Chessentan language

Chessentan was the regional language of the confederation of Chessenta, located in the Old Empires region of southern Faerûn. It used the Thorass alphabet.

Chessentan was a core language which had two major sublanguages: Akalaic and Chessic. In turn, Akalaic had further sublanguages which included: Arkian, Eshowan, Telfir, Akalan, Akûrian, Shaartan and Sespechian. Chessic sublanguages included: Auld Chessic, Alambic, Alambit and Thresk.

Typical surnames from this tongue included Aporos, Corynian, Heldeion, Morieth, Nathos, Sphaerideion, and Zora.

Chessentans once spoke Untheric, but abandoned that language centuries prior to 1368 DR for the common tongue of the west (using a variation on Untheric writing in their written records, though they reduced the runes to an alphabetical writing scheme). Untheric was often known as a second language, if only to understand ancient writing.