Caminus

Caminus refers to the three Camien Moons (Caminus, Solus, and Jalida) that orbit around the gas giant WASP-189b locally known as Khi'ong.

## History

### Pre-contact

WASP-189b is tidally locked with its star. HD-133112 is a super hot yellow dwarf that emitted a blue light due to it’s abnormally high temperature. Before Cybertronian contact, the star experienced an extreme stellar anomaly that caused it to diverge from its predicted track of expanding into a red giant and instead collapse into a cold blue dwarf. WASP-189b was pushed into a distant orbit following the anomaly thanks to the star's new and significantly weaker gravitational pull. The three moons of WASP-189b were formed not long after the stellar anomaly.

## Geography

### **Languages**

#### **Camien**

Camien diverged widely from it’s Cybertronian origins mainly due to the fact that Caminus was one of the four oldest colonies and the first to completely cut off itself from Cybertron. The base roots of the language can be traced to Ancient Cybertronian, but over the eons it has taken a completely different form that is virtually unrecognizable to the untrained eye or ear.

Six separate periods can be identified:

1. Ancient Cybertronian
	* Characterized by ancient Cybertronian script and pronunciation
2. Cami-Cybex
	* Characterized by ancient Cybertronian script and Proto-Camien pronunciation
3. Proto-Camien
	* Characterized by the first iterations of Camien script which varied widely from Cybertronian thanks to a cultural revolution and complete separation from Cybertron
4. Old Camien
	* Introduction of the first four beep tones and characterized by ancient poets and playwrights who unified the characters of the language
5. Middle Camien
	* Additional three tones are introduced and another character alphabet is added to compensate for the scripts developed on the other moons
6. Modern Camien
	* Characterized by 11 tones and three distinct alphabets

The Camien spoken today was only truly institutionalized after the Volcanic Revolution and while many religious movements have called for the return to Old Camien, it never really stuck.

##### **Urban Dialects**

Every city has a different accent and set of slang terms. Some have diverged so much that the two separate dialects have to be taught as entirely different languages. Most cities do not differ this much though, and even in cities where it does, the Standard Lunar Dialect is still taught.

##### **Rural Dialects**

As each city has its own accent and slang, so too do the rural regions. The rural regions differ so much in fact that many Urban Camiens cannot understand the rural folk. Unfortunately, due to the volatile nature of the moon and lack of standardized transport and education systems, the Standard Lunar Dialect is not well known in many rural areas, effectively cutting them off, linguistically,  from the rest of Caminus and often trapping them in poverty.

#### **Solan**

Solan developed from Proto-Camien when a group of pioneers sought out the resources that lay on the frozen water moon. Solan is known for its incorporation of shading and blinking in it’s written alphabet thanks to the nature of the bioluminescent native life. This was eventually re- incorporated back into Camien during the middle period, but remains one of the most unique aspects of Solan.

#### **Jalidan**

Jalidan developed primarily from Cami-cybex. When Jalida exiled herself to the third and final moon she took her native tongue of Cami-cybex with her and due to the isolated nature of the moon, it developed an entirely different alphabet and set of pronunciation that was only rediscovered by the other moons during the late Middle-camien period. Eventually its unique alphabet and tones were incorporated into Standard Modern Camien, but the differences were palpable and the heart of many passionate studies.

#### **The Mind Language of the Cityspeakers**

While Camien, Solan, and Jalidan developed and evolved, so too did another language among the rising Cityspeakers during the Proto-camien linguistic era. The language of the speakers whose name is only known to them. Most non-speakers call it “brain talk” or “teletalk” or “mind-meld” as this language is not spoken out loud. Thanks to the telepathic nature of Cityspeaker powers, direct mind to mind communication is a basic fact of life among their ranks. The direct flow of thoughts is deeply overwhelming and is also a hard thing to learn how to control. The Order of Speakers developed a thought-based language that would allow speakers to communicate with one another without accidentally overloading information.  The nature of this language is not exactly comprehensible to non-telepathic beings as it is less of a way to communicate as it is a way to withhold communication. It also doesn't help that the details of this language are kept secret by the Order. Their reasons for the secrecy is unknown. Cityspeakers are well known for their verbal silence despite their active menal “loudness.” Speakers will often complain about having to speak out loud and one of the core components of their education is the balance of mind and verbal communication.