Language for Germanic Unitnames

[Stefan the Berserker]

We have three abilities to improove the depth of Gaming by giving Germanic Units Names in historical languages.

These are:

- teutonic-German (500 - about 1200 A.D.)
- Anglo-Saxon / Old English (900 A.D.)
- Gothic (300 A.D.)

So if we have the Unit "Peants" it would be called ->

"Lantbûwo" in teutonic-german
"Ierþlings" in Old English
"Aurtjans" if we use Gothic

The Spearband would be called ->

"Speramanneri" in teutonic-German
"Garmenn" in Old English
"Gadraùhtsans" in Gothic

Cavallary would be called ->

"Kite" in teutonic-german
"Èored" in Old English
None by my crappy Vocbulary for gothic

So which would you favor, or Alternatively name them in modern English and add exeptional ones Tacitus mentions in Latin.

[Big_John]

from my admittedly limited understanding, the gothic choice would be the closest in terms of time frame, right? what's the cocern then, just use that one...

[eadingas]

I vote for Gothic, but we would have to do some research on pre-gothic sound shifts and ortography changes, to keep it more in period... I could ask my linguistic buddies for help on that, if you don't have info.
As for cavalry, it's 'Marah' or 'Marh'... knowledge of pre-Rohan and Rhovanion linguistics comes in handy when dealing with gothic :)
Check out this page: http://www.wulfila.be/ - it will come in handy, I'm sure, it has entire Wulfila Bible in electronic form, for example.

[alman7272]

How about a Gothic/English mix? Not everyone can remember those names, so it might be best to use some english.

[eadingas]

We are using briton names for Briton units, I'm sure it can't get any harder than that :) so I see no reason to dumb down the Germans too by using english. Not everyone's first language is english.

[Big_John]

just curious: are there any cultures in your mod for which you don't have any good info on their language(s) at the time of the game? if so, what are you doing to represent them?