Culture: Language Generators? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Culture: Language Generators? [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Omnirahk, half-Rahkshi
12-29-06, 10:03 PM Quick version: I need a bunch of words in Quor and any other languages in Eberron. Where can I get a huge list? What sounds characterize each language?

I'm looking into the RP aspect of the Eberron game I'm DMing. It's going all over the place (not stuck in Khorvaire), and I'm wondering if there's any source for words in the various languages. For example, there is a kalashtar soulknife NPC they'll be dealing with extensively. He may allude to different techniques he's learned (essentially maneuvers without Tome of Battle).

Is there anywhere I could get a list of words in all the languages? Or better yet, a generator? Are there any real-world languages that sound close enough?

Guidelines help too, but not as much. For example, I know kalashtar words (the Quor language) is heavy on silibance. However, I currently lack skill in using that information. Hopefully that'll change with my psych course: on the creation of fictional languages. Three weeks of learning klingon and Tolkien elvish and how to make it seem like a unified culture.
Siberys
12-29-06, 11:29 PM Jhonen Olain's (http://www.coveworld.net/eberron/lore.html) Lore section has a common-Elf, -Goblin, and -Quor "translator" - it changes the phoenetics from one sound to another. They're quite nice, I use them when making PC and NPC names.
Omnirahk, half-Rahkshi
12-31-06, 11:25 AM Thank you very much. It's been most helpful. Qui'elle already has a few fake names to be handing out. Kas may become a favorite. Of course, he's going to use non-kalashtar names too. Thanks again.

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Omnirahk, half-Rahkshi 12-29-06, 10:03 PM	Quick version: I need a bunch of words in Quor and any other languages in Eberron. Where can I get a huge list? What sounds characterize each language? I'm looking into the RP aspect of the Eberron game I'm DMing. It's going all over the place (not stuck in Khorvaire), and I'm wondering if there's any source for words in the various languages. For example, there is a kalashtar soulknife NPC they'll be dealing with extensively. He may allude to different techniques he's learned (essentially maneuvers without Tome of Battle). Is there anywhere I could get a list of words in all the languages? Or better yet, a generator? Are there any real-world languages that sound close enough? Guidelines help too, but not as much. For example, I know kalashtar words (the Quor language) is heavy on silibance. However, I currently lack skill in using that information. Hopefully that'll change with my psych course: on the creation of fictional languages. Three weeks of learning klingon and Tolkien elvish and how to make it seem like a unified culture.
Siberys 12-29-06, 11:29 PM	Jhonen Olain's (http://www.coveworld.net/eberron/lore.html) Lore section has a common-Elf, -Goblin, and -Quor "translator" - it changes the phoenetics from one sound to another. They're quite nice, I use them when making PC and NPC names.
Omnirahk, half-Rahkshi 12-31-06, 11:25 AM	Thank you very much. It's been most helpful. Qui'elle already has a few fake names to be handing out. Kas may become a favorite. Of course, he's going to use non-kalashtar names too. Thanks again.