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 Threadwielders communicate chiefly corporeally (but //not// necessarily using sound!) and have a language that is mostly static over the aeons in the sense that words that establish themselves do not suffer semantic shift - but they may and do fall into disuse and are replaced, be extended, or have regional inflections that are //narrower// in definition than the base word.
-===== Spread =====
-Threadwielders immersed in cultures tend to be multi-lingual, but since they cannot expect //other// Threadwielders to have the same background, their language tends to be maintained as a //lingua franca// between them, and they fall back to it whenever they visit one another for the first few times.
-As such, the language is mostly used by Threadwielders only, though some words will usually sneak into most sapient languages, because of their involvement, especially in mythological contexts.
-A notable exception is the [[culture:kavkema]], for whom - due to [[character:Evenatra]]'s extreme //presence// during their cultural genesis - the language was something of a baseline and now continues to be used as a form of 'weakest encryption': While regular conversation is usually in the language of the [[culture:Nayabaru]], conversing in their "//ancient tongue//" can, in a pinch, buy them a few minutes head-start while someone struggles to translate on-the-fly. (That this "//ancient tongue//" is still actively expanded by them does not make them change the name. The Nayabaru call it //kavkemic//, though. Or, you know, "//the language those terrorists use//".)
 ===== See also =====
   * [[language:Alphabet|Symbols]]: Common alphabetic transliterations, pronounciations and punctuation.
-  * [[language:Dictionary]]: Vocabulary and notes on word creation.
   * [[language:Grammar]]: Verb inflection, sentence structure.
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