Narik language

History
It is a descendent of the proto-Dundorfic language originating in central Artania that gradually branched out into the modern family of languages known as Dundorfic. Narik emerged on Narikaton and Shirmania having arrived there through Dundorfic settlers who went via modern-day Beluzia.

Despite is superficial resemblance to Ikradonian, this is in fact a coincidence; Narik developed separately from a common proto-Dundrofic ancestor with Ikradonian, splitting roughly around the year 500.

Narik itself was spoken as roughly two separate languages on Narikaton and Shirmania until merging around the year 800. Today, Narik is the only extant language in the Southern-Dundorfic language family.

Relationship with Darnus
Darnus and Narik are two in separate language families, although they share a proto-Dundorfic common ancestor, splitting roughly around the year 300. While the settlers who are the ancestors of modern Narikis migrated to Darnussia via modern-Beluzia, the Darnus-speaking Kozer people are descended from settlers who migrated via modern-day Luthori and Hobrazia.

Due to the decentralised nature of the Kingdom of Darnussia, there was little day-to-day contact between the different Darnussian ethnicities. It was only in the nineteenth century when the Darnussian state was centralised that Darnus and Narik came into close contact with one another.

Today, both Narik and Darnus have equal status under Darnussian law, and all children are required to learn both languages. Between 90-95% of the Darnussian population are fluent in both languages, which began due to an extensive bilingual education programme between the 1940s and 1960s.