Linguistics and Things: Vannic Language Group

I've been working on fictional languages for a very long time. I created my first coded scripts when I was around 8 years old, using new symbols in replacement of the alphabet. My interest in all things linguistic has only grown since then to the point where I nearly went into linguistics as a job. The only reason I'm not doing it is because I get drained when I speak to people for too long. Being an introvert makes me have to spend energy when I'm interacting with people, and I just don't have a lot of energy to spend these days, so I tend to only focus on spending energy in environments where I feel the expenditure will produce results.

So, talking now about a fictional language group I've created. The Vannic language group is a number of languages which are all descended from the Vannic branch of the Vanno-Tponite Language Family, which also includes the Tponi, Broughnau, and Urvnal language groups. The Vannic group in notable for being isolated from the majority of the other related languages due to their separation across the Hynvælg ocean, and therefore keeping the system of vowel pairs, though the exact nature of pairs varies between specific languages. Most consonants have also shifted over time, including the Bilabial-Labiodental shift and the Plosive Decay shift.

There are three remaining modern language subsets remaining in the Vannic group including Vallromicc, Valisc, and Grauzorrec. While the Vannic-speaking peoples once had contiguous control of the continent of Huvvolþ, the central steppe became uninhabitable due to the return of the prehistoric tornado corridor across it. This has split the language group, with Valisc on the East, Grauzorrec on the West, and Vallromicc split across the center. The nobility in both the East and West have adopted the language called Vallromicc (the one the subset is named after) as their operational language, speaking it amongst fellow nobles and using it in legal documents. Technically, Vallromicc is a dead language, but due to the fact of the adoption and the changes each group has placed upon it, it is in fact two different living languages. The only remaining truly living languages of the Vallromicc subset are the variety of steppe barbarian tongues, which are termed as "Vallkorn", but each has it's own name.

The Valisc subset is thought to be a single language called Vulterric, however, Vulterric is much like all "High" languages, in that it doesn't exist except in legal documents. There are a variety of languages in Vultrom, most being known by toponyms of the regions they are spoken in. For example, Blirstunic is spoken in Blirstun, while Svorrgrondic is spoken in Svorrgrond. Notable is so-called "Royal" or Klintung, which is spoken in the Royal City of Gallrom.

The various Grauzorrec languages all share the greatest deformation from the original tongue of Proto Vanno-Tponite of all the Vannic languages to one extent or another due to their proximity to more language groups than all other branches of Vanno-Tponite. They interface with the Ulstamurr, the Jik, the Salmo, the Nýrþgåm, the Vrakirʒil, the Nehail, the Lofalin, and the Luminagh, with strong influences on their language coming from all parts.

Notable among ancient Vannic languages are the original Vallromicc and Wulfnærrlik. Wulfnærrung runes created the largest basis for the common alphabet shared by all modern forms of Vannic, while Vallromicc popularized the modern Vannic alphabet and created the system of ligating doubled consonants, which is used to differentiate paired vowels in all written forms of Vannic.