Nevareion Posted January 14, 2006 Posted January 14, 2006 Official Name: The Orthodox Free Commonwealth of Nevareion Nova Capital City: Nea Nevareia Government type: Oligarchy Number of Legislative Branches: 1, The Grand Council-in-Exile (19). Federalist or Unitary: Unitary Provinces/Territories 8 Provinces, each the fiefdom of a Great House Head of State: The Lord Minister Official Language: Nevareies (Greek dialect) and English Official Religion: Greek Orthodox Christianity, (established state religion) Separation of Powers: None
Nevareion Posted September 15, 2006 Author Posted September 15, 2006 (edited) Click on the map to find a list of city names. Edited December 29, 2015 by orioni (see edit history)
Nevareion Posted September 16, 2006 Author Posted September 16, 2006 (edited) Inspired by Bainbridges example and being keen on the depth a good national description/background can give to roleplay I would like to give another suggestion. Of course this is for RP purposes only and is not intended as a comment on any real languages Once a few people have set theirs we might then see how easily someone from one nation would learn the language of another. It is only a suggestion so please suggest any improvements/corrections! Language How would you describe the language of your nation? Standardisation Highly Formal: the language has a fixed form, grammer and spelling set by a public body and most people speak the standard form Semi Formal: the language has a fixed form, grammer and spelling set by a public body but there are regional spoken variations and dialects Informal: the language is loosly defined and dialects are common Intonation Tonal: (such as Thai, tone affects meaning) Intonational: (such as English, tone conveys context eg making it a question) Intermediate: (elements of both such as in Japanese) Accent Formal: emphasised syllables in a word are fixed and affect meaning (eg greek) Informal: emphasised syllables are by convention but may change to suit rhythm or dialect(eg English) Syntax Analytic: (uses word order to fix meaning and words are individual units eg English) Synthetic: (word order less important, new words made by joining others together eg German) Grammar Prescriptive: very formal with a defined correct form, writing based Desriptive: more informal and speech based Complexity Simple: few verbs change and tenses are fairly simple (as in Welsh) Intemediate: verbs change, tenses may be simplified (such as English) Complex: verbs change, complex tense formation (eg German) Written Form Script: such as Arabic or Hebrew Runic: such as old German Latin: this one! Greek or Cyrilic Cuniform: using symbols to represent syllables Logograms: using symbols to represent concepts such as Chinese Edited September 17, 2006 by Nevareion (see edit history)
Nevareion Posted September 17, 2006 Author Posted September 17, 2006 (edited) Nice one Nevareies The language has its roots in that spoken by the earliest human settlers here and has a musical sound. It lends itself equally well to poetry, argument and swearing and the Nevareies are extremely proud of it, seeing it as a link with their illustrious but distant past. Nevareies most resembles modern Greek. Standardisation Semi Formal: the language has a fixed form, grammer and spelling set by a public body but there are regional spoken variations and dialects Intonation Intonational: tone conveys context eg making it a question Accent Formal: emphasised syllables in a word are fixed and affect meaning (eg greek) Syntax Analytic: uses word order to fix meaning and words are individual units Grammar Prescriptive: very formal with a defined correct form, writing based Complexity Intemediate: verbs change, tenses may be simplified Written Form Greek alphabet Edited September 17, 2006 by Nevareion (see edit history)
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