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 The result, over time, was [[language:imperial:contemporary:start]] Imperial, a collection of dialects characterized by a high proportion of loanwords and regularized grammar; an argument could be made that it constitutes, as Earthly linguists might put it, a strongly Imperial-based [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creole_language|creole language]]. Its deviation from the classical language has marked it as less prestigious, but for much of the Cloud Era it has been the language of trade and of the less formal sorts of international communication.
-The migratory habits of males, and their typical responsibilities in raising children once they've settled, means that knowledge of Contemporary Imperial is now widespread; as an invaluable tool in communicating with different speech communities, most males find it useful to know, and can readily spread its use to fellow bandmates or to children. There are settled communities for which Contemporary Imperial is the daily tongue, mostly around the lower reaches and estuary of the [[avishraa:geography:sekhaa:river:Sahvarr]], but also scattered along much of the southern coasts of [[geography:sekhaa:]], facing [[avishraa:geography:ocean:uvuuns_reach|Uvuun's Reach]]. It is widely known and understood throughout southern Sekhaa, as well as in the takma-inhabited portions of the [[geography:sekhaa:region:brightness]].
+The migratory habits of males, and their typical responsibilities in raising children once they've settled, means that knowledge of Contemporary Imperial is now widespread; as an invaluable tool in communicating with different speech communities, most males find it useful to know, and can readily spread its use to fellow bandmates or to children. There are settled communities for which Contemporary Imperial is the daily tongue, mostly around the lower reaches and estuary of the [[geography:sekhaa:river:Sahvarr]], but also scattered along much of the southern coasts of [[geography:sekhaa:]], facing [[geography:ocean:uvuuns_reach|Uvuun's Reach]]. It is widely known and understood throughout southern Sekhaa, as well as in the takma-inhabited portions of the [[geography:sekhaa:region:Brightness]].
-In recent [[concept:timekeeping#cycle|cycles]], the role of Contemporary Imperial has been slowly eroded by the maritime prowess of the [[ethnicity:Abethine:|Abethine cities]], whose [[language:family:abethine|languages]] have begun to supplant it; this is particularly true in areas such as the coastal eastern Brightness and the lands of [[avishraa:geography:Enarri:]] and [[avishraa:geography:Talmat:]] across the [[avishraa:geography:ocean:Dawn Sea]], large-scale sea trips to which are made almost exclusively by Abethine ships.
+In recent [[concept:timekeeping#cycle|cycles]], the role of Contemporary Imperial has been slowly eroded by the maritime prowess of the [[ethnicity:Abethine:|Abethine cities]], whose [[language:family:abethine|languages]] have begun to supplant it; this is particularly true in areas such as the coastal eastern Brightness and the lands of [[geography:Enarri:]] and [[geography:Talmat:]] across the [[geography:ocean:Dawn Sea]], large-scale sea trips to which are made almost exclusively by Abethine ships.
 ===== Vernacular Imperial =====