Atamaran Accents

The Dominion of Men was a large and diverse land, with many different peoples - all descended from the thirteen Mannish Tribes. Originally they spoke different dialects and languages, each influenced or not influenced by each other depending on how closely they were in contact. Though the common language ended up as Mannish - a conglomeration of all these tongues - each place had a different accent. I will showcase the main groups on this page, however in real life there are not such set boundaries as these between accents. (The Language of Mannish in Mannish is 'Eadic'.) This account is also based from information written in Farðanii Segar (Farðan's Saga) in the year 5454 of the First Age by Mannish Reckoning.

Atamaric
The equivalent in Mannish of Received Pronunciation in English. It is was spoken by nobles and the higher classes, and was often considered 'posh'. Most of the normal people in the hold of Atamara spoke with the accent, which meant they were often incorrectly viewed as rich and snobbish just because of the way they spoke. The accent is exactly what is outlined in the pronunciation guides on the Mannish page. A High King often developed at Atamaric accent as he dwelt in Atamar. This 'standard' Mannish accent comes from the Fyrnunc Tribe, who were the tribe first allied to Atama and were sided with him since first he arrived. More can be found about the Fyrnunc on their page. The combined effects of accent and the fact that the Fyrnunc were suppoedly favoured by Atama made those dwelling in Atamara the reason for blame, jealously and joke at the hands of other Men. (A sort of fake class divide.)

Here is the guide for Atamaric Pronunciation. It differs very slightly from the guide shown on the Mannish page - that shows the standard Mannish of today.

Vowels and Diphthongs
Final r's are always trilled. The only place where r's are not trilled is when before an l (Ceorling).

Winderic
This accent is spoken in the west of Winterfall, and is influenced by the Winderhwesh tongue. (As South African accents can be influenced by Afrikaans). Those men decended from the Zalong Tribe speak with this accent. It is more apparent in those who's primary language is Winderhwesh.