Vilani name generator?

[LeperColony]

Is there a vilani name generator anywhere? Tried the search function but didn't see it.

 

[aramis]

Is there a vilani name generator anywhere? Tried the search function but didn't see it.

I've not seen one, but it's easy enough to code one up. Mind if it's an old DOS program?

 

[rancke]

I have two quick-and-dirty tables that I use to make up Vilani names. For personal names I use two lists of twenty syllables that I rolled up from the Vilani Word Generator tables. I roll two D20 and combine the two syllables. For family names I have something slightly more elaborate; one list of 60 initial syllables, one list of 60 intermediate syllables (including results of 'blank' and 'roll twice'), and one list of 60 final syllables.


Hans

 

[Ronnke]

This site has a Vilani word generator. It may help.

http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~pound/

 

[FreeTrav]

There's also a word generator that supports multiple languages (and you can build additional language definitions) at Freelance Traveller; you might want to take a look at it at http://www.freelancetraveller.com/infocenter/swlist/winprogs.html and scroll down to the Word Generator by Jeff Zeitlin (yes, that's me). It's near the bottom of the listing, and there are a few other programs on that list that might be of interest.

 

[E.D.Quibell]

This site has a Vilani word generator. It may help.

http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~pound/

And here:

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

and here:

http://www.dedzone.net/traveller/languages.html

Best regards,

Ewan

 

[inexorabletash]

Mine is at:

http://travellermap.com/model2/wordgen.html

This was written to accompany an article in Stellar Reaches #10 which explains how it works if you want to tinker.

 

[savage]

if anyone searches this thread...

http://eaglestone.pocketempires.com/lang/vilani/vilanigen.html

 

[opensent]

For Vilani naming, I rely on these two resources:

http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/culture/customs/vilnames.html

and this:

http://eaglestone.pocketempires.com/lang/vilani/Vilani_Dictionary.html

The dictionary is especially useful because you can Alt-F and find names, surnames, castes, heroic name, etc.

You can also look for specific words which a mixed-Solomani/Vilani family might use for naming:

Sipad (Sheppard)
Sidare (Charity)
Shalena (Blessings)
Shemdrura (Spring)
Sagek (Truth, Beauty)

For a full blooded Vilani, I will create a full name for the character (i.e. Ganimakkur Eneri Irkirin Managudeli Shugilamar), but for mixed, I just go with name and surname (Bilem Igadushda).

 

[savage]

http://eaglestone.pocketempires.com/lang/vilani/Vilani_Dictionary.html

Yeah eaglestone has a couple tools.
But it would be nice if the alphabetic order was in english.

 

[rancke]

For a full blooded Vilani, I will create a full name for the character (i.e. Ganimakkur Eneri Irkirin Managudeli Shugilamar), but for mixed, I just go with name and surname (Bilem Igadushda).

What are the elements that make up a full, five-component Vilani name?


Hans

 

[G. Kashkanun Anderson]

What are the elements that make up a full, five-component Vilani name?

Hans, I believe he is referring to the system outlined in this old Freelance Traveller article. It's an interesting bit of local color, albeit non-Canonical.

 

[robject]

Yeah eaglestone has a couple tools.
But it would be nice if the alphabetic order was in english.

That's a good idea. I'll put that on my to-do list.

 

[Maksim-Smelchak]

http://spacecorsair.com/wordgen.html

Good stuff.