Ah well, it was worth asking I suppose.
You'd think that the traditional Miqo'te tribes and clans wouldn't be so quick to assimilate a common Eorzean language as their primary language. Also, Miqo'te names are so different from the common language's words that you'd think they would have to know at least a bit of the old language so that they can continue to give their children traditional names.
Most of Eorzea's people have indeed taken to the city-states, but there are people still isolated. Some Highlanders in Little Ala Mhigo, Duskwights in their hidden underground cities, Miqo'te in their tribes and clans. Unless I'm missing something, it makes sense for these more isolated peoples to have their traditional languages intact.
But its no use for me to argue with something that I can't change. I just wanted my character to seem more traditional by throwing some "foreign" words into RP on occasion. I guess that won't be doable for now.
Ildur and Jana, thanks for the linguistics lessons. Its interesting to know that the Miqo'te naming conventions might be influenced by ancient Roman, Egyptian and maybe Turkish. However, correct me if I'm wrong, I don't think I can assume any of those languages would be identical to Miqo'te language? So I can't use them.
You'd think that the traditional Miqo'te tribes and clans wouldn't be so quick to assimilate a common Eorzean language as their primary language. Also, Miqo'te names are so different from the common language's words that you'd think they would have to know at least a bit of the old language so that they can continue to give their children traditional names.
Most of Eorzea's people have indeed taken to the city-states, but there are people still isolated. Some Highlanders in Little Ala Mhigo, Duskwights in their hidden underground cities, Miqo'te in their tribes and clans. Unless I'm missing something, it makes sense for these more isolated peoples to have their traditional languages intact.
But its no use for me to argue with something that I can't change. I just wanted my character to seem more traditional by throwing some "foreign" words into RP on occasion. I guess that won't be doable for now.
Ildur and Jana, thanks for the linguistics lessons. Its interesting to know that the Miqo'te naming conventions might be influenced by ancient Roman, Egyptian and maybe Turkish. However, correct me if I'm wrong, I don't think I can assume any of those languages would be identical to Miqo'te language? So I can't use them.
