GURVIN (HIVER MAIN WORD GENERATOR) BASIC ALTERNATE 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 ----------------------- ----------------------- 1| CV CV CV CV CV CV 1| V V V V V V 2| CV CV CV CV CV CV 2| CV CV VC VC VC VC 3| VC VC VC VC VC VC 3| VC VC VC VC VC VC 4| VC VC VC VC VC VC 4| VC VC VC VC CVC CVC 5| CVC CVC CVC CVC CVC CVC 5| CVC CVC CVC CVC CVC CVC 6| CVC CVC CVC CVC CVC CVC 6| CVC CVC CVC CVC CVC CVC Implementation: 1. Determine word length (1D6 syllables). 2. Determine syllable structure with 2 1D6 rolls. Use the BASIC syllable type table if FIRST syllable in a word, or if previous syllable ended in a VOWEL. Otherwise, use the ALTERNATE table. 3. Determine initial consonants from column 1; vowels from column 2; final consonants from column 3. 4. When a SINGLE letter VOWEL is rolled, roll another 1D6; on result of 1, roll an additional VOWEL; if that is a SINGLE letter VOWEL, add it to make the first VOWEL a new DOUBLET, i.e. "AE", etc. 5. Do not permit THREE OR MORE VOWEL LETTERS in succession from an occurence of say, CV.VC, or CV.V.CVC, etc. 1 - 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 ----------------------- ---------------------- ---------------------- 1 BL BL BL BL BL BL A A A A A A C C C C C C 2 C C C C C C A A A A A A C C C C C C 3 D D D D D D A A A A A A CK CK CK CK CK CK 4 D D D D D D A A A A A A D D D F F F 5 DR DR DR DR DR DR A A A A A A F F F FT FT FT 6 F F F F F F A A A A A A G G G H H H 2 - 1 G G G G G G A A A A A A K K K L L L 2 G G G G G G A A A A A A L L L L L L 3 G G G G G G A A A A A A L L L L L L 4 GL GL GL GL H H A A A A A A L L L LD LD LD 5 H H K K K K A A A A A A M M M M M M 6 K K K K K K A A A A A A N N N N N N 3 - 1 K K K K K K E E E E E E N N N N N N 2 K K K K K K E E E E E E N N N N N N 3 K K KL KL KL KL E E E E E E N N N N N N 4 L L L L L L E E E E E E N N N N N N 5 L L L L L L E E E E E E N N N N N N 6 LD LD LD LY LY LY E E E E E E NSK NSK NSK NT NT NT 4 - 1 M M M M M M I I I I I I P P P P P P 2 M M N N N N I I I I I I PHL PHL PHL Q Q Q 3 N N N N N N I I I I I I Q Q Q Q Q Q 4 N N N N N N I I I I I I R R R R R R 5 N N N N N N I I I I I I R R R R R R 6 P P P P P P O O O O O O R R R R R R 5 - 1 P P P P P P O O O O O O R R R R R RK 2 PHL PHL PHL PHL PHL PHL O O O O O O RK RN RN RN RN RN 3 PHL PHL Q Q Q Q O O O O O O RN RT RT S S S 4 R R R R R R O O O O O O SK SK SK SK SK SK 5 R R R S S S OO OO OO OO OO OO SK SK SK SK SK SK 6 SL SL SL SL SL SL OO OO OO OO OO OO ST ST ST T T T 6 - 1 SP SP SP SP SP SP U U U U U U T T T T T T 2 T T T T T T U U U U U U T T T T T T 3 TH TH TH TR TR TR U U U U U U TH TH TH V V V 4 TR TR TR TR V V U U U U U U X X X X X X 5 V V W W WR WR UA UA UA UA UA UA X X X X X X 6 WR WR WR WR Z Z UA UA Y Y Y Y X X X X X X SAMPLE GURVIN WORD To generate a Gurvin word, a roll of 1D6 for the number of syllables is made, result of 2. For the first syllable, the red die is 5 and the white die is 6, meaning construction CVC is used from the BASIC table. Since the first syllable ends with a consonant, the ALTERNATE table is consulted for a red die of 2 and a white die of 1, meaning construction CV. Consulting the letter tables for the first syllable, CVC , a die throw of 2, followed by a red die of 1 and white die of 3 produces the letter "G" from the INITIAL CONSONANT table. For the VOWEL, a die throw of 6, followed by a red die of 5 and a white die of 5 produces the letters "UA". Since the VOWEL is a doublet, no extra die throw is made. For the FINAL CONSONANT, a die throw of 5, followed by a red die of 6 and a white die of 6 produces the letter "T". The first syllable is "GUAT". For the last syllable, CV, the INITIAL CONSONANT table is consulted with a die throw of 4, followed by a red die of 4 and a white die of 1 produces the letter "N". Finally, the VOWEL table is consulted with a die throw of 3, followed by a red die of 2 and a white die of 4 producing the letter "E". Since we have a single letter VOWEL, we roll an additional die to check for a doublet. We roll a 1 meaning we should roll for an additional VOWEL from the table. A die throw of 6, followed by a red die of 6 and a white die of 5 produces a single letter VOWEL "Y", which we add to our syllable. The second syllable is "NEY". Combining the two syllables, we have the Gurvin word "GUATNEY" meaning chaos, in the philosophical sense. Leroy Guatney l.guatney@genie.geis.com (consisting of a compilation of "Gurvin" Words from Alien Module 7, the few "Hiver" names from Spica sector, Library data references, and a listing of names from the "Discord" subsector published in Imperium Staple #10 by Mike Mikesh, as well as some of my own. Mike and I "cross-compiled" the two versions of Gurvin that we had developed separately for this table.) Gurvin words: ============= Kextotaastrap Kakivuloock Istolkaxaorn Fe Gluatinoex Nophuaftroranuck Wreldqarniiph Gaun Maphlacimoor Klinphlarzircan Enathmartuntraar Bla Klooniyskala Phlankarepoec Upakuarkeneg Sloocki Oir Uxiex Eskemolafmenin Bliartran Urlasknauraskua Ansrask Paniakafikeurn Remulanof Nudeenadkeundin Liagniptalonspo Oecodocorlan Raarkaguf Etoox Blapir Haaralda Oom Uattot An Fi Muarkat Icbletralroox Slaarayrag Irpakdarniriana Kua Phliqaglaan Drua Ent Nutnaskookein Imlack Kal Inpehfonfankaaq Kablask Blawa Ldybler