Difference between revisions of "Karanga (language)"
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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| − | The language is a hybrid of several African dialects, including Swahili. It is primarily used as a second language by the | + | The language is a hybrid of several African dialects, including Swahili. It is primarily used as a second language by the Ba' (people) of African descent. |
Among the [[Solomani]] Humans within the Amec region who spoke it were the Bu’Akan, descended from the Akan people of Ghana. | Among the [[Solomani]] Humans within the Amec region who spoke it were the Bu’Akan, descended from the Akan people of Ghana. | ||
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==Lexicon== | ==Lexicon== | ||
| − | • '' | + | • ''[[Ba'Menelik]]'': "People of Menelik", after the legendary son of King Solomon, used to refer to worshippers of the Church of Ethiopia. |
| − | • ''Nkisi'': | + | • ''Nkisi'': Bu'Akan religion, from an old Terran term for spirits or objects that spirits inhabited |
| − | • ''Tana eh’timkaat'': The | + | • ''Tana eh’timkaat'': The Ba'Menelik homeland on [[Eddum (world)|Eddum]] (Dagudashaag 0531) |
==Locations== | ==Locations== | ||
Revision as of 12:28, 12 August 2023
A Terran-derived language that is a secondary tongue within the Amec Protectorate, a semi-autonomous region of the Third Imperium.
Description
The language is a hybrid of several African dialects, including Swahili. It is primarily used as a second language by the Ba' (people) of African descent.
Among the Solomani Humans within the Amec region who spoke it were the Bu’Akan, descended from the Akan people of Ghana.
Lexicon
• Ba'Menelik: "People of Menelik", after the legendary son of King Solomon, used to refer to worshippers of the Church of Ethiopia.
• Nkisi: Bu'Akan religion, from an old Terran term for spirits or objects that spirits inhabited
• Tana eh’timkaat: The Ba'Menelik homeland on Eddum (Dagudashaag 0531)