Glatēs

One of the most important figures in the tapestry that is Oderian's linguistic history is arguably Glatēs. Being born in around 480 BC, his family's wealth allowed him to travel as a young man and his eventual continued contact with Greece changed Oderian and its culture forever.

Glatēs imported various ideas from Greece, either borrowing or calquing new terms – some philosophical, for example kmstaimar "system, harmony" – some natural, for example uradam "rose" – some mythological, for example seirēn "siren, nymph". But perhaps most importantly, he was inspired by the idea of documenting and understanding language as a system.

Armed with this inspiration, Glatēs became the first known writer to document Oderian as a language. His various writings on the grammar of his native tongue became foundational to the culture of Oderian linguistics, and particularly to the revived forms of the language that would remain for years to come.