Chitter is the language spoken by the Ratkin race and can also be referred to as Chittering.
Many of Chitter’s words are a mix between the sharp high-pitched squeaks of rats and the guttural language of their now former Abyssal Dwarf masters. The combination of the two sounds like a kind of a simplified speech dwarf which to the untrained ear sounded like the mindless chatter of rats. It was only when some Abyssal Dwarf Ironcasters started studying the physiology of the Ratkin that they noticed patterns in the constant squeaking of the Ratkin.
The Abyssal Dwarfs quickly worked to stamp out the Ratkin’s voice to avoid any kind of potential organisation that could lead to rebellion. Slave Drivers would make an example of any Ratkin they heard chittering to each other, but in the gloom of the Slave Pits there were no Slave Drivers to crush the words of resistance. This meant that in the darkness the Ratkin’s own language of Chitter began to bloom and with it came the seeds of rebellion which lead to the the Great Revolt
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