Smoother Sailing in the Protectorate

Last year, two of our members who spend a lot of time in the Protectorate were hanging out in a bar on Mya and met Regina “Reggi” Poole, a really interestingcool expert on Banu culture from Song University on Terra. She was totally fluent in Banu and the locals were buying her drinks left and right. Turns out she was just weeks away from defending her dissertation on Human indenture. She was on Mya for a couple of days to attend the Divestment ceremony of one of her oldest Banu mentors, Ssunda. The stories she told us about them and their culture blew our minds, so we asked her to help our membership make the most out of trading with Banu and stay out of trouble in their territory. She in turn hooked us up with Albion “Al” Le Coi, a language teacher at Song. This guide is the result of those discussions.

It’s broken up into sections with all kinds of cultural stuff and do’s and don’ts spread across it, with a sample dictionary at the end.

Banu Language
The main language Banu speak is a verb-heavy one with a lot of classifiers and few nouns. Kind of a weird one from a Standard-speaker’s perspective, but you get used to it quick with a bit of practice. Banu are pretty forgiving of Humans who make mistakes when learning to speak Banu, so if you want to get some speaking time in, don’t be afraid to head to your nearest Banu-friendly bar and try out your skills!

Language Lessons in This Document
A detailed guide to reading Banu

Vowel hierarchy scale

You want verbs? We’ve got verbs!

Glue speak vs. chop speak: what is it, anyway?

Nouns and their classifiers

Numbers galore

And more!

Banu Culture
Real aficionados of language know that you can’t fully understand a language without understanding the culture. The Rust Society guide dives deep into what makes the Banu Banu. We talk about the food they like, rules around contracts, the way they spend their days, their timescale, their lifespan, their cultural values, their proclivity to party, and a bunch of other stuff that should come in handy to linguists and travelers alike.

Cultural Lessons in this Document
Banu friendships

Going out on the town with your new friends

What “thank you” really means

Soulis to seek out

Advice about food, drink, and sleep

A breakdown of Indenture

Notes on Banu time

Advice on contracts

And more!

Knowledge is Power
We’re just throwing this out to any Rust Society members who don’t want to end up owing the wrong Souli like 700k credits. Who wants that kind of debt on their head, right? Stay safe out there in the BP, y’all, and happy pacho -ing!

Download: Smoother Sailing in the Protectorate: A Rust Society Guide to Interacting with the Banu
A corrected and updated version of this guide was posted on August 7, 2020.

Pervasive corrections of typos, typesetting, and punctuation errors.

A few small new anecdotal sections on asking about color, etc.

Answers to sample questions provided immediately preceding the sample dictionary

Over 350 new lexical items added to the sample dictionary

Numerous new notes and example sentences given for lexical items in the dictionary

Numerous new cross references to related or relevant terms in the dictionary

It is strongly recommended that serious students of the Banu language read through the updated dictionary at their own pace with an eye out for new cultural context hints and notes; along with new example sentences which are given in a mixture of zo pamba and zo yiilo styles of speech. Those who have already begun to master the language will find many fun and unique parsing challenges utilized in these examples, both related to word order and phonological (zo yiilo) contractions. Many new colloquialisms and idioms have also been added.

An updated version of this document with over 1700 new terms was posted on June 21, 2023.

Letztes Jahr hingen zwei unserer Mitglieder, die viel Zeit im Protektorat verbrachten, in einer Bar auf Mya herum und trafen Regina "Reggi" Poole, eine wirklich interessante, coole Expertin für Banukultur von der Song University on Terra. Sie beherrschte Banu völlig fließend und die Einheimischen kauften ihre Getränke links und rechts. Es stellte sich heraus, dass sie nur noch wenige Wochen davon entfernt war, ihre Dissertation über Humandenture zu verteidigen. Sie war für ein paar Tage auf Mya, um an der Zeremonie zur Veräußerung eines ihrer ältesten Banu-Mentoren, Ssunda, teilzunehmen. Die Geschichten, die sie uns über sie und ihre Kultur erzählt hat, haben uns überwältigt, also haben wir sie gebeten, unserer Mitgliedschaft zu helfen, das Beste aus dem Handel mit Banu herauszuholen und sich aus Schwierigkeiten in ihrem Gebiet herauszuhalten. Sie wiederum hat uns mit Albion "Al" Le Coi, einem Sprachlehrer bei Song, verbunden. Dieser Leitfaden ist das Ergebnis dieser Diskussionen.

Es ist in Abschnitte mit allerlei kulturellem Zeug und Do's und Don'ts unterteilt, die sich über sie verteilen, mit einem Musterwörterbuch am Ende.

Banu Sprache
Die Hauptsprache, die Banu spricht, ist eine verblastige Sprache mit vielen Klassifikatoren und wenigen Substantiven. Irgendwie seltsam aus der Sicht eines Standard-Lautsprechers, aber man gewöhnt sich schnell daran mit ein wenig Übung. Banu verzeiht Menschen, die Fehler machen, wenn sie lernen, Banu zu sprechen, also wenn Sie etwas Zeit zum Sprechen haben wollen, scheuen Sie sich nicht, in Ihre nächste Banu-freundliche Bar zu gehen und Ihre Fähigkeiten auszuprobieren!

Sprachunterricht in diesem Dokument
Eine detaillierte Anleitung zum Lesen der Banu Vokal-Hierarchieskala Sie wollen Verben? Wir haben Verben! Kleber sprechen vs. hacken sprechen: Was ist das überhaupt? Substantive und ihre Klassifikatoren Zahlen in Hülle und Fülle Und mehr! Banu-Kultur
Echte Sprachliebhaber wissen, dass man eine Sprache nicht vollständig verstehen kann, ohne die Kultur zu verstehen. Der Rust Society Guide taucht tief in das ein, was den Banu Banu ausmacht. Wir sprechen über das Essen, das sie mögen, Regeln für Verträge, die Art und Weise, wie sie ihre Tage verbringen, ihre Zeitspanne, ihre Lebensdauer, ihre kulturellen Werte, ihre Neigung zur Party und eine Menge anderer Dinge, die sowohl für Linguisten als auch für Reisende nützlich sein sollten.

Kulturelle Lektionen in diesem Dokument
Banu-Freundschaften Mit deinen neuen Freunden in die Stadt hinausgehen Was "Danke" wirklich bedeutet, bedeutet, dass Soulis Ratschläge über Essen, Trinken und Schlafen suchen Eine Aufschlüsselung von Indenture Notes zur Banu-Zeit Ratschläge zu Verträgen Und mehr! Wissen ist Macht
Wir werfen dies nur an alle Mitglieder der Rust Society aus, die nicht die falschen Souli wie 700k Credits schuldig sind. Wer will schon diese Art von Schulden auf seinem Kopf haben, oder? Bleibt sicher da draußen im BP, ihr alle, und freut euch über den Pacho!

Herunterladen: Leichteres Segeln im Protektorat: Ein Leitfaden der Rostgesellschaft zur Interaktion mit der Banu

Last year, two of our members who spend a lot of time in the Protectorate were hanging out in a bar on Mya and met Regina “Reggi” Poole, a really interestingcool expert on Banu culture from Song University on Terra. She was totally fluent in Banu and the locals were buying her drinks left and right. Turns out she was just weeks away from defending her dissertation on Human indenture. She was on Mya for a couple of days to attend the Divestment ceremony of one of her oldest Banu mentors, Ssunda. The stories she told us about them and their culture blew our minds, so we asked her to help our membership make the most out of trading with Banu and stay out of trouble in their territory. She in turn hooked us up with Albion “Al” Le Coi, a language teacher at Song. This guide is the result of those discussions.

It’s broken up into sections with all kinds of cultural stuff and do’s and don’ts spread across it, with a sample dictionary at the end.

Banu Language
The main language Banu speak is a verb-heavy one with a lot of classifiers and few nouns. Kind of a weird one from a Standard-speaker’s perspective, but you get used to it quick with a bit of practice. Banu are pretty forgiving of Humans who make mistakes when learning to speak Banu, so if you want to get some speaking time in, don’t be afraid to head to your nearest Banu-friendly bar and try out your skills!

Language Lessons in This Document
A detailed guide to reading Banu

Vowel hierarchy scale

You want verbs? We’ve got verbs!

Glue speak vs. chop speak: what is it, anyway?

Nouns and their classifiers

Numbers galore

And more!

Banu Culture
Real aficionados of language know that you can’t fully understand a language without understanding the culture. The Rust Society guide dives deep into what makes the Banu Banu. We talk about the food they like, rules around contracts, the way they spend their days, their timescale, their lifespan, their cultural values, their proclivity to party, and a bunch of other stuff that should come in handy to linguists and travelers alike.

Cultural Lessons in this Document
Banu friendships

Going out on the town with your new friends

What “thank you” really means

Soulis to seek out

Advice about food, drink, and sleep

A breakdown of Indenture

Notes on Banu time

Advice on contracts

And more!

Knowledge is Power
We’re just throwing this out to any Rust Society members who don’t want to end up owing the wrong Souli like 700k credits. Who wants that kind of debt on their head, right? Stay safe out there in the BP, y’all, and happy pacho -ing!

Download: Smoother Sailing in the Protectorate: A Rust Society Guide to Interacting with the Banu
A corrected and updated version of this guide was posted on August 7, 2020.

Pervasive corrections of typos, typesetting, and punctuation errors.

A few small new anecdotal sections on asking about color, etc.

Answers to sample questions provided immediately preceding the sample dictionary

Over 350 new lexical items added to the sample dictionary

Numerous new notes and example sentences given for lexical items in the dictionary

Numerous new cross references to related or relevant terms in the dictionary

It is strongly recommended that serious students of the Banu language read through the updated dictionary at their own pace with an eye out for new cultural context hints and notes; along with new example sentences which are given in a mixture of zo pamba and zo yiilo styles of speech. Those who have already begun to master the language will find many fun and unique parsing challenges utilized in these examples, both related to word order and phonological (zo yiilo) contractions. Many new colloquialisms and idioms have also been added.

An updated version of this document with over 1700 new terms was posted on June 21, 2023.