A'Prur

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A'Prur is a language that is primarily used by the Tezcat race.

Description (Specifications)

The dominant language group of the Tezcat race, from Aum-Rhar. A'Prur (or A'Pur) is 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 (A'Pur) are 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 is a mix of hissing sibilants and deep, low, throaty sounds.

Lexicon

A-D

• Assht: “Temple”

• Aum-Rhar: Name for the home planet. Essentially, "all-marriage" or "world-marriage", the unified grouping of its inhabitants under A'Prur.

• Chfashh-shiffke Mraa Shaast: The Day of Deliverance, a festival

E-G

• Esram: Lower House of the Tezcat government, formed from religious and military personnel

• Ezva: "Hegemony"; political dominance

• Grranshss Frr'arrl: Loosely translated, "the soulhunters"

H

• Har: "Sacred"

• Har'Tez: "Sacred People"

• Hruavist: President of the Esram

• Hurarma: Upper House of the Tezcat government, formed of high-ranking priests

I

• I: Prefix that implies completion, commitment, or belonging

• I’: Prefix that negates

• I'Lurr: "Soulless"

• Ilynd: Moon of Aum-Rhar

• Iraahr: Group marriage, the basic social unit

K

• Kis-aurash: The Shaper priesthood

• Kis-nouraou: The Shaper Church

• Kn-krutak: The Absolute, creator deity

L

• Lemente: Sun, solar. Some charts list the Aum-Rhar System under this name.

• Lemente Ezva Har'Tez: "Solar Hegemony of the Sacred People"; the Tezcat government

• Lurr: "Soul"

M

• Mra: "Daughter"

• Mra’shhrowr: An annual festival lasting 16 days each year. This period observes the creation of the universe. Note "mra"; the universe is a daughter.

• Mraa: “Of” when referencing e.g. religious sites or festival days, from “mra”. Chfashh-shiffke Mraa Shaast, Day of Deliverance -- deliverance was the daughter of that day. Mraa-assht Kis-nouraou, temple of the Shaper Church, "Shaper Church daughter-temple".

• Mrohr: "Silent Death"

• Mwarba-fa: Legal trial by combat

N-Q

• Nathra: "Eater, one who eats"

• Nraw-uft: Minister, one who heads a particular committee in the Esram

• Ou: Renders something superlative or extreme. Kasang ou, "most Holy"; Marinaf Ou, "Endless Void"; Fshh’ta-ou, the southernmost landmass on Aum-Rhar

R

• Rhaahr or Rhar: Different forms of this purring sound are evident in words to do with social cohesion and intimacy

• Rhfistt Narwaou-hssh Maraaft Ke: The Pits of Becoming Nothing; used in the time before spaceflight as the ritual execution sites for Tezcat sacrifices.

• Rifsh Kasang ou Mraa-assht Kis-nouraou: High and Most Holy Temple of the Shaper Church

• Rr-vyshh: A traditional ink made from the soot of Maa'shh plants

S

• Sh'eech'fft: A plant

• Sheethyrrr: A bloodied claw tearing at the heart, e.g. a ritual sacrifice

• Shfraa: An alcoholic beverage made of blessed and fermented Shfraavsht blood

• Shtav Marinaf Ou Vashrnow: "Destroyer of Worlds, Stalker in the Endless Void"

• Sume: "Son"

T

• Tez: "People"

• Thraktoshnar: A weapon, originally made from the thick thighbone of a herbivore called a thraktosh.

• Thuugra: A heavy fighting spear (not suitable for throwing)

• Tzasai: A traditional ceremonial duelling knife carried by Shaper Partisans as a symbol of their position

• Tzraa: A weapon attached at the wrist and worn over the hand; three long, sharp blades which can be used in close combat instead of a Tezcat's natural claws.

• Tzreera: A saw-edged knife primarily used in various martial art styles.

• Tzuaarra: Ancient sickle-shaped, sword-like weapons

V

• 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 is difficult to learn, having a somewhat disorderly structure (like English).

Tezcat interaction includes a substantial non-verbal body language component. In particular, skin colour changes, tail posture, and ear movements serve as an unconscious means of signaling the emotional state of their owners.

Written Form

The common written form is an elegant mix of lines and dots. The alphabet has only 15 letters, with punctuation using words instead of symbols; these are placed at the front of sentences to denote surprise, question, and exclamation. Diacritical marks are used to indicate tone.

Naming

Tezcat names are fanciful and consist of a string of soft words. Names are selected by the child's parents, and are based on parental hopes for that child. Mothers select the names of sons, and fathers of daughters. A name in the dominant Tezcat culture usually includes the word Sume (son) or Mra (daughter) -- this is how to tell a male or female name apart. Because of Tezcat hostility, many names are warlike in nature.

Examples of Tezcat names are as follows:

  • 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")

  • Sheethyrrr Mrohr Mra Rrarrathra Kithrsss, which translates roughly to "Bloodied Claw who Tears the Heart, Daughter of Silent Death, Bringer of Lament"

Sheethyrrr (a bloodied claw tearing at the heart), Mrohr ("silent death") Mra (daughter), Rrarrathra Kithrsss ("bringer of lament")

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:

No world articles for A'Prur


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