KKC Theory WikiTema
“Formal language used by the Tehlin church”
Description§
Tema is a formal language of the Four Corners, used by the Tehlin church to conduct its services and taught to high-ranking nobles. It descends from Temic, an older root language roughly a thousand years its senior. Kvothe famously learned Tema in a day and a half without sleep.
Relationships§
- Learned By Kvothe — Kvothe learned Tema in a day and a half without sleep
- Names Origin The Chandrian — Temic words chaian/ciaian-dian (seven) give rise to Chandrian
- Taught To Laurian — high-ranking nobles such as Laurian were taught Tema
- Liturgical Language Of The Tehlin Church — the Tehlin church conducts its services in Tema
Established facts§
- The Tehlin church conducts its services in Tema.
- High-ranking nobles such as Laurian were taught Tema.
- Tema descends from the older language Temic.
- In Temic, words such as "chaian" (seven) and "ciaian-dian" (seven of them) give rise to "Chandrian."
- Kvothe learned Tema in a day and a half without sleep.
Theories that reference this§
- plausible The Name 'Temerant' Encodes the Mortal World Through an Ancient Root pop 156
- fringe Kvothe Sleep-Talks in a Language He Was Never Taught pop 71