Soooo...I realised that if I want Orcish culture to have its own identity, and that I can’t just keep inventing names that sound vaguely Orcish and call it a day. 😂 'I mean...I can, but...nah!)

So tonight, I went back to one of my favourite ways of creating words ! the linguistic méchoui.

I take the word I’m looking for and translate it into several completely different languages, then throw all those sounds into the same pot and see what survives.

For example, tonight’s word victim was "adult." (It was supposed to be easy...)

French: adulte English: adult Māori: pakeke Oromo: gaa’eessa Japanese: otona Swahili: mtu mzima Indonesian: dewasa Samoan: tagata matua Malagasy: olon-dehibe

Then I started chopping, mixing, and seasoning. And after a bit of linguistic cooking…😂 (Meaning me sitting in front of my screen deleting letters, or adding them to one another. I am not Tolkien.)

Parkar was born.

So, for now:

🥁 Parkar — adult (It took me 2 hours! TWO!!! For ONE word!!! Do you know how many actual words I could have added to the demo if I wasn’t this stubborn?!)

And now I’m doing the same thing for woman and man, while keeping in mind all the Orcish names we already know — Corden, Ormira, Laghur, Mirruk, Nineya…(You have no idea of who I'm talking about, right?)

Because apparently I have decided that creating a fictional language at nearly midnight is a perfectly reasonable use of my time.

Wish me luck. 😂