Tsolyáni language
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Tsolyáni is one of several languages invented by M. A. R. Barker, developed in the mid-to-late 1940s[1][2][3] in parallel with his legendarium leading to the world of Tékumel as described in the Empire of the Petal Throne roleplaying game, published by TSR in 1975. It is detailed in The Tsolyáni Language, Part I and II.[4]
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Created by | M. A. R. Barker |
Purpose | Constructed language
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ISO 639-3 | None (mis ) |
Glottolog | None |
IETF | art-x-tsolyani |
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It was the first constructed language ever published as part of a role-playing game[citation needed] and draws its inspiration from Urdu, Pashto, Mayan and Nahuatl. The last influence can be seen in the inclusion of the sounds hl [ɬ] and tl [tɬ]. One exact borrowing from a real-world source is the Tsolyáni noun root sákbe, referring to the fortified highways of the Five Empires; it is the same word as the Yucatec Maya sacbe, referring to the raised paved roads constructed by the pre-Columbian Maya. Another close borrowing is from the Nahuatl word tlatoani, referring to a leader of an Aztec state (e.g. Montezuma); it is similar to the clan-name of the Tsolyáni emperors, Tlakotáni.