Veyrathi - Register and usage of system names

Purpose

This file describes the In-Universe usage conventions for the Iyath system names. It determines how the same celestial bodies are named in different institutional and social contexts:

• in school cards and lessons
• in observatories and archives
• in Colonial Administration and Space Travel
• in everyday language and popular media

The focus is not on new etymology, but on the question of which form sounds appropriate and when.

Guiding rules

• The proper name remains stable. Changes in register occur primarily through the addition of generic words or Saithan technical glosses.
• If possible, only one naming depth should dominate per sentence or label: either everyday, standard language-classifying or scholarly.
• Schools and the public prefer short, readable forms.
• Observatories prefer mixed registers of Veyrathi proper names and Saithan measurement or classification language.
• Administration and Space prefer transparent function heads such as moran-kavar, moran-verun, moran-drun and moran-werath.

1. School cards and lessons

The focus here is on readability and memorability. Maps and introductory texts require as little terminological load as possible.

The following are preferred:

• just proper names as card labels: Iyath, Saivor, Naar, Seyra, Orun, Esyr, Veyron, Thalos, Zeyth
• simple system form for overviews: Iyath zyran-jorath
• transparent classification only in explanatory boxes or tenets:
• Seyra ar naar-saren.
• Esyr ar kelir-dulen-naar.
• Veyron ar varun-draz-naar.

The following should be avoided:

• Saithan headers like Iyathen shaurskaiveth
• long forms of administration
• speculative name interpretations in elementary lessons

2. Observatories and archives

In observatories and archives, the object name usually remains Veyrathian, while measurement, classification and data bodies are named Saithian.

Typical levels:

The following applies to this register level:

• The Name remains the primary reference.
• The saithan form marks function, procedure or data type.
• After the first full form, it can often be shortened to the pure proper name in the same file if the reference remains clear.

3. Colonial administration and space travel

Administrative and business prose prefers work-related function titles. Proper names are often used here as a left determiner in front of infrastructure and route heads.

Typical forms of work are:

• Naar-Esyr-moran-kavar for a regulated space corridor between homeworld and colony
• Seyra-moran-verun for a lunar spaceport or dock complex
• Esyr-moran-drun for station or habitat complexes in the colony room
• Zeyth-moran-werath for operational, mining and route documentation from the belt space
• Iyath zyran-jorath for the entire system in operational area assignment

What is important here is:

• Such forms are working and official languages, not automatically poetic or cartographic names.
• Long chain compounds are acceptable in logistics, flight planning and control centers, even if they are later shortened in everyday life.
• As soon as the subject area is clear, it is often reduced to the first name, for example only Esyr or Zeyth.

4. Everyday language and popular media

In everyday life, the shortest stable form almost always wins:

• Iyath
• Saivor
• Seyra
• Orun
• Esyr
• Zeyth

Classifications are only included if they are needed for comprehensibility or dramaturgy:

• Saivor ar saren-zyran.
• Kaleth ar haloren-draz-naar.
• Thalos ar kelir-draz-naar.A two-stage explanation is typical for media and public science communication:

1. first the short proper name
2. then a single transparent Veyrathi apposition

This results in forms that sound technical enough for explanatory texts, but not yet scholarly.

Quick matrix for central bodies

Short editorial rules

1. In school and public texts, use the proper name first and only add a simple classification if necessary.
2. In observatory prose, combine the Veyrathi name with Saithan functional language, but do not Saithanize the proper name itself.
3. In administrative and space documents, function heads are productive; Longer chain shapes are also allowed there.
4. You should not constantly switch between Iyath, Iyath ar koren-zyran and Iyathen shaurskaiveth in a single paragraph if you do not want to mark a register shift.

The basic etymological and stylistic page is Veyrathi - Name and Style Sheet of the Iyath System. The terminological basis is in Veyrathi - Astronomy and Space Terminology and Saithan - Astronomy and Astrophysics.