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<p>Posted by <b><!--poster-->epdiv</b>
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I noticed that on the map of Ereláe in the drilldown
is wide enough to show a kingdom named "Lab-Atu" on
the Alfonsine coast. It appears to be south of the
mountains that are north of the Rau river. Is this a
Nanese or a Western kingdom? Speaking of the Nan, I
have some questions:
<p>1. Are they a united people, or are they divided into
a bunch of small states like in Eretald?
<p>2. What kind of language do they speak, and are you
ever going to give it a grammar in the distant future
(with names like "O-Siücê" it must be pretty
different-sounding)?
<p>3. How were they able to become such good sailors with
only having 1000 years of being civilized?
<p>4. What exactly are the "Little Kingdoms"?
<p>5. (last number, I promise!) How long ago did they
drive the Ktuvoki out of their realm? Did this have
any effect on their religion like it did for the
Cadhinorians?
<p>(PS: Ok, ok, fine. I do have one more question, have
you started the Historical Atlas of Uytai yet? I'm
really looking forward to it!)
<hr><i>Mark responds:
<p>0. It's "Lae-Atu", which is the southernmost of the Little Kingdoms.
These are essentially all part of Nanese civilization.
<p>1. Nan is a single realm, which has historically controlled a greater
or lesser fraction of the Nanese zone. Many of the lesser kingdoms
(and Moreo Ashcai as well) are historicaly Nanese colonies.
<p>2. I hope to get to Nanese some day; it should be interesting. It's
a prefixing language, and has provided Verdurian with words for yam,
soy, vanilla, rice, coffee, and sugar.
<p>3. They have used boats for far longer than they've had cities.
Their culture doesn't extend far from the coast and the major rivers,
in fact: the jungle is almost impenetrable, so waterways are its lifelines.
<p>4. This should be clear by now: smaller kingdoms within the Nanese sphere,
which the <b>o-nêci</b> at O-Dayevu considers part of his realm,
but is not so foolish as to attempt to govern.
<p>5. Hmm? Are you referring to the former ktuvok habitats in Nasuael
and the Rau delta? It was the ilii who drove them out of those areas.
<p>6. Some preliminary work is done: a very rough sketch of the major
movements in continental history, and some work on a nice map. It'll
be awhile, though.
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