Ioradya (Io."Ancient Tongue") or Ioradja was a language spoken by the Ioriags or Iorad-Easterlings of the Second Age.The Firasfrathig-family was it's direct ancestor.It's descendants included Asdraia, Odhraia and Kykurian.Sometimes Varadia was also counted to the Firasfrathig tongues, but it had more in common with the Black Speech or southern Orcish.
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The Ioradya languages, made up the the ICE Authors, were spoken mainly in Central Middle-Earth and are loosely based on Old Slavic vocabulary.
- temra – shadow, darkness
- ogni – fire, flame
- smrad – stench, foulness
- mroz – frost, cold
- korva – raven, black bird
- plamen – flame, blaze
- zakon – law, order
- volok – field, expanse
- cherni – black, dark
- dara – gift, offering
- drekh – mud, filth
- zhad – hunger, greed
- zhar – heat, burning
- t’mor – gloom, twilight
- skala – rock, cliff
- laz – path, clearing
- voda – water, river
- zemlya – earth, land
- nebo – sky, heavens
- sila – strength, power
- mrak – fog, mist
- vetro – wind, breeze
- gora – mountain
- mirza – lord, ruler
- sudar – war, conflict
- bolya – will, choice
- vrag – enemy, foe
- krv – blood
- put’ – way, road
- runa – secret, symbol
- vek – age, eternity
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Original form in MERP: Ioradja = Ioradya