Languages of Lemuria

There are over fourty recognised languages in Lemuria. For the sake of brevity, we’ll be covering the three main language groups:

Lemurian

This is the oldest language group and currently represented by 20 languages; a number of these are found among isolated populations, but most are derived from Werer, the dominant language of the western Arrokath Empire and somewhat analogous to Latin or Sanskrit in the West Lemuria sphere of influence.

These languages are most similar to the Andamanese languages, with significant contributions from Australia’s northern languages outside of the Pama-Nyungan group. Werer itself has significant Austronesian and Dravidian influence due to historical contact with the eastern Betsana Empire and the northern Chola Dynasty.

Austronesian

Lemuria’s Austronesian languages arrived during the War Era and are currently represented by 19 languages. They are part of the Malayo-Polynesian group and most closely related to Malagasy. Virtually all of them are derivations of Atratra, the language of the eastern Betsana Empire that has a competing role with Werer as the lingua franca of Lemuria.

Dravidian

Dravidian is currently represented by the “Lemurian Tamil” (Chola Tamil), a descendent of the language of the Chola Empire. Despiste the name, it is not very intelligible for mainland tamils, due to significant admnixture from Atratra and Werer varieties.