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bhasu 09-13-07, 09:02 PM	I would love to see a Languages of Eberron book, so this post relates to that. I am in the midst of detailing my Shifter's backstory, and I began to wonder if there was any archaic shifter language? Do they have any phases that might sprinkle their speech with, besides what we have seen already (i.e. "Silvered!") Growing up in a home with Eastern European roots, I had it growing up, so I just thought I would toss this out there.
Macrovore 09-14-07, 01:18 AM	well, it says in one of the books that they say 'tak' instead of thank you, and they use several were-animals as blessings or curses (rat, bear, boar, wolf, tiger).
mrockwell 09-14-07, 03:54 AM	"Tak" is actually a Reacher term, not necessarily specific to shifters. I do use "hrazhak" in Legacy of Wolves to mean (roughly) "challenge," but beyond that, I don't think there are any references to an older shifter tongue. You'll have to make up your own. ;) Marcy
bhasu 09-14-07, 06:55 PM	It seems i might. I remember something somewhere saying they have no real language, so it would have to be individual tribal things, or perhaps regional dialect. (They probably would say soda...) and, in a bout of shameless self promotion, my story over in the Once Upon a Time board just broke 1k reads. :D
Need_A_Life 09-16-07, 10:14 AM	well, it says in one of the books that they say 'tak' instead of thank you, and they use several were-animals as blessings or curses (rat, bear, boar, wolf, tiger). Tak? As in "someone opened an English-Danish/Swedish/Norweigan dictionary and looked it up"? *laughs* Sometimes it cracks me up when people do this. I've seen the Northen country "Nord" [translation: North], the Ocean of Vand [translation: Water], the dying sun "Døende Aske" [translation: Dying Ashes], the shadowy people "Skygge" [translation: Shadow] and now the slang version of "thank you," "tak" [translation: thanks] Seems Eberron isn't an exception to this.
Macrovore 09-16-07, 01:38 PM	apparently. I thought I'd heard and/or read it somewhere else, too. and Khyber is a valley in Afghanistan.
The Wilgar 09-16-07, 01:55 PM	apparently. I thought I'd heard and/or read it somewhere else, too. and Khyber is a valley in Afghanistan. The Khyber Pass links Afghanistan to Pakistan. And for you Stargate fans, Abydos is a city in Egypt...
bhasu 09-16-07, 10:01 PM	Funny, Even though I spent a great deal of time over there, I never picked up on that. My old stand-by for languages was gaelic. I heavily considered doing that.
OctaviusIII 09-17-07, 04:38 AM	What my friends and I have done is equated the various languages in the book to actual languages on Earth, using Common = English (Latin script) as the starting point. I'd guess that shifters, if they did have their own language, would use a creole of Sylvan and Common using a modified Common alphabet. If you figure out what Elven is equivalent to and how Sylvan diverged from it, you're well on your way to making a language.
bhasu 09-17-07, 08:25 PM	A creole! that is a great idea. And it makes sense too, with the Druid traditions in the Reaches. Great idea.