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Gameplay => General Discussion => Topic started by: Kaerli_Stronwylle on August 17, 2014, 11:12:45 pm

Title: Klyran could use some flight, weather, etal jargon
Post by: Kaerli_Stronwylle on August 17, 2014, 11:12:45 pm

First off, I'd like to thank everyone who's worked on Klyran so far, it's one of the best-defined IG languages we have, and it's a very nice touch in RP despite being little used, sadly.

*Klimnihafar scratches her headfin for a bit and thinks of how to say "cumulus congestus with moderate turbulence, looks like it'll be a full-grown cumulonimbus in a few hours" in Klyran...

Considering Klyros have wings and at minimum a gliding capability, wouldn't they have words for various flight and weather phenomena (various cloud types, turbulence, precipitation, and winds are a good start as far as weather goes, and aerodynamic stalls, spins, ground effect, wake vortices, and many others will wind up useful for aerodynamics/flight) in their language? Or am I going to have to go in and start adding some to the Wiki; if so, anyone have suggestions as to making Klyran words?

Title: Re: Klyran could use some flight, weather, etal jargon
Post by: bilbous on August 18, 2014, 01:56:54 am

heh, flower lady looked at me funny when Pergerine said he needed the flowers to make the finest streamers for gliding across the canyon. Seeing as klyros have no feathers I planned on tying a string of flowers to his coat-tail.

lisp a lot ;)

Title: Re: Klyran could use some flight, weather, etal jargon
Post by: BoevenF on August 18, 2014, 10:20:02 am

Feel free to add some terms.
Usually when I attempt a new word I scan the vocabulary for similar meanings or basic glyphs, in your case zanlimni = aerial, klimni = air, kmilni = water, orn = to flow, lim = to fly, mil = to dive, and I try to combine a concept in one or two words.
A cloud could be "klimmilni", something like "objects of water in the air". But water in air is steam, so we could think of a new glyph incorporating water and air, calling it "lil" or "mim". So cloud = klilni.
Updrafts could be klimfoni, downdraft klimofni, and so on.

Title: Re: Klyran could use some flight, weather, etal jargon
Post by: MishkaL1138 on August 18, 2014, 10:39:36 am

And that's what a phylology major is useful for, kids.

Remember, quit school, do drugs. Wait...

Title: Re: Klyran could use some flight, weather, etal jargon
Post by: Volki on August 18, 2014, 04:50:00 pm

Anyone have a link to the klyran language? I'm too lazy to look for it myself.

Title: Re: Klyran could use some flight, weather, etal jargon
Post by: BoevenF on August 18, 2014, 04:58:15 pm

too lazy to publish.  :D

Title: Re: Klyran could use some flight, weather, etal jargon
Post by: Volki on August 18, 2014, 05:07:08 pm

lol

Is it this? http://planeshift.top-ix.org/pswiki/index.php?title=Klyros_Language

Title: Re: Klyran could use some flight, weather, etal jargon
Post by: BoevenF on August 18, 2014, 05:39:25 pm

yep.