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<p>Posted by <b><!--poster-->Glenn Kempf</b>
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<p>In reply to: <a href="419.html">VV makeover (and a number of other questions)</a> posted by Glenn Kempf</b> on 10:08 5/23/02
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Actually, I was extremely tempted to list Obenzaya as one of my
candidates for fleshing out; I held back primarily because Obenzayet
hasn't been presented as a language yet. On the other hand, the
Proto-Eastern page lists a few hundred Obenzayet words, as well as
grammatical and sound change information, which might be enough to start
with... (and actually, the dialects of Verdurian on the southern edge of
the Plain are nearly separate languages at any rate).
<p>Obenzaya is particularly interesting because its people have been
semi-settled for only a few generations (less than seventy years), so its
"official" history doesn't extend back that long, while their nomadic
heritage goes back to the Gelyet conquests and before, and is probably
shrouded in myth and oral history. Just looking at the maps involved
raises a whole host of questions about lifestyle, small- and large-scale
migration patterns, settlement history, beliefs...
<p>I agree that history is a better guide here than fantasy; in this case,
the best research would be into the nomadic peoples of the Eurasian
steppe (the Kazakhs, Uzbeks, Mongols, etc. and earlier groups), the
Middle East, and North Africa; this part of the world has plenty
of nomadic peoples who conquered sedentary state and settled down (or
not), and were attacked by fresh waves of nomads in return. Just
including some of what little I know about pre-modern Kazakh culture
could probably go a long way to creating the right atmosphere (which is
probably what you had in mind. :-) If you're really interested, I'll
think about it, but I can't promise fast work.
<p>Ad onlelaacute;lan,
<br>Glenn
<hr><i>Mark responds:
<p>I have an Obenzayet grammar half-finished, so you might awant to wait
for that. Anyway, no hurry. A good world takes years to make, anyway...</i>
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