A'Prur
A'Prur is a language that is primarily used by the Tezcat race
- It is a [category] language.
Description (Specifications)
The dominant language group of the Tezcat race, from Aum-Rhar. A’Prur was also the name of the nation in which the language was first used, on Aum-Rhar’s eastern island continent. The people of A’Prur were technologically inclined, energetic, and armed with a burning religious faith and a powerful zeal to bring civilization to the barbarians. They conquered the other nations of their world before seeking to expand Tezcat influence in space.
A’Prur speech was a mix of hissing sibilants and deep, low, throaty sounds.
History & Background (Dossier)
Lexicon
• Aum-Rhar: Name for the home planet. Essentially, “all-marriage” or “world-marriage”, the unified grouping of its inhabitants under A’Prur.
• Esram: Lower House of the Tezcat government, formed from religious and military personnel
• Ezva: “Hegemony”; political dominance
• Har: “Sacred”
• Har’Tez: “Sacred People”
• Hurarma: Upper House of the Tezcat government, formed of high-ranking priests
• I: Prefix that implied completion, commitment, or belonging
• I’: Prefix that negated
• I’Lurr: “Soulless”
• Ilynd: Moon of Aum-Rhar
• Iraahr: Group marriage, the basic social unit
• Lemente: Sun, solar. Some charts listed the Aum-Rhar System under this name.
• Lemente Ezva Har’Tez: “Solar Hegemony of the Sacred People”; the Tezcat government.
• Lurr: “Soul”
• Mra: “Daughter”
• Nathra: “Eater, one who eats”
• Rhaahr or Rhar: Different forms of this purring sound were evident in words to do with social cohesion and intimacy
• Sume: “Son”
• Tez: “People”
• Vre: “Dancing moonlight”, the quality of shifting light and shadow; significant to Tezcat, who originated as nocturnal hunters.
• Vre’Rhar: A legendary historical figure and cultural hero; “Married to Dancing Moonlight”
In Use
A’Prur was difficult to learn, having a somewhat disorderly structure (like English).
Tezcat interaction included a substantial non-verbal body language component. In particular, skin colour changes, tail posture, and ear movements served as an unconscious means of signaling the emotional states of their owners.
Naming
Tezcat names were fanciful and consisted of a string of soft words. Names were selected by the child’s parents, and were based on parental hopes for that child. Mothers selected the names of sons, and fathers of daughters. A name in the dominant Tezcat culture usually included the word Sume (son) or Mra (daughter) -- this was how to tell a male or female name apart. Because of Tezcat hostility, many names were warlike in nature. An example of a Tezcat name was Keshyathree Vre Sume Nathra I’Lurr, which would translate into “Twelfth Darkness that Stalks the Rift, Son of Dancing Moonlight, Eater of the Soulless”.
Keshyathree (“Twelfth” combined with reference to a concept of stalking darkness), Vre (“dancing moonlight”), Sume (“son”), Nathra (“eater”), I’Lurr (“souless”)
Worlds & Sectors (Astrography)
This language is primarily in use in the following areas:
Charted Space:
Homeworld: 1105
The homeworld of this language is:
World Listing: 1105
Significant communities of speakers of this language are known to reside within the following systems and worlds:
References & Contributors (Sources)
|
This article is missing content for one or more detailed sections. Additional details are required to complete the article. You can help the Traveller Wiki by expanding it. |
- TBD
- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science