Shozi Language Standards

The Shozi people speak in a unique combination of grunts, snorts, snarls, howls, and body movements. As such, their language is impossible for a human to reproduce in its entirety, and is also impossible to write.

The Shozi people are aware of their ability to make sounds like humans and that these sounds can be represented by symbols. Their god, Chaka'Toan, gave them symbols representing the name of their land as well as the knowledge to pronounce it 'Shoo-zoe'. Shi has not yet spoken to them in anything but their simple language, preferring to allow them to develop anything further on their own. Only Shaman has heard words spoken from Chaka'Toan, and these where in Taibein.

The situation is further confused by the tri-gender nature of the Shozi people. All references to the Shozi people should use the following guide.

Naku
Male pronouns such as He, His, Him, Husband, Father.

Kuna
Female pronouns such as She, Hers, Her, Wife, Mother.

Toan
The hermaphroditic/genderless pronouns Shi, Hirs, Hir. While this causes confusion when spoken it is a straight forward and established method for online text. I am also adding my own addition, Wyph (though Mate is also acceptable for any of the genders). For a kit referring to their Toan parent use the gender based pronoun for the role they played in the kits birth (Mother or Father).

Spoken Shozi
There shall be no attempt to write the pronunciation of the Shozi Language. Anytime a Shozi quote should be needed use the best English translation of the concept.

Shozi Names
Names in spoken Shozi primarily consist of concepts that define the individual. Pages about any Shozi person known primarily by their Shozi name should be in the format: "English translation". (Example: Chief.) For any Shozi known primarily by a name not in Spoken Shozi their page should be in the format: "individual name'gender". (Example: Chaka'Toan.) When making links outside of SLS pages it would be considerate (even if it takes a moment longer) to create a redirect page using the format: "individual name" ' "gender". The page this link leads to would then contain the following texts: #redirect "individual name'gender". This method can be seen in the introductory section of this page as used for Chaka'Toan's name.

Notation
All Shozi related pages should contain the following at the top:

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