Eight Arms and the Mask

 The following charts provide a standardized way of representing the spoken form of the Lunar language (which differs slightly from the written New Pelorian Letters alphabet in some areas) using the Latin alphabet, along with pronouncing the sounds of that language. This latter part is, unfortunately, Anglocentric in its sound comparisons, and I do apologize for this limitation.  The charts are arranged like so: on the left is the International Phonetic Alphabet character representing the sound, in the center is a romanized character or digraph from the Latin alphabet to represent the sound, and on the right is a description of the sound. The charts are also divided according to the categories used in linguistics, with one chart of vowels and three of consonants. 

  The following letter was presumably written in the early Fifth Wane, judging from the words used to describe the people of southeastern Dragon Pass. The society it describes may seem shockingly unfamiliar by comparison to the relatively urbane and cosmopolitan modern world, and perhaps it may be easiest to imagine it was a satire or a "mirror" held up, but as it is a private letter between two citizens of moderate means and little apparent literary pretensions, this seems dubious. Perhaps it is simply best to give praise to the Turner for having already achieved so much liberation from the stultifying past of feigned timelessness.  “Łenōrë, You have asked for my observations on the hillfolk of Dragon Pass and beyond, especially as it concerns the acts of sexual intercourse. I must correct your question somewhat- I only went a slight ways beyond the southern reach of the pass, and so cannot speak as to the customs further away. Furthermore, I am somewhat loath to speak on th...