Tenkotesh

Tenkotesh is the language that was spoken by the people of Kentotra. It is named after its mythical human founder Tenkotu. Thanks to efforts from some anonymous sources, it is easily translated into romantic languages.

Scripts
While I have been unable to get much straightforward information from what few... er, "locals" I have found, Tenkotesh has been the principal if not only glyphic grapheme system of writing for some time. It's associated language has even more limited data surrounding it. However, there are two writing systems that I have noted in my research, with one being decidedly older than the other. I have designated them "Script A" and "Script B."

It appears that Script A was developed before inks and papers were mainstays of Kentotran society, and it was written with a carved dowel that was thin on one end and thick on the other. Symbols were written in soft clay, using different levels of pressure with different ends of the dowel. The clay was then baked into solid tablets.

The Script B consists of simplified versions of the Script A characters. They were primarily written with the ink we are familiar with today along with wooden dip pens, but it seems young children used erasable charcoal until they learned proper pen control. The Script B is still far more complex than many terrestrial systems of writing, but they remove the depth and associated width aspect of their predecessors.

Vocabulary
Though some "local" assistance has helped with translation, many of these words were inferred through context across many texts.

(put this info into a table later I forget how to change the number of rows and columns)

Akto- Human, person

Aran- Divine, having to do with gods or demigods

Khutu- Person in a position of power, either in divinity or a government or military position. This is often used as a general honorific for referring to someone in a higher rank with respect, like "senchou" or "kaichou" in Japanese or "captain" or "officer" in English (i.e. Khutu Iwata! ...if I ever had that kind of power)

Meti- Royal, regal. Used for the economic upper-class and royal families (i.e. Meti'khutu for "monarch")

Uvum- Wine