Happirhvan (language)

The most common language used by the Human natives of Rejhappur in their dealings with offworlders. It also sees minor use in the Principality of Caledon.

"Rejhappur" means "Land of the Homeless Ones", and actually refers to the lands travelled by the traditional nomads of the planet.

Description

The Happrhani people, with their settled communities, developed several distinctive oral and written languages a long time ago. The Happrhani tongues, in fact, became common languages used by nomads as well as Happrhani in their dealings with one another, although individual tribes employed their own mutually incomprehensible dialects among themselves. Since the coming of offworlders, the Happrhani tongue from the fertile regions around Dunbar shuttleport gradually developed into a lingua franca used by offworld companies in all of their dealings with locals; it is this language detailed here.

Many Happrhani, especially those employed in the military or on plantations, speak Caledonian languages. Few offworlders have taken the trouble to learn Happirhvan, though some terms and words have been adopted as slang.

Lexicon

• Happ: "People"

• Happijhom: "People of the Steppe"

• Happrhani: "People of the Soil"

• Haraschjarripa: A predatory animal

• Herjhanki: An animal

• Hjakhaiburaj: "Trial by Justice", a form of dispute resolution between tribes

• Jaihe: A cultivated plant profitable to offworlders

• Jhaihaprhanui: "Free People of the Serpent"

• Jhederhai: A common animal used as a beast of burden

• Jhikye: "Chief", leader who has proven their worth by their strength, courage, and general competence

• Jhom: "Steppe"

• Nakijhe: A wind

• Ralij: Flexible rods or staffs carried by herjhanki herders.

• Rhani: Settled land, literally "soil"

• Rhanui: Implied freedom and nomadism; opposed to rhani

• Schlaj: Carrion-eating animals

• Yiyi: A type of animal

Selected Proper Nouns

• Batapon
• Hamishar
• Hjarha
• Kaleer
• Kaludnawi
• Khyrmah
• Krashlamar
• Laythak
• Lhoven
• Malovke
• Malvak
• Nahawaijohm
• Nawnahwah
• Pajnawi
• Rhinvak
• Simbula
• Valajhada
• Valherda
• Venanbodar
• Yanawbodar

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 Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Dale Kemper. "Port of Call: Rejhappur." Far Traveller 2 (1983): 20,52.