Re: interestin' gamelang?: Cuotl from 'Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends'

Haven't we seen it all before -- Stargate(*), namely. As for
the lang it gives me the impression of a namelang by someone
who can't be bothered to learn Mayan at least enough to
concoct names in it, but then I guess that's what a Gog may
say of Sindarin vis-à-vis Welsh...

(* Jocularly pronounced /sto:rgo:t/ in Swedish! I actually
pronounce the Lambda with a ring above as /L\_w=/ just to
show off my language geekdom!)

Hanuman Zhang skrev:
 > I am wonderin' if this is more than a naming lang...
 >
 > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rise_of_Nations:_Rise_of-
 > _Legends
 >
 > ---------------------------------------------------------
 > Cuotl
 >
 > The Cuotl are an alien civilization, inspired by the
 > ancient Mayan civilization and the ancient astronaut
 > theory from Chariots of the Gods? Unsolved Mysteries of
 > the Past. Their name could well be derived from the Aztec
 > god Quetzoquatl Possessing highly technological devices,
 > indistinguishable from magic, four Cuotl beings installed
 > themselves as gods over the indigenous tribes of the Aio
 > rainforest: Ix, the Moon God, Xil, the Sun God, Shok,
 > Goddess of Storms, and Czin, God of Death. The units of
 > the Cuotl army have both Mesoamerican and alien influences
 > to their design.
 >
 > The Cuotl are very varied from the other two civilizations
 > in the game. Instead of collecting Wealth via caravans,
 > the Cuotl harvest Energy, which is used to create
 > buildings and use heroes' powers. Similarly, rather than
 > purchasing neutral sites with Wealth as the other two
 > civilizations do, the Cuotl take them over by forceful
 > subjugation, which costs Timonium.
 >
 > The Cuotl national power, Star Bolt, summons a giant,
 > controllable disk of intense light, which reveals enemy
 > territory and damages any visible units in the process. By
 > researching the Divine Power research track, the size,
 > power and duration of the Star Bolt increases.
 >
 > ----------------------------------------------
 >
 > Lately I have been ponderin' the idea of a
 > parallel/futuristic Mayan-like conlang called
 > Xibalbatecatl...
 >
 >

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