Chapter 48 Reception, The Younger Merlings
Nerissa spotted the next brother she wanted to introduce to her mates and called him over using his mertongue name. Merfolk had various versions of their names in different languages. Each name was represented by symbols in merscript, which corresponded to sounds in the English alphabet. When spoken in sirenchant, it sounded just as it was spelled. Sirenchant, however, was not widely used, and most merfolk, including Joe and Bryan, only spoke names in sirenchant and did not fully understand the language.
Mertongue, on the other hand, was a language composed of sounds made solely with the mouth, including clicks and other oral sounds. It resembled Morse code and was the only audible language used while holding one's breath underwater. And of cou
