![]() It is unclear whether other peoples mentioned (like the Min, Ghor, Uthre, or Irti-these last two are related to the Ken) have their own languages. Jemisin mentions a number of peoples and languages in this first book of The Inheritance Trilogy including Nirva (a common tongue of the High North), the aforementioned Senmite, Teman, Kenti, Darren, and Mencheyev. A delegate’s task is “to speak for themselves and their neighboring lands,” but one fundamental question is whether the needs of these conquered nations can be accurately expressed in the only language of the Consortium: Senmite, the language of the Amn that “the Arameri had imposed… on the world” (ch 6). ![]() Yeine comments on the inequity of their distribution, citing as an example that the city of Sky (including the palace) has one delegate, whereas the entirety of the High North continent has only two. The manifestation of power is evident throughout The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, but one illustration in particular is the division of nobles in the Consortium. ![]() Jemisin brings many tools to her world-building, especially a focus on how power is distributed and contested by the clans of her peoples. ![]()
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