Cultural and Linguistic History of Atlaans

Atlaans (or Coastal Atlantean) is a grammatical simplified language. After Hammen (where Atlaans is spoken) became the capital of the Kingdom of Atlantis (which now holds just land in the north of Atlantis) a lot of people from all over Atlantis and elsewhere came to Hammen.

One group of people that came were the Kaasians, from Kaasland, which is one of the oldest colonies of Atlantis. Their language is descended from Dairy Atlantean.

The influence from these new people in Hammen changed the language spoken there. Since a lot of them were adults when they came, they didn't learn the language that well, but they had influence on the society due to their number and due to the work they did (which included some high skill jobs).

"ar" is descended from High Atlantean "ara". It is "are" in Harbour Atlantean (the language Atlaans is directly descended from). "are" is used for "we" and "you all" in Harbour Atlantean.

The Kaasians used "we are" and "you all are" a lot and didn't bother with the other "to be" words, just using "are" (which became "ar" in Atlaans) everywhere. Their mode of speech eventually spread to the rest of the Atlaans speakers