Orth

First Appearance and Context

Orth is presented in standard references with period labels that track historical stages (e.g., Proto‑Orth, Old Orth, Middle Orth with subdivisions, Praxic Orth, and New Orth). These labels group “earlier” versus “later” senses and are used to organize definitions and usage notes in The Dictionary.

Concept and Description

Orth is the formal language of the mathic world. Avout employ it for study, rites, and everyday intramuros conversation, treating it as the default register for precise, technical, or ceremonial speech. By contrast, Fluccish functions as the extramuros vernacular and is preferred when addressing outsiders or mixed audiences.

Registers and intelligibility: Clerical Orth used by Bazian Orthodox is described as largely overlapping with mathic Orth (about seventy percent the same by practical reckoning). Old formulas and prayers in Old Orth are reported as indistinguishable between the two traditions, underscoring a shared liturgical register even where day‑to‑day speech diverges.

Terminology: Some extramuros sectarians refer to the formal scriptural language as “Classical Orth.” In current use this label denotes a studied, formal register and is not necessarily identical to the period tag “Old Orth” used in The Dictionary’s sense labeling.

Use in Current Discourse

• Working language while traveling: groups keep planning and technical talk in Orth during organized movements toward a Convox, with ad hoc translation into Fluccish in mixed Peregrin contexts.
• Mixed company: some extramuros companions do not understand Orth and rely on Fluccish; they may still catch tones or a few familiar words.
• Shared rites: in a mountain retreat setting, Bazian monks and avout could each follow the other’s ancient prayers when voiced in Old Orth.
• Extramuros scripture study: an isolated counter‑Bazian community is reported to teach Classical Orth so adherents can read scripture without translators; one lay leader conversed in Orth, though his pronunciation was described by avout as “wild, barbarous‑sounding.”

Related Concepts and Affiliations

• Reference standard: The Dictionary catalogs senses across Orth’s historical stages and marks register distinctions.
• Conduct framework: the Discipline shapes when avout rely on Orth internally and when to accommodate outsiders with Fluccish.

Current Status

Orth remains in active, everyday use within maths for scholarship, liturgy, and dialogue. In mixed settings tied to Convox‑organized travel, it continues as the in‑group medium while concise Fluccish summaries are provided for outsiders when required.