Thranx use a complex language relying on both sounds and gestures .Thranx gestures  express the emotions and the emphasis of the speaker while sound language provides the meaning.
The gestures  are made using the four  arms ( true-hands and foot-hands), sometimes both true-hands and foot-hands are used  at the same time!
Other species have many problems in  proper using of this complex system  and very few  can master it.

there are two groups of gestures:

1) WREIHX ("spirit signs") : these gestures are performed with  true-hands  following  various movements.
 
 

name	emotion	true-hand position
tan wreix	Pessimism	first finger up , the other three closed together
go wreix	Optimism	all fingers raised
eev wreix	Calm	true-hands are in praying mantis position
te wreix	Wonder	fingers in "O" shape

2) PHATEHV ("emphasis signs") : are usually performed using foot-hands in static  postures.
 
 

name	level	foot-hand position
ry phatev	zero (just a nuance)	fingers lowered and back of the foot-hands forward
tan phatev	first	foothands in christian praying position but with some space between palms
go phatev	second	foot-hands in forward fist position
eev phatev	third	the last finger of each foot-hand raised,the others closed together
te  phatev	fourth	the foot-elbows outward and foot-hands extended horizontally
ac phatev	fifth	foot-hand open and the  wrist twisted outward.

The spirit and emphasis gestures are used together in two different ways :
 

• TWITEPH ( "the basic pattern") :  This is the ancient system practiced since the origin of the thranx race and used instictively :

In the Twiteph system there are four movements ( ZENTOSTEHX ):

	that means  Neutrality
	that means  Passiveness
	that means  Activity
	that means  Doubt

In HIGH THRANX  ( the ancient cerimonial language ) Twiteph (pronounced  twih-TEHP in Terranglo)  is composed by a movement of  the true-hands using a whreihx, and a phatev of the foot-hands at the same time .
In the usual LOW THRANX  the true-hands only are usually used  : ( the right true-hand performs the phatev, the left one performs the whreihx ).

the  table of the Twiteph:
 
 
 

	Pessimism	Optimism	Calmness	Wonder
Neutrality	sadness	happyness	serenity	surprise
Passiveness	depression	gentleness	resignation	fright
Activity	anger	astuteness	resolution	amazement
Doubt	scepticism	suggestion	apprehension	curiosity

 
 

last update   july  2000

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