~Nakam - Questions & Answers~

[Valcust]

Nakam sign language? I mean someone has to have been deaf at some point and have made something to the like.

While I don't doubt that the deaf have come up with their own means of communication, a standardized sign language seems a bit too complex to be widely spread within the native culture.
Verbali may have a few scholars aware of such a language, though I wouldn't consider it common knowledge.

 

[Conan]

If someone is allergic to cats are they also allergic to Nakam?

They're related to ocelot, not cats :-:

 

[apollo6000]

Ocelots are simply big cats.

 

[Baron]

Do Nakam have beards?

 

[Valcust]

Do Nakam have beards?

They don't have excess hair trimmings that wouldn't exist outside average feline hair patterns.
The most "fur flare" they'd possibly have is Lynx tip ears.


That is to say; Nakam do not have beards, moustaches, or human-like "hair" at all. Just an even coat of fur.
Though that doesn't mean that one's individualized fur-pattern can't find a way around this..

 

[Baron]

Ooh, do they use makeup? Stains, to accentuate features, perhaps?

 

[Valcust]

Ooh, do they use makeup? Stains, to accentuate features, perhaps?

Facial staining may be used in tandem with other stains, whether for spiritual, ritualistic, or aesthetic purposes, though remember that Nakam do not place much importance on the latter of those three.

 

[Pirapple]

Can Nakam be deaf?

 

[Rygan]

Can Nakam be deaf?

Arwstuv's Nakat Ilavi is / was indeed deaf.

 

[Valcust]

Can Nakam be deaf?

Nakam have no special evolutionary upper-hand in overcoming physical defects or otherwise bodily harm. Just because we're good at hearing doesn't mean that we can't lose the ability.

 

[Pirapple]

Kay thanks.

 

[Valcust]

Short fun fact added: Why Nakam bahbees are called Cubs~!

 

[Michcat]

Arwstuv's Nakat Ilavi is / was indeed deaf.

Still deaf, methinks

 

[Rygan]

Still deaf, methinks

I think she can like, hear the sounds, but they're super muffled. But its enough to turn your head if someone's talking to you, hm?

 

[Warwolf]

Oooo! I got one!

Are a Nakat's whiskers vital for something or just for show?
*Totally not asking because he has just recently ripped out all a Nakat's whiskers*

 

[Valcust]

Oooo! I got one!

Are a Nakat's whiskers vital for something or just for show?
*Totally not asking because he has just recently ripped out all a Nakat's whiskers*

Adding whisker importance~!

 

[The Living Ghost]

Is a nakat born and raised to be educated enough to be able to read comfortably, or do they have to be taught by an outsider?

 

[Michcat]

Is a nakat born and raised to be educated enough to be able to read comfortably, or do they have to be taught by an outsider?

Methinks dis was already answered, but I just might be confused...

 

[Valcust]

Is a nakat born and raised to be educated enough to be able to read comfortably, or do they have to be taught by an outsider?

Methinks dis was already answered, but I just might be confused...

"While most native are illiterate to common tongue written language, most Nakam are able to read in their own language, as it serves as an important bond between villages in organizing travel through the use of signs along established roadways." - Nakam Writing section~

I didn't establish whether Verbali is aware of common written, and I must say that, given that up to 89% of their city-wide income is trade and tourism (through the city, not the island, as island visitation is difficult to obtain), that yes, most Verbali are literate and brought up to be, as to have a secondary means to converse with others.

 

[Michcat]

I didn't establish whether Verbali is aware of common written, and I must say that, given that up to 89% of their city-wide income is trade and tourism (through the city, not the island, as island visitation is difficult to obtain), that yes, most Verbali are literate and brought up to be, as to have a secondary means to converse with others.

More things to add to the middle of the lore page whooo~