Alzhedo was a regional tongue of Southwest Faerûn, and the main language of Calimshan. Other regions where it was commonly spoken included: Amn, Chult, the Lake of Steam, Lapaliiya, Lantan, the Nelanther Isles, the Shaar, Tashalar, Tethyr, Waterdeep (among dwarves, elves, and gnomes), the Western Heartlands (among halflings and planetouched), the Wealdath, Tharsult, and the Old Shanatar region of the Underdark.^[1]

Alzhedo, like most primarily human tongues, used the Thorass runic alphabet.^[2]

Alzhedo was a derivative language of Untheric and is in the same family language as Midani.^[3]

Common Alzhedo surnames included Basha, Dumein, Jassan, Khalid, Mostana, Pashar, and Rein.^[4]

Alzhedo was very closely related to the language spoken on the Elemental Plane of Air, and this fact lends creedence to the theory that the first civilizations in the Calimshan area were made up of travelers from that plane. Alzhedo was spoken at court, in all government and judicial proceedings, and throughout polite Calimshan society.^[5]

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ Richard Baker, James Wyatt (March 2004). Player's Guide to Faerûn, p. 11-31, Errata 1-2. Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-3134-5.
2. ↑ Ed Greenwood, Sean K. Reynolds, Skip Williams, Rob Heinsoo (June 2001). Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd edition, p. 85. Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-1836-5.
3. ↑ Thomas M. Costa (1999). Speaking in Tongues, Dragon #Annual 1999, p. 24-29. TSR, Inc.
4. ↑ Ed Greenwood, Sean K. Reynolds, Skip Williams, Rob Heinsoo (June 2001). Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd edition, p. 12. Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-1836-5.
5. ↑ Scott Haring (1988). Empires of the Sands. TSR, Inc. ISBN 0-8803-8539-1.