Talk:Shaaran

The Player's Guide to Faerûn uses the word "Shaaryan" to describe the people of Shaar, and "Shaaran" as the language spoken by them. However, page 12 shows "Shaaran" being used both as a sub-race and a language. Would someone with the Shining South (sourcebook) please check (also on page 12) and see if they use Shaaran or Shaaryan? I think it is the more recent source (by a few months). &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 03:25, May 20, 2014 (UTC)


 * In Shining South (sourcebook) for 3e, "Shaaran" is used for both the people and the language. "Shaaryan" is also used for the people, and "Shaaran" and "Shaaryan" are used interchangeably for them. That's double-a, single-r, in all cases. No, that doesn't clear matters up. :)
 * Races of Faerûn uses "Shaaran" for both language and people, and I don't see "Shaaryan". — BadCatMan (talk) 03:42, May 20, 2014 (UTC)


 * Looking at Shining South (sourcebook) "Shaaran" appears to be a noun, while "Shaaryan" is an adjective. "Shaaryan" is consistently used with another word, such as Shaaryan Deities, the Shaaryn people, the Shaaryan culture. Shaaran appears to relate to the language, while Shaarans is the plural of the people. I would judge this to be a case similar to "Spaniard" and "Spanish" where Spaniards can be used alone to refer to the people, or you could use Spanish people. Perikleskwaxulu (talk) 17:13, 19 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Interesting insight. I have a hunch that not all writers followed this distinction, unfortunately. ~ Lhynard (talk) 17:58, 19 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Personally, I suspect it is something which only arrived in 3rd ed, and with such things as the Shaaryan Hunter prestige class, was an attempt to distinguish the people from the followers of the the goddess Shar. That's just my guess though.Perikleskwaxulu (talk) 18:19, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

Shaarans based in Native Americans?
Are Shaarans based on Native Americans? – User:V.novak98


 * It doesn't seem so. They might have a few general elements in common, but that's due to having a nomadic plains society. The artwork in 3e seems to have taken a few ideas from Native American dress, but that might be about it. — BadCatMan (talk) 08:47, May 5, 2019 (UTC)