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species:start [2021/11/10 20:34] – ↷ Links adapted because of a move operation shyriathspecies:start [2024/04/24 13:08] (current) shyriath
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 ====== Species ====== ====== Species ======
-There are many species to be found on [[Avishraa:]] - and, for that matter, beyond it.+There are many species to be found on [[universe:mikurmiya:avishraa]] - and, for that matter, beyond it.
  
 ===== Enenkalar ===== ===== Enenkalar =====
 The known intelligent species of Avishraa are generally loath to be grouped with each other at all, even when they are in fact not all that different. That said, some takma sages have sometimes found it useful to be able to refer to all thinking beings. The known intelligent species of Avishraa are generally loath to be grouped with each other at all, even when they are in fact not all that different. That said, some takma sages have sometimes found it useful to be able to refer to all thinking beings.
  
-While there is in [[language:imperial:start]] a word //tharka//, which approximates the English word 'person', the word is somewhat loaded as it carries a strong suggestion of 'someone who can be understood/reasoned with'; an Imperial-speaking takma with a particularly vicious grudge may not even universally apply the term to all members of their own species. It would take a relatively broad-minded one to apply it to a member of another species entirely, considering the frequent lack of understanding between them.+While there is in [[language:Imperial:]] a word //tharka//, which approximates the English word 'person', the word is somewhat loaded as it carries a strong suggestion of 'someone who can be understood/reasoned with'; an Imperial-speaking takma with a particularly vicious grudge may not even universally apply the term to all members of their own species. It would take a relatively broad-minded one to apply it to a member of another species entirely, considering the frequent lack of understanding between them.
  
 Instead, the term generally used is //enenkalar// (sing. //enenkal//); the literal meaning is 'speaking ones', but can be more freely translated as 'sophonts'. At the present time, three species of //enenkalar// are known to be native to Avishraa: Instead, the term generally used is //enenkalar// (sing. //enenkal//); the literal meaning is 'speaking ones', but can be more freely translated as 'sophonts'. At the present time, three species of //enenkalar// are known to be native to Avishraa:
  
-  * [[takma:]] +  * [[takma:]] (including the overwhelming majority of [[Chosen:]]) 
-  * [[xtauh:]]+  * [[xtauh:]] (including a very few [[Chosen:]])
   * [[orghysh:]]   * [[orghysh:]]
  
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 ===== Animals ===== ===== Animals =====
-  * sikirin +  * [[species:aghatin]] 
-  * axtin +  * [[species:axtin]] 
-===== Plants =====+  * [[species:balviir]] 
 +  * [[species:dresen]] 
 +  * [[species:ghyol|ghyṑl]] 
 +  * [[species:hargh]] 
 +  * [[species:shexru]] 
 +  * [[species:sikirin]]
  
 +===== Fungi =====
 +  * [[species:bilaak-tesh|[ˌɡ͜ʘi.ɬaːkʰ.ˈtʰeʃ]]]
 +
 +===== Plants =====
 +  * [[species:iraah]]
 +  * [[species:leather cabbage]]
 +  * [[species:lheshen]]
 +  * [[species:katelli]]
 +  * [[species:meekleaf]]
 +  * [[species:peka]]
 +  * [[species:utenej]]
 +  * [[species:wet-grain]]
  
 {{tag>wip}} {{tag>wip}}
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