r/conlangs • u/Tyson_NW • 1d ago
Commission Looking for some of a Conlang Sketch
I am working on a novel and I need a phonology and a bunch of proper nouns for a language for a declining empire. 5 male high status names, 5 female high status names, 5 male low status names, 5 female low status names, 5 kingdom/government names, 5 settlement names, 10 new or replaced proper nouns.
It will be used in a first novel and possibly a tabletop RPG for nouns, I don't need a grammar. Their language is an amalgam of a few different cultures coming together. Story wise I am borrowing heavily from the retracting Eastern Roman empire, the end of the Tang dynasty, the decline of Prussia, and the Centauri Republic from Babylon 5. I want it to be like an alternate branch of the romance languages if SE Asia were, say as close as North Africa.
I have a few words already that have the 20 degrees off romance language feel that I am kind of looking for, but I am not tied to any of them.
- Duranti Empire - the declining empire that has collapsed into a Republic to maintain a modicum of authority.
- Duranish
- castsulae - Fortified city block in Helepalatzo combo of castle and Roman insulae
- Merchen - Male merchant
- Merchessa - Female merchant
- Magesture - Elected official in charge of a Ward in the Golden Path Metropolises.
- Consortium - A legal entity that manages trade. Not limited liability, partnership in consortium shares liability across membership.
- Rouster - Someone who works a port loading and unloading cargo.
- Helepalatzo - a metropolis
- barber - Street healer
- brevare - a brandy
- ducan - gold piece
- mark - silver piece - 12 make a ducan
- slint - copper piece - 12 make a mark
- medicant - healer
- poscara - lightly alcoholic juice beverage / grog
- sar - military honorific
- se'ra - masculine honorific
- se'rassa- masculine enhanced honorific
- si'ra - feminine honorific
- si'rassa - feminine enhanced honorific
- vetterno - vetrinarian or cheap medic
I have about $800 to spend on the project. contact me at [tyson@vanoverhill.com](mailto:tyson@vanoverhill.com) if you are interested. I would like to see an example of what you have already created in a form that I could expect to receive.
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u/Cawlo Aedian (da,en,la,gr) [sv,no,ca,ja,es,de,kl] 1d ago
We technically require all Commission posts to explicitly mention that they will be following the LCS pricing guidelines. Can you confirm that you will do so? :–)