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Tradertalk
The language spoken by traders. Known words include:

azigazi (pronounced ahzee-GAH-zee) - mirage
bijili - power source/storage
Blue Traders - those who trade with boats, on salt or fresh water
daka - a negotiator who brings profit
gilav - a caravan's leader (same as a ship's captain)
hamot - idiot
jishen – something that feeds of others and then kills them
kaq - the lowest kind of non Trader, tanslates as "dirt under foot"
lugsha - craftsperson or artisan who provides goods
mimander - Trader mage
nisamohi - woman who loves other women
pijule fakol - the afterlife for those who don't pay debts
qunsua(nen) - to clease, literaly to wash off bad luck
saati - a non-Trader who is a true friend
suraku - survival box with food and water (mostly on ships)
trangshi - outcast, unclean
Tsaw'ha - the Trader's name for themselves, translates as "the People"
uvumi - patience
White Traders - those who trade with caravans, in sand or snow
wirok - a person who buys provisions, low-status
xurdin - non-Trader mage
yerui - a ghost-devil that feeds and destroys
zokin - balance on the Trader books, a persons stock of honor

Religion:
- Trader Koma: a god known for peculiar acts. He is the god of deals and rewards
- Bookkeeper Oti: Trader Komi's wife. "Oti, log this" can be used an a general exclamation (surprise?)

- lone survivors of disasters are regarded as the worst kind of luck, and they beleive they must be separated from other Traders, so that they will not pass on their bad luck. Bad luck can be cleansed, but only if a mimander views the omens and they indicate that this is their fate.
- when in mourning they will wear red, to represent blood
- "Oti Bookkeeper give them credit, and send them to a kinder berth" - said of the dead

General
- The Trader Council consists of a mimander, two land traders and two sea traders. They will judge things like the fate of lone survivors. (possibly also keep the records of the Traders?)
- Traders only trade, they do not make
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