Logaksu (language)

This language is primarily used by the Vargr race throughout the Vargr Extents supra-polity.

• It is a peripheral or minority language.

Description (Specifications)

Logaksu is a Vargr language and cultural region in the Vargr Extents. This is an irregular bubble around Lair about 20 to 30 parsecs in radius, plus adjacent areas not included in other groups. Most of this region is the original area colonized in the Vargr's First Diaspora.

Word Formation

The Logaksu Language is conventionally written with the vowels A, AE, E, I, O, OA, OE, OU, U AND UE.

It also has the consonants D, DH, DZ, F, G, GH, GHZ, GR, GS, GZ, K, KF, KH, KHS, L, LL, N, NDZ, NG, NTZ, R, RK, RR, RS, RZ, S, T, TH, TS, V, and Z.

Word formation follows the standard Traveller word generation rules:

Basic Syllable:

  1-11: V
  12-13: VC
  14-20: CV
  21-36: CVC

Alternate Syllable:

  1-13: V
  14-21: VC
  22-25: CV
  26-36: CVC

Letter Frequencies Mapping: roll 1d6 to choose an inner table (1–6). Then roll two independent d6 (row 1–6, column 1–6) to select a cell inside that inner table. Each inner table is shown as three side-by-side 6×6 grids: Initial | Vowel | Ending.

logaksu — inner table 1 (1d6 = 1)

Row	Initial							Vowel							Ending
	1	2	3	4	5	6		1	2	3	4	5	6		1	2	3	4	5	6
1	dh	dh	dh	dh	dh	dh		a	a	a	a	a	a		d	d	dh	dh	dh	dz
2	dh	dh	dh	dh	dz	dz		a	a	a	a	a	a		dz	g	g	g	g	g
3	dz	dz	dz	dz	dz	dz		a	a	a	a	a	a		g	g	g	g	g	g
4	f	f	f	f	f	f		a	a	a	a	a	a		g	g	g	g	gh	gh
5	f	f	f	f	f	f		a	a	a	a	a	a		gh	gh	gh	gh	ghz	ghz
6	f	g	g	g	g	g		a	a	a	ae	ae	ae		ghz	ghz	ghz	ghz	ghz	ghz

logaksu — inner table 2 (1d6 = 2)

Row	Initial							Vowel							Ending
	1	2	3	4	5	6		1	2	3	4	5	6		1	2	3	4	5	6
1	g	g	g	g	g	g		ae	ae	ae	ae	ae	ae		ghz	gs	gs	gz	gz	gz
2	g	g	g	g	g	g		ae	ae	ae	ae	ae	ae		gz	gz	gz	gz	gz	k
3	g	g	g	g	g	g		ae	ae	ae	ae	ae	ae		k	k	k	k	k	k
4	gh	gh	gh	gh	gh	gh		ae	ae	ae	ae	ae	ae		k	k	k	k	kh	kh
5	gh	gh	gh	gh	gh	gh		ae	ae	ae	ae	ae	ae		kh	kh	kh	kh	kh	kh
6	gh	gh	gh	gh	gh	gh		ae	ae	ae	ae	ae	ae		kh	kh	kh	kh	khs	khs

logaksu — inner table 3 (1d6 = 3)

Row	Initial							Vowel							Ending
	1	2	3	4	5	6		1	2	3	4	5	6		1	2	3	4	5	6
1	gh	gh	gh	ghz	ghz	gr		ae	ae	ae	ae	ae	ae		khs	ks	ks	ks	ks	ks
2	gr	gz	gz	k	k	k		e	e	e	e	e	e		ks	ks	ks	l	l	l
3	k	k	k	k	k	k		e	e	e	e	e	e		l	l	l	ll	ll	ll
4	k	k	k	k	k	k		e	e	e	e	e	i		ll	ll	ll	ll	ll	ll
5	k	k	k	kf	kf	kh		i	i	i	i	i	i		ll	ll	ll	ll	ll	n
6	kh	kh	kh	kh	kh	kh		i	i	i	i	i	i		n	n	n	n	n	n

logaksu — inner table 4 (1d6 = 4)

Row	Initial							Vowel							Ending
	1	2	3	4	5	6		1	2	3	4	5	6		1	2	3	4	5	6
1	l	l	l	l	ll	ll		i	i	i	i	i	o		n	n	n	n	n	n
2	n	n	n	n	n	n		o	o	o	o	o	o		n	n	n	n	n	n
3	n	n	n	n	n	n		o	o	o	o	o	o		n	ndz	ndz	ntz	ntz	ng
4	n	ng	ng	ng	r	r		o	o	o	o	o	o		ng	ng	ng	ng	ng	ng
5	r	r	r	r	r	r		o	o	o	o	o	o		ng	ng	ng	ng	ng	ng
6	r	r	r	r	rr	rr		o	o	o	o	o	o		ng	ng	ng	ng	ng	ng

logaksu — inner table 5 (1d6 = 5)

Row	Initial							Vowel							Ending
	1	2	3	4	5	6		1	2	3	4	5	6		1	2	3	4	5	6
1	rr	s	s	s	s	s		oa	oa	oa	oe	oe	oe		ng	ng	ng	ng	ng	r
2	s	s	s	s	s	s		oe	oe	oe	oe	oe	oe		r	r	r	r	r	r
3	s	s	s	s	s	s		oe	oe	ou	ou	ou	ou		r	r	r	r	r	r
4	s	s	s	s	s	t		ou	ou	ou	ou	ou	ou		r	r	r	r	rk	rk
5	t	t	t	t	t	t		ou	ou	ou	ou	ou	ou		rr	rr	rr	rr	rr	rr
6	t	t	t	t	t	t		ou	ou	ou	ou	ou	ou		rr	rr	rr	rr	rr	rr

logaksu — inner table 6 (1d6 = 6)

Row	Initial							Vowel							Ending
	1	2	3	4	5	6		1	2	3	4	5	6		1	2	3	4	5	6
1	th	th	th	th	th	ts		u	u	u	u	u	u		rr	rr	rr	rr	rr	rr
2	ts	ts	v	v	v	v		u	u	u	u	u	u		rr	rr	rr	rs	rs	rz
3	v	v	v	v	v	v		u	u	u	u	u	u		rz	rz	s	s	th	th
4	v	v	z	z	z	z		u	u	u	ue	ue	ue		th	ts	ts	ts	ts	ts
5	z	z	z	z	z	z		ue	ue	ue	ue	ue	ue		ts	z	z	z	z	z
6	z	z	z	z	z	z		ue	ue	ue	ue	ue	ue		z	z	z	z	z	z

Lexicon

• Agud: "Jewel"

• Raughantz: Official name for Corridor Sector

See Category:Logaksu Dictionary

History & Background (Historical Linguistics)

The region has normal volatility for Vargr Space, but a distinct stability remains inherent in the patterns. Governments superficially change, but remain similar in form and boundaries. Merchant companies come and go, but the trading lanes tend to stay the same. Even styles follow recognizable cycles of varying length.

• However, the region has gone through periods of cataclysmic change where all recognizable patterns and cycles were disrupted. These periods occurred in -2400, -1400, and -200. Each lasted about a century and divided distinctive epochs in the region's history.
• Imperial xenologists believe the region is overdue for another period of great change.

Worlds & Sectors (Astrography)

This language is primarily in use in the following areas:

• Vargr Extents
  • Lair Protectorate
  • Empire of Varroerth

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• James Holden, Joe D. Fugate Sr., Terrance McInnes. Vilani & Vargr (Digest Group Publications, 1990), —.