Volir

Volir (pronounced VOL-eer) is the language of academia, of nobility and official proclamations. Many of the names and places in Efre Ousel come from this language. Volir is not connected with one particular race, but was created by scholars as an auxiliary language. The roots of Volir can be found in several other ancient languages, especially Elvish and the language of giants.

Common grew in popularity during the beginning of Cora Aspru’eir (Age of the Many Kingdoms), eclipsing even the regional languages. As a result, Volir was relegated to the academies where it began. Often considered a “dead language,” Volir has not evolved much since that time.

Grammatical structure
The structure of grammar within Volir is the same as for common, with only a few exceptions. Non-numerical adjectives and adverbs will typically come after the noun—often as a compound word. Compound words use apostrophes to separate out the root and the modifiers.

Possessive
Adds an "a" (ah) at the end of the noun, meaning "of." (e.g., Elara Brok meaning "City of Gemstone," elar is city, a is of, brok is gemstone).