WORDS OF VAARAN KINGDOMS

Vaaran is a dialect of Gruskel and spoken widely in the Vaaran Kingdoms. It is a language spoken mainly by the human farmers and serfs in the region and the local Gru tribes (nobles tend to speak Ronian or Latar).  As I've been mapping for the Vaaran Kingdoms campaign I developed a short list of important words to help guide my naming choices. I've had to work backwards in some cases to develop this because when I made Gruskel and Klerskel place names originally there were just a handful of concepts underpinning the naming conventions. For example I just named Belvar "Belvar" because I liked the sound of it. Same thing with the Steppes of Gulga. So I took place names like that and dissected them based on the surrounding setting details. I don't think this achieves anything more than randomly naming something but for me it is like a game and helps me imagine each place. 

This isn't official setting material but thought it might be fun to share so folks playing Sertorius can see how we do things in our own campaigns: 

Numbers

Omka: One

Ven: Two

Drek: Three

Drak: Four

Skel: Five

Mar: Six

Gura: Seven

Hurn: Eight

Nesh: Nine

Omga: Ten

Common words, suffixes and prefixes

-atoon: Grassland inhabited by rabbits or other similar animals

Bel: Human

Belka: Halfling

Belga: Dwarf

Esmar: King or Chief

-Ga: Stone-like or heavy, something that sinks easily

Gash: Related to Ogres

Gasha: Ogres

Graevesh: Grim Beast

Grau: Gru

Gul-:Sky

Hauch: Fort

Holta: Farms

Horga: Orc

-Ka: Pebble or small thing

Keska: Beast

Pen: River

Rue: Sacred or Holy

Sheg: Hasri

-Tel: Town

Ursh: Elf

-Ula: Hall

Var: Pure

Varna: Tavern

Vel: Elder or Elders

Warn: Hill