#ochrien

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An advert for Talųna Laivių (Laivas Wine), a curious hangover from less prosperous days in Ochrís and the rest of Aivānien. Ochrís is famed for its wine, particularly non-grape wine varieties of which it is Lorech's biggest exporting nation per capita. Most of the high-quality grape wine was sold abroad and the limited amount of it that stayed in the country was priced prohibitively. The Laivas family took advantage of this - more associated with lybolka, a lemon-based liqueur, they began to sell economically priced bottles of a combination of sparkling grape wine, lybolka and crushed berries. It remains popular today despite a greater level of affluence and more accessibly-priced grape wines. This poster announces, in Ochrien and Meropots, how Talųna Laivių is now available across Meropot: "The taste of the summer brings warmth to the winter. Now it can be bought all over Meropot. Only 0.80₶* per bottle * The löt is a local currency pegged 1:1 with the Ochrien rylos.

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Lorech is still very much in the age of the ocean liner - boats are the most popular and least expensive way to cross long distances. However, over the past 20 years, airships have been growing ever so slightly in popularity in more technologically advanced continents like Tygenoc and Aivānien. This is an advert from an Ochrien company offering flights from Perís, Aír, Iferðí and Ioðinbêr. The prices are still quite high - around £300/$500 for a one-way flight to Kuolųs, the Ochrien capital; about £460/$720 to go to the Mylveti capital of Qöreçiv - but these would be considered comparatively low prices in these days. The supremacy of the boat is not likely to be threatened yet, but the "zep set" may grow in time." This poster has some fun with Celinese renderings of Aivani toponyms. Here's the translation! "See the World from the Skies! Do you want to see the exciting cities and natural beauty of Aivānien, but can't spend nine days in a boat [to get there]? This is no problem with Ochrien Airships - after less than two comfortable days, you'll arrive in Kuolųs and to other destinations in three. Take to the air and let your dreams fly with you! Kuolųs, Ochrís - 70 aðail (₳); Āndara, Ochrís - 60 ₳; Demrar, Ochrís - 70 ₳; Loivaṭ, Loivat SAR, Ochrís - 76 ₳ Sonêto (Viyeni) - 80 ₳; North Veri (Viyeni) - 83 ₳; Teikijä (Aalivi) - 85 ₳; Nivąras (Ochrís) - 88 ₳ Amēlie (Telairo)- 90 ₳; Coroveth (Bothmore) 95 ₳; Wiyot (Phiyatol)- 100 ₳; Qöleçiv (Mylveti) - 105 ₳."

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A poster illustrating the Ochrien alphabet. There are thirty-three letters, but only thirty-two photographs because ṃ is not found in word initial position. The way the letters are pronounced in Kuolųs are as follows, but there is a lot of regional variation. ą [ɒː], beț [bɛθ], co [tso], dįṇa [diːɲɐ], ḍe [ðe], ę [eː] go [go], haj [hɑɪ], ḥoru [ˈxoɾy], įva [ˈiːʋɐ], joț [jʊθ], ka [kɒ], ḳe [çe], lo [lo], eḷyḍ [ɛˈʎʉð], me [me], moṃ [moʊ̃], ǫ [oː], peṭ [pɛθ], ri [ɾi], ṛeri [ʒɛˈɾi], se [se], ṣe [ʃe], ten [tɛn], ṭįra [ˈθiːɾɒ], ų [uː], vo [vo], oxo [ʊkˈso], ȳ [yː], zo [zo], ẓezo [ʒɛˈzo]

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Hi there, folks! I thought I'd share this with you - it's the first song I've managed to complete in Ochrien, and I'm pretty happy about being able to translate non-prose into it.

“Heni“ (Here) was written by the duo Ainija Moroveiṭa and Sęhris Moroveitis who want to take part in the next Tygenoc-Aivanien Grand Prix, the most prestigious international music contest on Lorech. They are both Ryheṇį, a people who were given asylum just under 80 years ago by Ochrís because of the discrimination they faced in Wyšo during the xenophobic rule of the ironically-named Liberal, and later, National Party eras, and to a lesser extent, Tyrinor, which has had a complicated history with its ethnic minorities.

A few days ago, the Ochrien government came to an agreement with Tetrovy, to an unpopulated south-eastern corner of which the the Ryhen people moved en masse, and the hitherto autonomous region of Ryheṇor was declared an independent nation. This song talks about the process of finding a home on new shores and discovering a feeling of belonging there.

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It's been a while since I did a translation of a comic - and I thought, this time, I would take a shot at translating one into Ochrien (on the left) as well as Celinese. This is the result! You can check out the original English here and hear me reading the Ochrien out here.

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A travel poster in Ochrien, advertising the delights of Nivąras, a splendid city built on the land reclaimed from the sea between Western and Eastern Aivānien. The city, whose suburbs and satellite towns cover much of the landbridge, stretching the city across two continents, began to be built hundreds of years ago, when the Ochriens finally subdued the Telairovians and reclaimed land from the sea in order to be better connected to their new subjects. Nivąras was initially built as a testament to the Ochriens' might, but soon became what is arguably Ochrís' artistic capital. The text reads: "Travel to Nivąras The beautiful city that bridges continents. Culture, cuisine and verdant beauty. Ships from Peris, Ioðinbêr and Iferðí."

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Here's is a poster in Ochrien, a secondary language of mine that I'm working on developing during Lexember. It shows the numbers one to ten, some illustrative pictures, alongside some Ochrien plural patterns.

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A conversation about which flag one uses to represent a language in Lorech led to me creating this, a sign at border control at Ioðinbêr Airport, translated into eight Lorechian language. It says "welcome to Elitho. Prepare your passport for inspection." The Elithoan unity flag (the blue and yellow cross) is often used to represent the Celinese outside of Elitho, but not inside it because of its appropriation by movements that want to see Esfoth (Western Jinyero) reünited with Elitho.

 Info about each language and the flag used to represent it:

  1) Language: Celinese (endonym: celínec)

An official or regionally recognised language in: Elitho, Circassio, Gwyðach, Esfoth/Western Jinyero, parts of Ochrís and Telairo, parts of Norèscie, the Anelithoan Isles, Sairstír, Lombeir/Elombe, Tygenoc Ifanc, Lyrion, Ilbiyon, and Ifanco.

Flag used: Elithoan national flag

Usage: Typically used to represent Tygenoci variants of Celinese, though in Sairstír and Western Jinyero, the Elithoan Unity flag is preferred. In Circassio, sometimes a modified pan-Elithoan flag is used with the Elithoan blue replaced by Circassír violet. Sometimes the flag of Circassio is used to represent the sometimes very divergent varieties of Circassír Celinese, but this is frowned upon by non-Celinophones who believe the flag should not represent one of hundreds of local languages.

  2) Language: Norèsc (endonym: norelnæ; Northern Elithoan exonym: norelynig)

Official or regionally recognised language in: Norèscie, Wyšo and some Northern Elithoan states (in Iferðí, at least half of individuals speak Norèsc as a first or second language.)

Flag used: Norèsc national flag.

Usage: No controversies, given that Norèscie is the only country that recognises Norèsc as a national language.

  3) Language: Jinyera (Celinese exonym: seyínaireg)

OoRRL in: Jinyero, Jyoliye islands (near Ochrís), Lombeir/Elombe, Jyoroweya, Sayote (Circassio), and Ilbiyon. 

Flag used: National flag of Jinyero

Usage: Jinyero is a bilingual and bicultural nation where Celinese and Jinyera are the two national languages, so some Western Jinyers and Celinophone Eastern Jinyers find the usage of the national flag inappropriate. In Western Jinyero, Jinyera is represented by the Jindeyan Cross (a yellow saltire on a red background) instead.

  4) Language: Wyshovian (Celinese exonym: wyseoig, endonym: келы вөшил - kely wöşil)

OoRRL in: Wyšo

Flag used: Wyshovian National flag

Usage: No controversies.

  5) Language: Ochrien (endonym: okoṛų)

OoRRL in: Ochrís, Telairo, and as a secondary language in every nation of the Aivānien Union.

Flag used: Flag of Ochrís

Usage: Sometimes, particularly in territories of East Aivānien such as Mylveti, Ochrien is represented by this flag, minus the seven stars that make up the "arc of eternity" - these are seen by Mylvets and Miyatolor as symbolic of Ochrien territorial expansion.

  6) Language: Foghuri (Celinese exonym: foghurig)

OoRRL in: Foghur, Zenidiria and as a lingua franca in much of the surrounding territory.

Flag used: Flag of Foghur

Usage: Royalists who oppose the toppling of the absolutist monarchy do not use this revolutionary flag, and instead use the old royal standard.

  7) Language: Ilbuir (Celinese exonym: hylbwyreg)

OoRRL in: Ilbuir, Älborin and as a lingua franca in much of the sparsely populated Lorechian Extreme South.

Flag used: Flag of Ilbuir

Usage: Älborinen prefer to use their own national flag, or the Ilbuirophone People's Unity flag instead.

  8) Language: Tyrinori (Celinese exonym: tyrinoreg; endonym: ᏖᎹᎪᏔ tĕmgot - lit. heavenly language)

OoRRL in: Tyrinor and surrounding island nations. A trade language in much of NW Lorech

Flag used: Flag of Tyrinor

Usage: Initially controversial having replaced the ducal flag, but now used without controversies having been given the Grand-Duke's unequivocal support as a symbol of the nation.