The Tlatlochans (tɬɑtɬoxɑn)

The Tlatloch people were the most populous of the humans of Xitzol. A series of earthquakes, tsunamis, and disease led to a large schism. A significant portion of the Tlatlochan people left Xitzol, sailing north towards the much larger continent of Gruthe and establishing a new civilization. These became the Tlatotlys whose descendants would become known as the Yssians after the region named by the emigrants from Xitzol, Ys.

Naming Traditions

Feminine names

Feminine Tlatlochan names, are preceeded by surnames, and tend to be multisyllabic. Feminine given names usually begin with the following:

C, Ch, H, Tz, Tl, W, X or Z.
Examples of feminine names:

• Cawan /kɑwɑn/ • Cowatli /kowɑtɬi/ • Cutlatli /kutɬɑtɬi/

• Chetzi /xɛʦi/ • Chuchuxiti /xuxuʃiti/ • Chumoya /xumojɑ/

• Hawamoya /hɑwɑmojɑ/ • Hawan /hɑwɑn/ • Hawatli /hɑwɑti/ • Hatlimoya /hɑtimojɑ/

• Tzatli /ʦɑtɬi/ • Tzawan /ʦɑwɑn/ • Tzumoya /ʦumojɑ/

• Tlatli /tɬɑtɬi/ • Tlawan /tɬɑwɑn/

• Watli /wɑtɬi/ • Wawan /wɑwɑn/

• Xehatli /ʃɛhɑtɬi/ • Xitziya /ʃiʦijɑ/ • Xihawan /ʃihɑwɑn/

• Zitziya /siʦijɑ/ • Zutziweya /suʦiwɛjɑ/ • Zutlitzimoya /sutɬiʦimojɑ/

Masculine names

However, unlike feminine Tlatlochan names, masculine given names are usually monosyllabic, but again preceeded by surnames. Masculine given names usually begin with the following:

D, G, H, N, S, R, Tz, or X; or the vowels E, I, O, or U.

• Dran /tʰrɑn/ • Dren /tʰrɛn/ • Drin /tʰrin/ • Dron /tʰron/ • Drun /tʰrun/

• Ga /kʰɑ/ • Gah /kʰɑh/ • Gay /kʰɑj/ • Go /kʰo/ • Goh /kʰoh/ • Goy /kʰoj/
  Gu /kʰu/ • Gur /kʰur/

• Hatz /hɑʦ/

• Nai /nɑj/ • Nan /nɑn/ • Nei /nɛj/ • Nen /nɛn/ • Noi /noj/ • Non /non/
  Nu /nu/ • Nun /nun/

• San /sɑn/ • Sar /sɑr/ • Satz /sɑʦ/ • Sen /sɛn/ • Ser /sɛr/ • Setz /sɛʦ/
  So /so/ • Soi /soj/ • Sol /sol/ • Som /som/ • Son /son/

• Ra /rɑ/ • Rai /rɑj/ • Re /rɛ/ • Rei /rɛj/ • Ret /rɛt/

• Tlai /tɬɑj/ • Tlatl /tɬɑtɬ/ • Tlan /tɬɑn/ • Tlei /tɬɛj/ • Tletl /tɬɛtɬ/ • Tlez /tɬɛs/ • Tloi /tɬoj/ • Tlon /tɬon/ • Tlot /tɬot/ • Tlotl /tɬotɬ/

• Tzan /ʦɑn/ • Tzei /ʦɛj/ • Tzoi /ʦoj/ • Tzon /ʦon/ • Tzot /ʦot/ • Tzotl /ʦotɬ/

• Xa /ʃɑ/ • Xah /ʃɑh/ • Xan /ʃɑn/ • Xatl /ʃɑtɬ/ • Xatz /ʃɑʦ/ • Xi /ʃi/ • Xin /ʃin/ • Xitl /ʃitɬ/ • Xitz /ʃiʦ/
  Xo /ʃo/ • Xoh /ʃoh/ • Xon /ʃon/ • Xotl /ʃotɬ/ • Xotz /ʃoʦ/

• Ec /ɛk/ • Ech /ɛx/ • Eh /ɛh/ • Ei /ɛj/ • El /ɛl/ • En /ɛn/ • Em /ɛm/
  Et /ɛt/ • Etl /ɛtɬ/ • Etz /ɛʦ/ • Ex /ɛʃ/ • Ez /ɛs/

• Ic /ik/ • Ich /ix/ • Il /il/ • In /in/ • Im /im/ • It /it/
  Itl /itɬ/ • Itz /iʦ/ • Ix /iʃ/ • Iy /ij/ • Iz /is/

• Oc /ok/ • Och /ox/ • Oh /oh/ • Oi /oj/ • Ol /ol/ • On /on/ • Om /om/
  Ot /ot/ • Otl /otɬ/ • Otz /oʦ/ • Ox /oʃ/ • Oy /oj/ • Oz /os/

• Uch /ux/ • Ul /ul/ • Un /un/ • Um /um/ • Ut /ut/ • Utl /utɬ/ • Utz /uʦ/ • Uz /us/

Unisex names

Names that can be used for either (all) genders all begin with Tl or Tz.

Family names

Tlatlochan surnames are monosyllabic and preceed given names, titles, and/or appellations. Most Tlatlochan surnames are attached to the given name. (E.g. the son of the Che family, Otl, is called Cheotl /xɛotɬ/ formally.)

Tlatlochan surnames almost all conform to the pattern CV:

• Cha, Che, Chi /xɑ xɛ xi/

• Ha, He, Hi, Ho, Hu /hɑ hɛ hi ho hu/

• Lo /lo/

• Ma, Me, Mo, Mu /mɑ mɛ mo mu/

• Na, Ne, Ni, No, Nu /nɑ nɛ ni no nu/

• Ra, Re, Ri, Ro, Ru /rɑ rɛ ri ro ru/

• Si, So /si so/

• Ta, Te, Ti, To, Tu /tɑ tɛ ti to tu/

• *Tla, Tle, Tli, Tlo, Tlu /tɬɑ tɬɛ tɬi tɬo tɬu/

• *Tza, Tzi, Tzu /ʦɑ ʦi ʦu/

• Wa, We, Wi, Wo, Wu /wɑ wɛ wi wo wu/

• Xa, Xe, Xi, Xo, Xu /ʃɑ ʃɛ ʃi ʃo ʃu/

• Ya, Ye, Yi, Yo /jɑ jɛ ji jo/

• Za, Ze, Zu /sɑ sɛ su/

(* tl and tz are considered singular consonants in Yssian and its predecessory languages.)

Other names

Because the pool of possible names is limited among the Tlatloch, when duplicates are encountered, nicknames, toponyms, or coloured names are added.
E.g.

• Red Cheotl /xɛotɬ/

• Drennon iy Tlac ("Drennon from the Tlac region") /tʰrɛnon ij tɬɑk/

• Happy Sunun /sunun/

Culture

Major language groups and dialects

Tlatlochan is a Xitzolani language and thus part of the greater family group of Yssian. Although Xitzolani dialects and Tlatlochan predate Yssian by centuries, the study of linguistics was first developed in Tlatl in Ys and thus Yssian was chosen as the collective linguistic family grouping.
Tlatlochans could usually speak some Xitzolani languages as well as their own tongue. Latter day Tlatlochans began to speak Tlatlotlys, the direct antecedent of the proper Yssian languages.

Parent ethnicities

• The Xitzolani

Diverged ethnicities

• Tlatotlys

Encompassed species

• Human

Related Organizations

• The Tzolgarin Dynasty
• The Yssian City-States Era

Languages spoken

• Tlatotlys

Related Locations

• Ys