> [!NOTE] > These are fantastic for worldbuilding. > > Possible appendices: > > - Surviving Proto-Canidic texts > - Common proverbs > - Kinship terminology > - Hunting terminology > - Dialect comparison tables > - Chronology of Canidic history > > Some entries could even include notes like: > > > Translation disputed by consultant. > > which quietly lets Garmund continue "arguing" with the author even after the dictionary proper has ended. > > If your goal is to make the dictionary feel like a genuine academic publication recovered from your world, I'd place the **Preface** immediately after the front matter and use it to establish the author, the mystery of the surviving sources, and the enormous gaps left by the Purge. That's the section where readers first realize they're not just reading a dictionary—they're reading the work of a specific person with specific challenges, sources, and secrets.