Rhoynar Culture & Language

voria (n.) ['vor.ia] *vauria

Rain

Days 11-13 are three of key words used in the early stages in creating Lomar Rhoynos:

kian (n.) [kian] *kian

Water

quor (n.) [quor] *kuor

Grass

kel (n.) [kɛl] *kil

nyut (v.) [naij.ʊt] *naiyut

To Sing

noyur (n.) [‘nɔɪj.ʊr] *nojur

Marble

Kroyut (v.) [‘krɔɪj.ʊt] *kroyut

To Cross a River

melia (n.) [‘mɛl.ia] *mbilia

Water Lily

Water flower

The word today is the Lomar Rhoynos word for water lily. It can also refer to any flowers that grow in the water. It is inspired by the Rhoynar city of Sar Mell, which is famous for its flowers. The city name in Lomar Rhoynos is Saria Melia.

saria (n.) ['sar.ia] *saria

City

The word today is the Lomar Rhoynos word for City. The word is based on names of the Rhoynar cities of Sar Mell, Sarhoy and Ny Sar from The World of Ice and Fire.

mara (n.) ['mar.a] *mara

Mother

Today's word is the Lomar Rhoynos word for mother.

sakarur (n.) [sə.'kɑr.ʊr] *skar

Crab

The word today is the word in Lomar Rhoynos for turtle. Turtles are an important part of Rhoynish culture, with the large turtles in the River Rhoyne called the Old Men of the River and being worshipped as a consort of Mother Rhoyne.

dameyia (n.) [dɑ.'mej.ia] *dameia

Turtle

The word today is the word for father. I noticed that many languages tend to use labial stops (p, b) in their word for father so that's what I used here also. The rolling r is what dornishmen accents are noted for in A Song of Ice and Fire so I decided that this should be a common part of the rhoynar language:

bara (n.) [‘bɑr.a] *bara

For Lexember 2025 I am posting a word from my Conlang for the Rhoynar, Lomar Rhoynos. The first word is the word for the River Rhoyne:

rhoyna (n.) ['ɹɔɪn.a] *runa

The River Rhoyne

They were destroyed or forced to flee their cities by the Freehold of Valyrian 1,000 years before A Game of Thrones.

Princess Nymeria of Ny Sar led 10,000 Ships and fled to numerous locations before settling in Dorne in Westeros. The modern Dornish are a mix of First Men, Andals and Rhoynar. House Martell descends from Princess Nymeria and her marriage to Prince Mors Martell andThe Palace of Sunspear is built in the Rhoynish style.

Some of the Rhoynar refused to merge with the Dornish and became the Orphans of the Greenblood, who still worship Mother Rhoyne.

The Dornish differ from the rest of the Seven Kingdoms with their laws of equal primogeniture and their tolerance of paramours and homosexuality due to the influence of the Rhoynar culture.

The Rhoynar lived on the banks of the River Rhoyne in Essos, near to where the Free Cities now are.

They lived in 6 city states: Chroyane, Ny Sar, Sar Mell, Sarhoy, Ar Noy and Ghoyan Drohe.

The Rhoynar are an ethnic group of people who lived in Essos for before being driven out by the Valyrian Freehold 1,000 years before A Game of Thrones.

They were a slender people with olive skin, black hair and dark eyes. They were more tolerant than other races in A Song of Ice and Fire such as practicing equal primogeniture, tolerated paramours and homosexuality and their women were allowed to be warriors.

They were famous for their art and music.

They were a fiercely independent people, living in separate city states.