#it's amusing though because Minglian who is a newer dragon SHOULD speak modern Chinese no problem | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

arcxnumvitae · 2 years ago

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If I wanted to go into specifics, I could make things messier by saying that technically the dragons, fae, and all my other super long-lived muses speak a very old dialect of their respective languages (Mandarin and Scottish Gaelic for the fae/dragons), and also a very ancient accent. I didn’t want to drive myself crazy with technicalities though

#it's amusing though because Minglian who is a newer dragon SHOULD speak modern Chinese no problem #but she hangs out with these fossils all the time so she talks like them #they've learned enough to still talk just fine with modern speakers #just the way they pronounce things might seem a bit odd to them #:outofcash #some languages also changed more than others over the years but I'd have to look into it #like I think it's Persian or Farsi that's like the exact same as it was centuries ago?#the fae specifically I do kind of have trouble comparing to modern Scottish Gaelic because-- well I should just make it its own post huh

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