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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tonguez" data-source="post: 2459066" data-attributes="member: 1125">SO I assume Turanil, myself and Kankichi are 'in' on the project? Any others.NamesThe languages of Polynesia have a regular system of open syllables (ever syllable is made up of a constanant + vowel and all syllables end in a vowel) eg Ha- Wa-I'i, Sa-Mo-A and To-NGa.*ng is a special case and to be considered a single constant (pronounced as in Singer)Of course some dialects do not use certain sounds and this is marked using the glotal stop ' (eg Tahitian Ra'i = Rangi =Lani) and in some letters are exchanged (such as the Hawaiian use of K for T (eg Kahiki = Tahiti, Kahuna = Tohunga). Anyway there are just over 50 such syllables counting all Polynesian languages which are combined to make all words. ergo for gaming purpuses I propose that all syllables are listed and readers invited to combine them to their hearts content. We can also provide some base words with meanings to help egTama (Ta+Ma) = Male, boy (Kama); Tu =Stand (Ku); Rangi (Ra+ Ngi)= Sky (Langi, Lani, Rani, Ra'i) Name =>Tamaturangi (Kamakulani)Name=>Tamarani (Tamara'i,Kamalani)Name=>Turangi (Tura'i,Kulani)Name=>Lani (Rangi, Langi) *************************************************************Land surfing would be cool and we probably need an entry on common pasttimes of Polynesia, as well as Festivals etc as part of the daily life section Anyway back to the PDF. the ideas being shared here are great but we do need to start getting them structured along the lines of the contents suggested by TuranilThe first section readsI can do the Social Structure, Supernatural world and language stuffWe need everyone to work on glossary of terms (since as a speaker of a polynesian language there are terms which I think are normal which may not be to others). We also need everyone to keep up the submissions on weird and magical stuff and to submit descriptions of 'a typical ___'.The place of undead needs to be considered Ghost stories are very common in Polynesia, but there isn't really much on corporeal undead (so no vampires etc) However there are some stories which might be interpreted as corporeal undead such as the Night Marchers mentioned and another story about a mans father who came back to challenge him to a duel. The 'undead' is describes as having a skin that seemed to hang in loose folds  as if too big for the body. He wasn't recognised until after the duel. Corpses which fly through the air in funeral shrouds are more melanesian than polynesian (and may be Ghost anyway)Another strange story tells of a fish they was found with the face of a recently deceased man and which gave the fisherman a warningAs to Scope I'd like to see this be generalised 'Mythic Polynesia' with small writeups on the differences between the main groups (Tonga, Samoa, Tahiti-Rarotonga (a single unit), Marquesas, Hawaii, Rapanui (Easter Island) and Aotearoa (New Zealand)).Reference should also be made to Fiji and from there the rest of Oceania. It is also here that reference to places beyond the Great Ocean (Moananui) need to be made in order to tie things to existing DnD settings.NB there is oral record of the Polynesian discovery of Antarctica (by 'uiterangiora who named the place Piateao - the world of Arrowroot powder) and also contact with South America (source of the Sweet Potato. Polynesian artifacts have also been found in Mexico)</blockquote>

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