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There is no true Khanid language.
The Khanid and the True Amarr shared Athra, known widely as Amarr Prime, with a common enemy, the Udorians. Together the two people conquered the heathen Udorians; the Khanid gladly joining the Reclaiming and giving up their native religion.
The Khanid were not enslaved. Their art, language, and ceremonies were not wiped out. However, it has been over 3,000 years since the Khanid and True Amarr joined together. The Khanid nobility of that time adopted the language of the Amarr and ancient Amarr absorbed various Khanid words and phrases. Khan-kele became a language spoken by the uneducated, making its way into written speech only through a handful of plays where it was used by characters that were simpletons or criminals. Sentence structure, word pronunciation, and phrases varied immensely from region to region until even the lower classes absorbed ‘vulgar’ Amarrian.
By 21,290, Khan-kele was a dead language, spoken and written by no one.
Yet with the split of Khanid II and the creation of the Khanid Kingdoms, some ethnic Khanid became interested in exploring their cultural roots. They picked apart their language, attempting to find what words had Khanid influence. They studied ancient plays, attempting to find a commonality in the various phrases and words attributed to Khanid lower class. In modern times, archeologist interested in the pre-Reclaiming Khanid have journeyed to Amarr Prime and searched ruins for fragments of Khanid art and writing.
With hostilities ceasing between the Empire and Kingdom and Khanid ‘Unionists’ rising in power, interest in a Khan-kele has become far more political. Khanid loyalists of whatever ethnicity, and even foreigners living within the Kingdom, sometimes introduce snippets of Khan-kele into their speech. Doing so has become a signal of one’s desire for the Kingdom to become again an independent entity, free of the political and cultural influence of the Amarr Empire.
How authentic are these words and phrases? In truth, it’s unknown. Those who are against the practice call it a fad and suggest that the words are no more than made-up nonsense. Those who use Khan-kele claim that there’s several centuries of support for the origin of the words and that they’re beautiful in a way only those who truly understand the Khanid spirit can appreciate.
[[To explain Makkal's use of 'Khanid' words.]]