Whats in a name?

[Garuda]

Any knowledgeable Travellers out there who know what typical names I should give to my Zhodani and Vargyr npcs?

I've guessed that I'd be okay with arabian sounding names for my Zhodanis but what sort of language do the vargyr use?

 

[Gee4orce]

Try this

http://visionforgestudios.com/jesse/traveller/reference/

For Vargr, make a growling or gargling sound at the back of your throat, and then try spell it.

For Zhodani, try and spell it with an Arabic accent.

;-)

 

[GypsyComet]

Zdetl (the language of the Zhodani) is actually more gutteral than that. The old word generator for Zdetl tends to produce lots of tongue-twisting consonant strings that remind one of Meso-American city names.

I'll see if I can drag out my old home-written name generator and throw a few hundred at you...

 

[AKAramis]

Zdetl (the language of the Zhodani) is actually more gutteral than that. The old word generator for Zdetl tends to produce lots of tongue-twisting consonant strings that remind one of Meso-American city names.

I'll see if I can drag out my old home-written name generator and throw a few hundred at you...

I find it reminiscent of Russian...

 

[GypsyComet]

It seems to depend on how you pick your results from the big list of random words.

chtiatlavrshto   doqfie   iprrfrjiqr   chtinzichtens   vekre
iadjiv   sesrshkri   vriblzhdebrenchdlanj   jdrpshee
briakl   zhianshdipl   chtianzhtevchtie   taklie
tseprvadip   krodiaif   zipl   pliakl   yier   plench
vlatl   sa   roljdiedensatl   qliaqo   ela   sef
chatsikalprant   die   fepria   iaseroefr
qliantbleqridl   itl   ebria'zidl   shtiaketlchech
iaztlivrdiet   iedleblfibl   ianshbetjdinzhrel
dleblepl   iafrdrialzhej   fiach   jdibrchtrqli
veplvlievlzdens   shtanshi   kits   branzhidrbafr
zhdenchsachtia'   zhdaprqrachpiadl   eledal
dlebl   fit   shipl   ieprplepieensh   tlifrpla
tlanchiazhdaj   setsyidrie   tliejie   i'adiepr
ebri   iklintfevr   stensebltliadrzde   roinzieprshta
briats   ie   etl   jentszdozdidr   encheiafr
chteliansi   staplvopqekryivl   zhdiedrdrrnch
kapie   biefl   zhdedabchtepli   ofr   ieiedl
shtentblertliaievr   vezhtafraof   jdiablvlo'

As you can see, the random generator can chunk out some seriously unpronounceable results. I've found it best to just let random generation run wild, then pick and choose.

Note that there are some naming conventions for Zhodani nobility, who have a rank-based suffix on their given name.

Intendants (Soc 10) add -iepr
Soc 11 add -atl
Soc 12 add -stebr
Soc 13 add -tlas
Soc 14 add -tlasche'
Soc 15 add -iashav

I don't have a generator get up for Gvegh or Irilitok, the two most common Vargr languages in the Spinward Marches. The table for Gvegh exists in old supplements, and Irilitok is likely not too different.