On Pronunciations and Meanings: Some Glossaries
On these pages, you will find information about pronunciations, meanings, and characters to reduce any confusion that may arise while reading this story.
NAMING SCHEMES – Do these really long names seem counterintuitive to you? Do you want to know why our main character answers Nitannyi, Salus, Nita, and Salus Niksubvya? What’s with the long middle name? This guide explains everything you need to know about names and formality.
ON SOUNDS – Covers the basics of pronunciation, including what you should do with that weird č character and that umlauted e.
PLACES, PEOPLE, ORGANIZATIONS – Who is Karatau? What’s the Daybreak Movement? What’s the Progressive Movement? Should I actually recognize all of these names that Salus is rattling off with no explanation? In some cases, yes. In other cases, this info is completely superfluous.
TVESHI CALENDAR – If the dates given in post titles confuse you, read this.
WORDS – This is the most useful guide ever. Think that I’m cleverly calling coffee “nonu” to increase the text’s exotic flavor? Want to know why I’m using “mësah” instead of its English equivalent for greetings and statements of gratitude? Need to know what the nuamua are? Read this and you will understand everything. Well, almost everything.
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