Loomal
Loomal is a fictional term used in speculative fiction and academic exercises to describe a textile-centered cultural network and its language. In many renderings, Loomal is placed in a river valley on a fictional continent, where weaving, dyeing, and textile trade shape social organization. The name blends a common textile tool with a neutral suffix to convey a people defined by craft.
Language and writing are central to Loomal in most depictions. The proposed Loomalic language is described
Society and economy in Loomal are typically organized around artisanal guilds and coastal trading towns. Craft
Culture and symbolism emphasize memory, identity, and ritual through weaving. Annual cycles of cloth production may
In reception, Loomal appears as a useful theoretical example in discussions of how craft-based livelihoods influence