Addaxur language

The most common language of the Addaxur race, and of their sub-polity within the larger Zhodani Consulate.

This is the primary language in the Addaxur Reserve of Tienspevnekr Sector, and sees minor use in enclaves throughout the Consulate.

Distinctions

There is some overlap in modern Addaxur languages with Zdetl, the primary language of the Zhodani Consulate, due to the very long and close association of Addaxur with the Zhodani. Some differences remain stark, however; there is no X sound in standard Zdetl, while Addaxur uses it regularly.

• Initial Consonants: B, D, DR, K, L, M, N, R, SH, T, Z
• Final Consonants: DD, K, L, M, N, NT, QR, R, S, SH, X (very common)
• Vowels: A, E, IA ("ya"), O, U ("oo")

History and Development

The Addaxur language developed as a more complex version of the sounds that communicated basic concepts and status reports through water in their pre-civilized ancestors. These sub-linguistic reports still augment the modern language, which has built upon them to convey much more specific information and to function equally well in air. The amphibious Addaxur's sonar sense can detect tectonic disturbances beneath the ocean floor, which in prehistory were explained as voices of the Deep Ones -- a race of giants supposedly living at the bottom of their planet's 20 kilometre-deep oceans.

Selected Proper Nouns

• Addax
• Amaxu
• Daxia
• Drunshu
• Korubal
• Mesh Tuxar
• Nasaxu Ar
• Shantusax
• Umashaxar
• Ushaddax
• Zokleqr

Human Use

Humans have some difficulty speaking more than a few simple Addaxur words, and often use computer assistance to produce more difficult or complex sounds. Addaxur can learn to speak Zdetl fairly easily, and it is commonly taught to all Addaxur as part of their education. As such, Zhodani Humans tend to just use their own language when communicating with Addaxur.

References & Contributors (Sources)

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• J. Andrew Keith, Marc Miller, John Harshman. Zhodani (Game Designers Workshop, 1985), 8,10.
• Don McKinney. Zhodani (Mongoose Publishing, 2011), 63.