Za'tachshprakh

Once the primary language family of the Za'tachk. Like most Hive Federation citizens, modern Za'tachk speak Gurvin or a Gurvin-local language pidgin.

Za'tachk vocalisation is performed through the nostrils, which are surrounded by a complex muscle structure that allows them to alter their shape and emit different sounds. Their voices are melodious and androgynous.

Lexicon

These terms remain in use in the modern age of Gurvin:

• Atucucundrunia: Extreme defensive reflex; dropping to the ground, tucking limbs and head under the body and remaining in that position until the threat or danger has passed.
• Dutanskpaarvuaki: "Shepherds of returning"; those who prepare dead bodies.
• Nulado: "Rearmost", a title held by matriarchs and managers. The title conveys great respect, indicating that the person is considered so important that other Za'tachk (a notoriously timid species) will stand between them and danger.
  • Poh'Nulado: "Next to Rearmost"
  • Puth'Nulado: "Third from Rearmost"
  • Ves'Nulado: "Fourth from Rearmost"
  • Lo'Nulado: "Fifth from Rearmost"
  • Xe'Nulado: "Sixth from Rearmost"
  • Nulado'eNulado: The highest of honorifics, as held by the first secretary of the Za'tachk Alignment.
• Ohyugua: Matriarch, one of the three sexes
• Oygui: Scout, one of the three sexes.
• Oysgui: Homesteader, one of the three sexes.
• Paarvecwruaki: “Before Returning”. The ritual time spent before a funeral consumption, wherein nestmates remember the deceased and their contributions.
• Vecruakeen: “One who has returned”, used as the cognomen of a deceased person post-funeral.
• Vecwruaki: Ritual consumption of the dead. It is viewed as the deceased individual making one last contribution to the nest by providing nourishment.

Military Ranks

Army, Enlisted

• Yruck
• Yruckan
• Wena
• Danwen
• Wenxoo
• Xoo
• Garxoo

Army, Officer

• Sper
• Goc
• Van Goc

Space Force, Enlisted

• Qiar
• Ark
• Arkao
• Avain
• Avainup
• Hal
• Haknux

Space Force, Officer

• Rey
• Xlux
• Xluxon
• Xluxonas
• Zaq
• Zaqaoq

References

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.

• Dave Nilsen, David L. Pulver, Andy Slack, David Thomas. Alien Races 3 (Steve Jackson Games, 2000), 28.
• Darren Bulmer. Aliens of Charted Space: Volume 4 (Mongoose Publishing, 2023), .