temerant, most nations have developed a unique language.

List of languages[]

The following is a list of languages known throughout the history of Temerant.

Aturan: the dominant language spoken in many parts of The Four Corners of Civilization, including the remains of The Aturan Empire, The Commonwealth and Vintas
Siaru: the dominant language spoken in Ceald
Ademic and Adem sign language: the dominant forms of communication in Ademre
Temic: an ancient language predating Tema
Tema: the child language of Temic, spoken by the Amyr, before the collapse of The Aturan Empire
Eld Vintic: the ancient language spoken in Vint before The Aturan Empire took control of the nation
Yllish: the ancient language spoken in Yll before The Aturan Empire took control of the nation
Fae language: the primary language spoken in the faen realm, dialects include the ancient Mael language

The Archives potentially contains the knowledge to learn any language. However some languages, such as Yillish are old languages that very few people speak, and thus are difficult to learn without proper instruction. There are potentially very many more languages that have just not been explained and many more dialects in those.

Unknown terms[]

The following is a list of terms or phrases used by individuals in Temerant. The language(s) of the terms are unknown.

Term	Meaning
Aeruh	The name of air in Skarpi's story^[1]
Andan	Anger^[2]
Aroi te denna-leyan (RD: /ə'ɾɔɪ tɛ dɛnæ'leɪæn/)	Abjuration against demons. 'Denna-leyan' might be a word for dennerling^[3]
Auri	Kvothe says it means sunny, but doesn't know where he learned it or the language^[4]
blac	Battle^[5]
Celum Tinture (RD: /'keɪlʊm 'tɪntʃə/)	Title of an alchemy text.^[6]
Cyaerbasalien	Elodin uses this to break a wall in the crockery made of stone and copper.^[7] 'Cyae' has already been noted as Yllish.
deoch	To drink^[8]
Edro	Open.^[9] Probably a loanword from Sindarin.
E'lir	See-er^[10]^[11]
El'the	Third rank of student in the Arcanum.
En Temerant Voistra	Book not in the Archives. Temerant is the name of the world in which The Kingkiller Chronicle takes place.^[12]
Ferula	Haliax uses this word to injure and control Cinder, so it may be his true name^[13] or even a slightly modified version of Ferule, to avoid saying Cinder's true name more than once in the telling of his story.
gilthe	Arcanum guilder^[14]
hayel	House (of)^[15]^[16]
kvothe	To know (as told to Kvothe by his father) ^[17]
Ludis	The name of the moon in Hespe's story^[18]
Silanxi	The name of stone in Skarpi's story^[19]
Regim Ignaul Neratum	The proper name for Bone-tar.^[20]
Re'lar	Speaker^[21]
Skethe te retaa van	Kvothe swears with this phrase.^[22]. Used immediately before he says to Denna, "Lock up your sons and daughters", after she claims her date is a Lord. Vashet calls Kvothe a "twiggy little skeeth", presumably in Aturan.
Tirani	Possibly 'a thinker'. Puppet may just be ignoring Simmon's question.^[23]
quetentan	Question. Elodin describes it as^[24]
Quoyan	Wind^[25]^[16]
Valaritas (PR: /və'lɛɹɪtɑs/)^[26]	Enscribed on the four-plate door.

References[]

↑ The Name of the Wind, Chapter 26: "Lanre Turned"
"Aeruh, I command the air. Lay leaden on your tongue."

―Lanre
↑ The Name of the Wind, Chapter 28: "Tehlu's Watchful Eye"
"And beside her came Andan, whose face was a mask with burning eyes, whose name meant anger."

―Skarpi
↑ The Name of the Wind, Chapter 1: "A Place for Demons"
"Kote swallowed and changed languages. “Aroi te denna-leyan!” “Oh come now,” Bast reproached, his smile falling away. “That’s just insulting.”"

―Narrator
↑ The Wise Man's Fear, Chapter 11: "Haven"
"Auri means sunny."

―Kvothe
↑ The Name of the Wind, Chapter 26: "Lanre Turned"
"Blac meant ‘battle’ in the language of the time"

―Skarpi
↑ The Wise Man's Fear, Chapter 143: "Bloodless"
"Inside was the copy of Celum Tinture I’d stolen from Caudicus’ library. Not a particularly rare book, but a useful resource for an alchemist exiled from the Archives."

―Kote
↑ The Name of the Wind, Chapter 46: "The Ever-Changing Wind"
"Veins of copper running through the blocks of stone that made the wall."

―Kote
↑ The Name of the Wind, Chapter 54: "A Place to Bum"
"Deoch means ‘to drink.’ Will you let me buy you one later?"

―Kvothe
↑ The Wise Man's Fear, Chapter 83: "Lack of Sight"
"Taborlin struck the trunk with his hand and shouted. ‘Edro!’ The lid of the chest popped open"

―Marten
↑ The Name of the Wind, Chapter 86: "The Fire Itself"
"They became E’lir, which means see-er."

―Elodin
↑ The Wise Man's Fear, Chapter 40: "Puppet"
"A see-er, because that is what E’lir means."

―Puppet
↑ The Wise Man's Fear, Chapter 13: "The Hunt"
"In the end, I found nineteen of the books. All of them except En Temerant Voistra."

―Kote
↑ The Name of the Wind, Chapter 16: "Hope"
"“Ferula.” Cinder’s quicksilver grace disappeared. He staggered, his body suddenly rigid with pain."

―Kote
↑ The Name of the Wind, Chapter 9: "Riding in the Wagon with Ben"
"That is a true gilthe. Or guilder if you prefer"

―Abenthy
↑ The Name of the Wind, Chapter 69: "Wind or Women s Fancy"
"Quoyan means ‘wind.’ This is rightly named ‘the House of the Wind.’"

―Elodin
↑ ^16.0 ^16.1 The Name of the Wind, Chapter 89: "A Pleasant Afternoon"
↑ The Name of the Wind, Chapter 7: "Of Beginnings and the Names of Things"
"But I was brought up as Kvothe. My father once told me it meant “to know.”"

―Kote
↑ The Wise Man's Fear, Chapter 88: "Listening"
"“Only my name?” [the moon] asked, sliding her hand around his waist. Jax nodded. She leaned close and spoke warmly against his ear, “Ludis.”"

―Hespe
↑ The Name of the Wind, Chapter 26: "Lanre Turned"
"Silanxi, I bind you. By the name of stone, be still as stone."

―Lanre
↑ The Name of the Wind, Chapter 62: "Leaves"
↑ The Name of the Wind, Chapter 86: "The Fire Itself"
"“Do you know what Re’lar means?” [Elodin] asked me conversationally. “It translates as ‘speaker,’” I said."

―Kote
↑ The Wise Man's Fear, Chapter 5: "The Eolian"
"“He’s a lord in his own right.” “Skethe te retaa van,” I swore. “Lock up your sons and daughters.”"

―Kote
↑ The Wise Man's Fear, Chapter 40: "Puppet"
"“What’s tirani?” Simmon asked. “A thinker,” Puppet mused."

―Narrator
↑ The Name of the Wind, Chapter 69: "Wind or Women s Fancy"
"They thought Quoyan was an early root of quetentan: question. But it isn’t."

―Elodin
↑ The Name of the Wind, Chapter 69: "Wind or Women s Fancy"
↑ https://youtu.be/MPEB6NAGoYk?t=902

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[tnotw26ue.-1] The Name of the Wind, Chapter 26: "Lanre Turned"
"Aeruh, I command the air. Lay leaden on your tongue."

―Lanre

[tnotw28er.-2] The Name of the Wind, Chapter 28: "Tehlu's Watchful Eye"
"And beside her came Andan, whose face was a mask with burning eyes, whose name meant anger."

―Skarpi

[tnotw1g.”-3] The Name of the Wind, Chapter 1: "A Place for Demons"
"Kote swallowed and changed languages. “Aroi te denna-leyan!” “Oh come now,” Bast reproached, his smile falling away. “That’s just insulting.”"

―Narrator

[twmf11ny.-4] The Wise Man's Fear, Chapter 11: "Haven"
"Auri means sunny."

―Kvothe

[tnotw26ime-5] The Name of the Wind, Chapter 26: "Lanre Turned"
"Blac meant ‘battle’ in the language of the time"

―Skarpi

[twmf143es.-6] The Wise Man's Fear, Chapter 143: "Bloodless"
"Inside was the copy of Celum Tinture I’d stolen from Caudicus’ library. Not a particularly rare book, but a useful resource for an alchemist exiled from the Archives."

―Kote

[tnotw46ll.-7] The Name of the Wind, Chapter 46: "The Ever-Changing Wind"
"Veins of copper running through the blocks of stone that made the wall."

―Kote

[tnotw54er?-8] The Name of the Wind, Chapter 54: "A Place to Bum"
"Deoch means ‘to drink.’ Will you let me buy you one later?"

―Kvothe

[twmf83pen-9] The Wise Man's Fear, Chapter 83: "Lack of Sight"
"Taborlin struck the trunk with his hand and shouted. ‘Edro!’ The lid of the chest popped open"

―Marten

[tnotw86er.-10] The Name of the Wind, Chapter 86: "The Fire Itself"
"They became E’lir, which means see-er."

―Elodin

[twmf40ns.-11] The Wise Man's Fear, Chapter 40: "Puppet"
"A see-er, because that is what E’lir means."

―Puppet

[twmf13ra.-12] The Wise Man's Fear, Chapter 13: "The Hunt"
"In the end, I found nineteen of the books. All of them except En Temerant Voistra."

―Kote

[tnotw16in.-13] The Name of the Wind, Chapter 16: "Hope"
"“Ferula.” Cinder’s quicksilver grace disappeared. He staggered, his body suddenly rigid with pain."

―Kote

[tnotw9fer-14] The Name of the Wind, Chapter 9: "Riding in the Wagon with Ben"
"That is a true gilthe. Or guilder if you prefer"

―Abenthy

[tnotw69d.’-15] The Name of the Wind, Chapter 69: "Wind or Women s Fancy"
"Quoyan means ‘wind.’ This is rightly named ‘the House of the Wind.’"

―Elodin

[tnotw89-16] 16.0 ^16.1 The Name of the Wind, Chapter 89: "A Pleasant Afternoon"

[tnotw7w.”-17] The Name of the Wind, Chapter 7: "Of Beginnings and the Names of Things"
"But I was brought up as Kvothe. My father once told me it meant “to know.”"

―Kote

[twmf88s.”-18] The Wise Man's Fear, Chapter 88: "Listening"
"“Only my name?” [the moon] asked, sliding her hand around his waist. Jax nodded. She leaned close and spoke warmly against his ear, “Ludis.”"

―Hespe

[tnotw26ne.-19] The Name of the Wind, Chapter 26: "Lanre Turned"
"Silanxi, I bind you. By the name of stone, be still as stone."

―Lanre

[tnotw62-20] The Name of the Wind, Chapter 62: "Leaves"

[tnotw86id.-21] The Name of the Wind, Chapter 86: "The Fire Itself"
"“Do you know what Re’lar means?” [Elodin] asked me conversationally. “It translates as ‘speaker,’” I said."

―Kote

[twmf5s.”-22] The Wise Man's Fear, Chapter 5: "The Eolian"
"“He’s a lord in his own right.” “Skethe te retaa van,” I swore. “Lock up your sons and daughters.”"

―Kote

[twmf40ed.-23] The Wise Man's Fear, Chapter 40: "Puppet"
"“What’s tirani?” Simmon asked. “A thinker,” Puppet mused."

―Narrator

[tnotw69’t.-24] The Name of the Wind, Chapter 69: "Wind or Women s Fancy"
"They thought Quoyan was an early root of quetentan: question. But it isn’t."

―Elodin

[tnotw69-25] The Name of the Wind, Chapter 69: "Wind or Women s Fancy"

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