#demivox

Terms for Alters/Headmates with different speech capabilities than the collective/body

So as to not use verbal/speaking/vocal, which refers to permanent states tied to the body's/brain's capabilities

Vox -> Latin for voice

Non-vox/Nonvox 🌑 - an alter/headmate who is entirely unable to speak, whether the body can or cannot

Semi-vox/Semivox 🌘 - an alter/headmate who can only speak sometimes and/or partially, whether the body can or cannot

Hemi-vox/Hemivox 🌗 - an alter/headmate who's capability to speak falls between semivox and demivox, without being either, whether the body can or cannot

Demi-vox/Demivox 🌖 - an alter/headmate who can speak for the most part, with circumstances of speech difficulty, whether the body can or cannot (different from speech loss episodes)

Full-vox/Fullvox 🌕 - an alter/headmate who can speak, whether the body can or cannot

Vox-flux/Voxflux 🌓 - an alter/headmate with fluctuating ability to speak, whether the body can or cannot

Hyper-vox/Hypervox ☀️ - an alter/headmate who (involuntarily) speaks using more words than necessary to communicate (effective or not), whether the body can or cannot

The definitions are general guidelines, with exact meanings personal to each system/member -> vox labels are umbrella terms and a spectrum

Some examples :

A semi-verbal system with non-vox alters

A fully verbal system with demi-vox alters

A verbal-flux system with full-vox alters

A semi-verbal system with hyper-vox alters

so far we’ve happily embraced her into our growing family, but we’ve noticed she’s mostly nonvox, with small occasional moments of garbled talking. problem is, she doesn’t want to talk via typing (which is why I’m talking and not it). in headspace she mostly communicates via animalistic noises plus hand (or wing?) gestures, and sometimes if she wants to say something elaborate it’ll use an aac.