Damaran was a regional language of Northeast Faerûn, and the official language of the kingdom of Damara. Other places where it was commonly spoken among humans included Aglarond, Altumbel, the Anauroch, Cormyr, the Dalelands, the Dragon Coast, the Great Dale, the Great Glacier, the Hordelands, Impiltur, the Moonsea, Narfell, Rashemen, the Ride, Sembia, among the Shadovar, Thay, Thesk, Vaasa, the Vast, and the Vilhon Reach. It was also sometimes spoken among dwarves, elves, goblins, half-elves, orcs, half-orcs, planetouched, taers, and volodni.^[1]

Speakers of the Damaran tongue used the Dethek alphabet of the dwarves.^[2]

Damaran was a sublanguage of Chard which in turn was a sublanguage of Ulou (Ulou was a precursor language to Netherese). Damaran was in the same family language as Easting.^[3]

Common Damaran human surnames included Bersk, Chernin, Dotsk, Kulenov, Marsk, Nemetsk, Shemov, and Starag.^[4]

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ Richard Baker, James Wyatt (March 2004). Player's Guide to Faerûn, p. Chapter 1. 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.