#kaniva

Bible about "4 Minutes" during the Kaniva Birthday Event on June 20th, 2023

Kaniva - Who's He? (Official Video)

The Kanivan alphabet consists of 20 letters (atm, might change in the future).

A, D, E, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, V, IN, NI, TH, ST

However despite having an alphabet, they have individual symbols for nouns (with some exceptions ofc).  So words like door, grass, cat, etc. would have individual symbols rather than being spelled out.

Naturally this makes Kanivan a bitch to learn.

J is only seen in names OR some words in Pauz Kanivan.  Some words with J in it were adopted from Ander Dose, one of the languages spoken in Korlesia and the Anderkin.

H sounds are pronounced with a bit of an F sound.  On the Pauzolian Islands, however, it’s dropped completely.

R’s are usually rolled.

Last names have individual symbols too, just like nouns.  It’s easy to tell someone is a foreigner because they have to spell their name.

Since people aren’t going to know how to pronounce your name by just looking at it, it’s a common activity in school for children to introduce themselves by writing their last name on the board and telling everyone how it’s pronounced.

On official documents, the symbol precedes the actually spelling of it.  It’s almost like a coat of arms?

-in is an extremely common ending for names in Kaniva (about 90% of names in Kaniva end with -in, -ni, or have that somewhere in the name).  Naturally, the South Pauz (about 60% of their names) and the North Pauz (40%) see a lot of that in their names as well.  the North Pauz sees influence from Dhruva, though, hence why there’s less.

In short, though, it’s a little charm/prayer tied into the name that wishes well on the name bearer.  -in was originally brought in by Promise worshippers and -ni was brought in by Full worshippers, but they were so similar that they melded pretty seamlessly.

During the time of Lionheart, Abbedin is an insanely popular name.  You’re bound to know about 5 different Abbedin’s at one point.  In fact the naming pool for Kanivans is...not that big?  There’s a lot of repeat names.  Another reason why nicknames are so damn popular, I guess.  Modern day Kaniva gets a little more creative, but nicknames are still all the rage.

As for last names, there are always two.  The first denotes your family name, whatever that is, and the second denotes the town/city/area your family came from.  Abby’s last name is Dall-Shii, so Dall is her family name, and Shii denotes that her family actually originates from the middle of Kaniva, near the Shiiniini River.

Dose last names, however, are all the same pretty much no matter where you go.  Due to their past as lesser class citizens (as people feared that because they were part animal they would be a danger) they were named according to their caretaker.  So you would be _____ of _____.  For example, Marcy is Marcellennia of Sier.