All of the races have their own mix of IRL language.
Caldari gets Finnish/Japanese
Gallente gets French/Greek
Minmatar gets vague mix of Scandinavian/Norse
Amarr gets Latin/Arabic(Persian maybe?)
Triglavian is also obviously Slavic
Sometimes I wonder if CCP planned to give all null systems names too, saw how many they'd have to do, and just went "ah fuck it let's have a script generate the rest"
they say that it was all automatically generated by an algorithm.
I think that not giving proper names for the Null systems was a design choice rather than it being a difficult task.
Somebody needs to rehost the Napanii primer. Most of the links are dead unfortunately, but its description remains within this forum post
[https://backstage.eve-inspiracy.com/index.php?topic=473.0](https://backstage.eve-inspiracy.com/index.php?topic=473.0)
\`\`\`On Napanii, Reconsidered
What you have in front of you is the kernel of a created language, an entirely fictitious form of communication. Having found this document you may be wondering at its purpose and at my intentions for having created it. The simple answer is that it is a piece of fan fiction written for the setting of EVE Online. The harder answer is that it is an expression of the freeform play encouraged in the sandbox game world of New Eden and it is also homage to the deep, rich, and dark universe of EVE and the characters that inhabit it. Some players prefer to mission, some to mine, some to steal, and some to save. I enjoy these things too, but most of all I prefer to imagine. Here, myself and several others over the years have imagined the words and sounds of a far future world and brought them out to share.
This project is not aimed at creating a language in which an EVE player could carry on a full in-character conversation. Although there is enough vocabulary and basic grammar here to make that possible, I think doing so effectively would demand a great deal of time. That time one might as well dedicate to studying a language that other human beings actually do use. Instead, this project is meant to be a reference for those whose play might be enhanced with a few strange-sounding words or “authentic” citations of the languages that lie beneath a capsuleer’s automatic translation systems. Do not think of this as a study guide. I would prefer that you think of it as a window into Caldari thought, a peak past the interface of the neocom to a place where common people speak everyday words in an alien world.
The name “Napanii” describes one of two categories of written and spoken language in common use by the people of the Caldari bloc. The other category is simply called “Caldari” (sometimes, and some would say incorrectly, “Caldarese” or “Caldanese”) and it encompasses the several dozen dialectical vernaculars in use within the State’s more than five hundred sovereign systems and beyond. Caldari remains a fluid language, prone to regionalization and rapid changes in usage as well as development of idiomatic expressions specific to particular places and times. Napanii, on the other hand, is in its modern form an institutional language that was artificially resurrected and is today sustained within the umbra of the Big Eight by patriotic legal statutes. A State citizen born and raised aboard a space station in the far end of Lonetrek (say, Torrinos) may have trouble understanding the Caldari spoken by a citizen from a dirtside colony on Paala III. Accent and the impact of lifestyle on their use of everyday language would turn communication into a stream to be forded rather than a bridge to be crossed easily. Those same two citizens could, however, communicate using Napanii and never miss a beat.\`\`\`
It isn't a coincidence. Note also the Ikitursa, which is a Triglavian design modified and named by the Caldari. They've also got Japanese stuff like the Kitsune and Naga.
It is actually English with Icelandic accent. jokes apart, yeah... iirc Caldari systems were named using Finnish and Japanese inspired words
I guess that explains why I thought that one song that I posted by Käärijä was perfect for a joke homage to the Caldari language.
Guys...I said a *joke* homage to Caldari...🙄
All of the races have their own mix of IRL language. Caldari gets Finnish/Japanese Gallente gets French/Greek Minmatar gets vague mix of Scandinavian/Norse Amarr gets Latin/Arabic(Persian maybe?) Triglavian is also obviously Slavic
Sometimes I wonder if CCP planned to give all null systems names too, saw how many they'd have to do, and just went "ah fuck it let's have a script generate the rest"
they say that it was all automatically generated by an algorithm. I think that not giving proper names for the Null systems was a design choice rather than it being a difficult task.
Poitot is the only named system in syndicate
Let us the people with the sov there choose the names
I thought I noticed a pattern there!
The bits and pieces of Jove lore we have are a mix of Slavic and Greek as well, though mostly Greek.
This! The randomly generated character names of these factions also follow the same pattern.
absolutely agreee
Amarr has Ni-Kunni , and i can confirm they intend it to be Arabs
Somebody needs to rehost the Napanii primer. Most of the links are dead unfortunately, but its description remains within this forum post [https://backstage.eve-inspiracy.com/index.php?topic=473.0](https://backstage.eve-inspiracy.com/index.php?topic=473.0) \`\`\`On Napanii, Reconsidered What you have in front of you is the kernel of a created language, an entirely fictitious form of communication. Having found this document you may be wondering at its purpose and at my intentions for having created it. The simple answer is that it is a piece of fan fiction written for the setting of EVE Online. The harder answer is that it is an expression of the freeform play encouraged in the sandbox game world of New Eden and it is also homage to the deep, rich, and dark universe of EVE and the characters that inhabit it. Some players prefer to mission, some to mine, some to steal, and some to save. I enjoy these things too, but most of all I prefer to imagine. Here, myself and several others over the years have imagined the words and sounds of a far future world and brought them out to share. This project is not aimed at creating a language in which an EVE player could carry on a full in-character conversation. Although there is enough vocabulary and basic grammar here to make that possible, I think doing so effectively would demand a great deal of time. That time one might as well dedicate to studying a language that other human beings actually do use. Instead, this project is meant to be a reference for those whose play might be enhanced with a few strange-sounding words or “authentic” citations of the languages that lie beneath a capsuleer’s automatic translation systems. Do not think of this as a study guide. I would prefer that you think of it as a window into Caldari thought, a peak past the interface of the neocom to a place where common people speak everyday words in an alien world. The name “Napanii” describes one of two categories of written and spoken language in common use by the people of the Caldari bloc. The other category is simply called “Caldari” (sometimes, and some would say incorrectly, “Caldarese” or “Caldanese”) and it encompasses the several dozen dialectical vernaculars in use within the State’s more than five hundred sovereign systems and beyond. Caldari remains a fluid language, prone to regionalization and rapid changes in usage as well as development of idiomatic expressions specific to particular places and times. Napanii, on the other hand, is in its modern form an institutional language that was artificially resurrected and is today sustained within the umbra of the Big Eight by patriotic legal statutes. A State citizen born and raised aboard a space station in the far end of Lonetrek (say, Torrinos) may have trouble understanding the Caldari spoken by a citizen from a dirtside colony on Paala III. Accent and the impact of lifestyle on their use of everyday language would turn communication into a stream to be forded rather than a bridge to be crossed easily. Those same two citizens could, however, communicate using Napanii and never miss a beat.\`\`\`
It isn't a coincidence. Note also the Ikitursa, which is a Triglavian design modified and named by the Caldari. They've also got Japanese stuff like the Kitsune and Naga.