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04-28-1999, 11:49 PM #1OlesensGuest
Anuirean Origin
As we all know, Brecht is based on German, Rjurik on Scandanavian languages, and
Basarji on Arabic. Now I assume the Vos is based on Russian or a related
languages. My question is, what is Anuirean based on? The names of realms and
people have too much of a continuous flavor to be completely made up. There is
an example of Anuirean written language as well. Does anyone see a link to an
Earth-based language? Latin (as from the Roman Empire)?
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04-29-1999, 01:02 AM #2
Anuirean Origin
Olesens wrote:
> As we all know, Brecht is based on German, Rjurik on Scandanavian languages, and
> Basarji on Arabic. Now I assume the Vos is based on Russian or a related
> languages. My question is, what is Anuirean based on? The names of realms and
> people have too much of a continuous flavor to be completely made up. There is
> an example of Anuirean written language as well. Does anyone see a link to an
> Earth-based language? Latin (as from the Roman Empire)?
For some strange reason, I always thought it was based on French. After glancing at
the names of the provinces on my map of Anuire, I can't come up with a logical
reason for that impression because the names don't seem any more French than French
fries....
I think I read somewhere that the knightly standard of Anuire was based more upon
the French, rather than the Germanic or British heraldic traditions (read:
Charlemagne rather than King Arthur) but, again, I could just be static buildup on
my brain....
Trapped in the Well of Perception,
Gary
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04-29-1999, 05:14 AM #3Ian HoskinsGuest
Anuirean Origin
Olesens wrote:
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> As we all know, Brecht is based on German, Rjurik on Scandanavian languages, and
> Basarji on Arabic. Now I assume the Vos is based on Russian or a related
> languages. My question is, what is Anuirean based on? The names of realms and
> people have too much of a continuous flavor to be completely made up. There is
> an example of Anuirean written language as well. Does anyone see a link to an
> Earth-based language? Latin (as from the Roman Empire)?
>
I remember reading somewhere, maybe on this mailing list, maybe in
Dragon or something similar that Anuirean was a language that Rich Baker
made up for a novel, which was then reused when he worked on Birthright.
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04-29-1999, 01:49 PM #4Mark A VandermeulenGuest
Anuirean Origin
On Wed, 28 Apr 1999, Olesens wrote:
> As we all know, Brecht is based on German, Rjurik on Scandanavian languages, and
> Basarji on Arabic. Now I assume the Vos is based on Russian or a related
> languages. My question is, what is Anuirean based on? The names of realms and
> people have too much of a continuous flavor to be completely made up. There is
> an example of Anuirean written language as well. Does anyone see a link to an
> Earth-based language? Latin (as from the Roman Empire)?
I can't answer this questions directly, but I have noticed certain
similarities between Anuirean language and culture and that of Celtic
culture (particularly continental Celts, rather than those of Great
Britan or Ireland), and the political system has a certain frankishness to
it. Many names of celtic derivation seem to fit in well with those
proposed on that card from the boxed set. I like to think of Anuirean
civilization as what the Celts might have come up with if they had ever
been organized enough to actually create an empire.
Mark VanderMeulen
vander+@pitt.edu
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04-29-1999, 05:08 PM #5
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Anuirean Origin
>I can't answer this questions directly, but I have noticed certain
>similarities between Anuirean language and culture and that of Celtic
>culture (particularly continental Celts, rather than those of Great
>Britan or Ireland), and the political system has a certain frankishness to
>it. Many names of celtic derivation seem to fit in well with those
>proposed on that card from the boxed set. I like to think of Anuirean
>civilization as what the Celts might have come up with if they had ever
>been organized enough to actually create an empire.
>
I believe however that the Sidhelien language is strongly based on the
Celtic languages (Gaelic I think). Speaking of which, does anyone know the
translations of the various elven names? Cwmb seems a pretty common word
part, as is Tuar. Anyone here fluent in Gaelic? :)
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04-29-1999, 06:17 PM #6Mark A VandermeulenGuest
Anuirean Origin
On Thu, 29 Apr 1999, Solmyr of the Azure Star wrote:
> I believe however that the Sidhelien language is strongly based on the
> Celtic languages (Gaelic I think). Speaking of which, does anyone know the
> translations of the various elven names? Cwmb seems a pretty common word
> part, as is Tuar. Anyone here fluent in Gaelic? :)
Well, Sidhelien sounds to me much more like Welsh than Gaelic, but I'm no
linguist. Welsh is related to the Celtic languages, but if I remember
correctly, it also retains a lot of pre-celtic influences. I've always
assumed that Sidhelien and Anuirean are sort of related in that way, only
backwards; i.e. while Welch picked up an incorporated words and ideas from
the Celtic, celtic-like Anuirean picked up and incorporated words and
ideas from the Welsh-like Sidhelein.
However, I should in no wise be mistaken for an expert on the subject.
Mark VanderMeulen
vander+@pitt.edu
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