Project Novan

She/it, 19, lesbian, creative writing student, here are my weird fictional things, enjoy

[nilovalentine]

in this fantasy world, theres no homophobia or sexism! but the governments are still patriarchal monarchies and everyone still adheres to the standard nuclear family, two things that have absolutely no relation to homophobia and sexism whatsoever

[cyansconlangs]

If your fantasy world doesn't have some cool non-cisheteronormative gender expression it isn't cool imo

All Novusapiens are intersex/bigenetal and each culture has a unique set of genders >:3

(They're also almost always polyamorous)

[cyansconlangs]

Y'all want a conlang history lesson?

Let's look at how Thalasani evolved through history, starting with the Proto-Wheruhtë language, spoken in the northern plains and mountains above the Aleanen heartland in Northern Soarakta. These people probably started as small agriculturalists on the reasonably fertile soil. The climate around there is a sort of cool Mediterranean.

The Sinnia peoples diverged from the main culture a few thousand (512's of) years ago, going West to the warmer peninsula and surrounding islands.

This land was scarcely inhabited, and with the Sinnia's knowledge of wind magic from their time on the mountainous plains, they established themselves as a force to be reckoned with. They spread all across this new land, mingling with the established native peoples, their new Sinnia language became one on its own.

Now, the Sani, a particular people from the Southwest of the peninsula, grew in power over surrounding lands due to the spread of their new religion, Varijakunna (meteor hit the old capital so now we have to go vegan and wear animal masks). And this was partially done through the spread of writing.

Old inscriptions show that a sort of wood-carved script did exist before contact with Aleana, but the popularity and simplicity of the Aleanen alphabet made it the default in Sajasani's areas of control. The religion spread mostly peacefully, with few battles fought, as the Sani preferred striking deals and teaching new neighbours how to write and translate their holy texts into their languages.

Sajasani remained a steadfast yet peaceful enough power as the world advanced. During Novan's industrial revolution, they were quick to focus on creating less harmful machines than their competitors, and they were staunchly against the slave trade occurring between the continent of Ha'i, and the last Aleanen Empire, fighting against Aleana in the War for Freedom.

After the war, Sajasani took on many refugees fleeing more war torn countries, Aleana didn't ravage their land too much, but many border cities needed repairing. A new wave of vocab enterred the language through many Mazderic and further immigrants. Today, in the far-modern era, Sajasani retains good relations, and is often used as a model of a peaceful and diverse country. It is enjoying bountiful success, and is seen as a great holiday spot for cultured travellers.

[froggitonamelon]

Deltatraveler is such a fun concept

Especially in a fandom that is so entrenched in the multiverse as utdr. It feels completely possible that they would just hop through grey doors forever and encounter various aus.

[cyansconlangs]

I love making things seen as unattractive actually the hottest things in my conworld

Most Mazderic cultures see stretch marks and general fat body shapes as extremely attractive, you have lightning across your body, so you must be blessed by the sky and should be respected, also the fact you eat well means you are not afraid of the bounties of this world and must be a cultured person!

[cyansconlangs]

You've had sex? Well I've just had a conlang take shape through evolution exactly fitting the vibe I wanted to

[snissel7]

I can't tell if /s/ is the king of fricatives or the plain white rice of fricatives

[thiswilldragon]

Phonetic rice, phonological king.

#st_ is the best word initial anything.

[cyansconlangs]

Ok baby conlangers if you wanna have some fun with a proto-lang that will create interesting comparisons between descendant langs, experiment with multiple /s/ sounds:

As an example, one of Novan's language families that I'm working on is the Whéruhta family, the proto-language having both a dental and apical S, in IPA that's /s̪/ and /s̺/.

In the Sinnija branch, /s̪/ > /θ/ and /s̪/ > /s/

In the Nastaza branch, /s̪/ > /s/ while /s̪/ /ʃ/

Both branches end up with a /s/ sound, but from different sources, causing interesting variations.

This is of course, one possibility, you could also experiment with aspiration, voicing patterns, gemination, so on and so forth.

[cyansconlangs]

I need to tell y'all sometime abt the Sani religion that enforces animal mask wearing and vegetarianism/veganism, Variakunna, and its Matti/Kinvariakunni disciples

[homunculus-argument]

Add realism to your fantasy stories by having characters from different backgrounds struggle to pronounce each others' names.

"My name is [low guttural sound] but I don't want to hear you butcher it. So you may call me She Who Arises With The Cold Mountain Sun."

"...Is that what your name really means? All that in just one word?"

"Yes. If you stress the wrong syllable it comes out as 'She Who Coldly Wakes Up The Mountain Sun', or 'The Cold Woman Who Wakes The Mountain Sun', and you will not call me that."

"Oh, huh. Could we just call you Mountain Sun, for short?"

"Hmh. It's boastful, almost bordering on blasphemy, but it is flattering. I accept it."

[cyansconlangs]

Behold, a key for the Aleanen standard version of the Aleanen alphabet!

Many languages use this alphabet due to Aleana's love of a good Empire, but this is the og, still used in Aleana today. Think of it as Novan's Latin alphabet!

[cyansconlangs]

So y'all like how easy to use and understand the Aleanen alphabet is? So because the Aleanen love a good empire, the script has been spread to many unrelated languages that kinda make it work.

Mallaroz /mɐʎaruʃ/ is one such language, the script was first loaned into the Old Pasta Nastaza language, before it evolved and split, we get Mallaroz through Taroi Nastaza and Early Mallaroz.

Because of sound changes and the Mallaroz being very keen on spelling reform, the script has been used and edited in some interesting ways to fit the language. The voicing letter and glide diacritics are pretty standard, but the doubled letters and unorthodox pronunciation of Uva and Osa are very much Mallaroz.

[cyansconlangs]

Behold, a key for the Aleanen standard version of the Aleanen alphabet!

Many languages use this alphabet due to Aleana's love of a good Empire, but this is the og, still used in Aleana today. Think of it as Novan's Latin alphabet!

[cyansconlangs]

I definitely put in some Cyrillic inspo into this script, Greek as well, there's a few echoes of each in modern day Aleana and the various other nations it influenced in its various empires.

Fun fact!

The full name for the States of Aleana is "USARGAA", which stands for "the United States and Autonomous Republics of the Greater Aleanen Area"

In Aleanen, that's "KONTrESA", which stands for, "Karatenes Ozastenes ki Naktrenes Trivalefenes en'ne Eraen Sotren Aleanen"

[nalpurex]

the making of the perfect performance

[cyansconlangs]

Behold, a key for the Aleanen standard version of the Aleanen alphabet!

Many languages use this alphabet due to Aleana's love of a good Empire, but this is the og, still used in Aleana today. Think of it as Novan's Latin alphabet!

[cyansconlangs]

Feelin Christmassy so I thought of a holiday for my Galum people that suits their kooky forest island people vibe

I call it "Skaeloerinkao" /skʰælə˞ɹɪŋkʰɒ/, Literally "maker's night"

Every town, village, and city needs a "maker" or few, who create various toys, decorations, and other crafts. To receive a maker's gift, sixteen days before maker's night a family should leave out something edible and a drink. Usually a bit of pickled veg or smoked meat, and some spiced alcohol called "Skaloerimballei", maker's drink.

If confirmed, the family will see that their offerings are taken and a sign showing that they can expect gifts will appear. One gift will be given for each family member. Typically there'll be a primary maker and other adults who'll chip in. Only the adults know who the maker is.

It is said that the maker can command a series of little masked creatures called "Deikaobaelmink" the night children, who deliver the gifts to the front doors of the people. In reality, the maker and a few of their friends and family dress up and deliver the gifts in character

[cyansconlangs]

How do y'all worldbuild religions? Cause I've been working on an idea founded on the principle of a tunguska-level meteor explosion over a capital city that convinced everyone to shed their old identity and wear animal masks.

[cyansconlangs]

Working on a set of indic inspired abugidas for conlangs like Dalajimu and Gqelashawat

[cyansconlangs]

Haven't posted here in ages so here's the Vasko alphabet

[cyansconlangs]

Hmmmmmnmmm

Should I make my tense suffixes for Shino even more devious by having them be fusional and encode voice as well?

I'm going to include a reflexive voice