Reddy wrote:Prag, Amharic is very well represented in Cobura - about a quarter of the population or so. I respect Lucipher's proposals but I think it is best that Ikradon adopt a Western European culture, it just makes more sense geographically; something like Danish or Scots...or perhaps Luxembourgish. I loathr myself for saying this, having played there (in it's Zulu days) but it is just accepting the reality of its unpopularity and complexity.
There are a lot of good ideas here, but the problem I'm seeing is that there is very few unique cultures and languages that haven't been used in Terra, especially European ones. Although I like the idea of using a non-European language for the historical significance that Ikradon has been the outlier in Artania, it could be difficult.
I like James' idea earlier on, about leaving Neter Senek (Ancient Egyptian) as "a formal or classical language among a certain elite but the rest of the country might be said to speak a more accessible language". Luxembourgish I could support (but personally I think a Luxembourgish Alduria and Swiss Kanjor would be ideal), but I think a better accessible language could be one of the following:
- Lithuanian
- Slovenian
- Bosnian
- Macedonian
- Frisian
- Scots Gaelic
None of them, barring Slovenian (which is a small minority in Endralon—7%) and Scots Gaelic (another small minority in Kirlawa—2%) are used yet, which is good. I could see any of them being used, given the general Central European theme of Artania, from Celtic Kirlawa to German Dundorf and Hungarian Endralon.
Going back to what James said about "a formal or classical language among a certain elite", I would propose Coptic (already used in Cobura but could be reused), Amharic (again, used in Cobura), or just keeping the original Zulu that was in Ikradon before. Alternatively to using an African language, one of the languages listed above could be used, such as Scots Gaelic or Frisian, to represent an elite status, as those languages are more similar to those used in nations around Ikradon and there could be history written involving invasion/domination etc.