Yula'e

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Welcome to Yula'e | Yula'e vindatuelalai

Hi! My name's Uintie (he/they) and I'm starting this blog to write about my world Yula-e! I was inspired by the lovely @Cernos :D

Yula'e [ˈjʉla.ˌɛ] is a word for 'world, universe' in Quyy'lie, one of my conlangs. Here, it's written in ciyyi (an alphabetic conscript) and ziueyyi (a logographic one).

About

Yula'e is a world I created for my stories! Right now, the main story is Stars End, a visual novel I'm working on :D It started as a simple concept of a world where people could speak to the stars ✦ and it kind of got out of hand-

I'll be posting about characters, languages, cultures, geography, and much more!

Directory

Quyy'lie (conlang)

1 - Intro

2 - Alphabet & Writing

3 - Word Order

4 - Verbs

5 - 'To be'

Main Lore

1 - Ziryu & kezyu'en (spirits and spirit manipulation)

2 - Kei'ia (spirit manipulation with spells)

3 - Qimayiin (spirit manipulators)

Places

Iichün Zanè

Iikun So'ara

Characters

Qime'i

Tags

#quyy'lie - everything about my conlang Qull'lie.

#iichün zanè - everything about the country Iichün Zanè.

#oc - everything relating to my characters.

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Lexember Theme 3 | Anaicii 'Animals'

So I uhhh totally didn't completely forget about this--

I'm going to try and do as many of the themes as possible, still, but they might be a little less elaborate- But yeah, here are some animal names in Quyy'lie!

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Lexember Theme 2 | Yairalè ter Marèlè 'Cooking & Eating'

Iichün Zaneans eat with a spoon and their left hand. They love rice, tea, and many kinds of (aquatic) fruits and vegetables.

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Lexember Theme 1 | Lu'apiq 'people'

Here is theme 1! Here is some extra information about families:

In most cultures that speak Quyy'lie, familial ties are rather loosely defined, so there aren't many different words for family members. A qüla 'parent' can be anyone that is older than you and takes care of you in some way, and a bera 'child' can be anyone that is younger and you take care of in some way.

If you want to be specific about how someone is related to you, you could say me'itaiba ai isa bera 'child in my house' (usually shortened to me'itabera) to express that the child in question lives with you, and you are thus the most responsible for them (and you are likely related to them).

When talking about the people that raised you, you can definitely say me'itaqüla 'parents in my house', but it is more common to say qü'an 'eldest parent', ci'an 'youngest parent', or ue'an 'parent, neither youngest or oldest'. It is not uncommon for Iichün Zanean households to have more than two unrelated adults raising children together, and since the concept of gender is not recognized, age plays an important role in categorizing people.

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Lexember! (kind of-)

So- we're quite late, but my friend Cernos and I have decided we want to participate in Lexember! We are quite busy tho, and we weren't sure how to go about it, so we just made our own little prompts!

To make it easier on ourselves, we decided to do one theme every three days or so, tho there are subthemes that can be done daily too :D

This means we'll be doing this well into January lol, but hey better late than never✨

If you'd like to join us, or just want to take some inspiration, feel free to! We'll be posting our first entries tomorrow :]

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di woolon fo 'A river will come.'

woso tunolo xámifiwese 'From depths below'

furo bwédee nóqoo 'water will rise.'

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Mir

There are various types of humans that live in Yula'e. One of them are the Mir.

Mir are small humans (around 1-1.5 m tall) whose ears are large and pointy, and whose hair is more like feathers than anything else. These feather-like hairs typically grow on their head, ears, back of the jaw, shoulders, wrists, and ankles. Twice a year, they fall out and regrow.

They come in many colors, but are always kind of grey, with both lighter and darker spots on their face, shoulders, and chest. In winter, Mir hibernate, hiding between the roots of trees.

Mir live deep in the forests of Katanna, a place very far away from Peijh. They are rarely seen by other peoples; they often hide, so not much is known about their lives.

It is said that Mir became the way they are when a group of ancient humans were attacked by a furious spirit. Some fought back, but many fled. Those that ran south hid in the enchanted forests, and never got out. Over tens of thousands of years, the spirits in the forest changed them.

Whether that is their true origin... is unknown.

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Here's a concept for the script used in ancient Illic engravings~

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Quyy'lie - Updated Basics

There have been some changes to Quyy'lie! Let me briefly go over them:

Phonemes & Transcription

The phonemes and their transcription changed slightly.

Lexicon

The Quyy'lie lexicon has changed somewhat because I now evolved it from a proto-language I've been making and loanwords I've been adding! It's been really fun :D This is why pronouns changed quite a bit.

The second column of pronouns are ones used when stressing the pronoun, or in literature.

Verb conjugation

There are still two verb endings depending on origin of the verb. Here are the informal ones, used with friends and family:

And formal ones, used with strangers, elderly, and persons of authority:

Script

I also made a font so it's easier to type example sentences! I still prefer handwritten Quyy'lie, but this is a nice addition for glosses. Below, you can see a comparison of speech styles of my characters. Seb is not good at Quyy'lie yet, hence why their sentence is ungrammatical.

And that's all for now :D

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Nyákaese — 'By God [we crossed]

A long time ago, the people that lived in far eastern Peijh used the word ilá to refer to a place where one world ended and another began. One such end was Kiz, a land to the west no one had ever entered. A vast forest so enchanted no one dared to even live near it.

12.000 years ago, some were forced into Kiz as a result of war and disaster. Against all odds, and many generations later, they came out on the other side.

The people of Ila.

Many others would travel around Kiz to reach western Peijh, but the Illics were not like them.

What had happened in Kiz they never spoke of, and no records remain from that time, but it was clear that they had changed.

The Illic realm would rule Peijh for over ten thousand years, until inexplicably falling out of all memory 500 years ago.

All that is left are the walls, the palaces, the spirits, and one last Illic...

But the current powers should not forget...

That there lie things in Ila that are older than the walls or statues still standing, or buried deep beneath the forest floor.

Some things that should not yet be forgotten...

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sorry for the inactivity here! uni is stressing me out- but I have been working on a lot of things! I just haven't been able to put it into posts. I'll hopefully be back around halfway december :D

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I think I'm finally happy with how the Illic script is turning out :)

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narviue

[naɾ ðiy̯ɪ̯] noun

a small enchanted needle that, when in direct contact with muscle tissue, can disrupt one's heart rate and breathing, making the use of spirit manipulation impossible

The narviue depicted above is a special one, used in the ritual executions of rebel qimayiin.

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ileva qemè

[i lɛ ðɑ qɛ mə] noun

pine tree

Literally 'tree of Ila', after the great trees that the people of Peijh encountered when they crossed the land of Kiz, but now that the realm of Ila is forgotten, ileva has simply become synonymous with 'pine'...

Ileva rüne tsichdèmi li. 'Even the pine trees will fall.'

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iuepè

[iyɪ pə] noun

flower, blossom

Ria'i'uqve, iuepè hiatul maun ai seerai ta? 'Tell me, where does a flower like you thrive?'

Derived terms:

tu'innü'iuepè 'wildflower'

iuepami 'to bloom, flourish, flower'

iuepar 'to unfold'

iuepir 'flower petal'

iuera 'garden'

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Fir

[fiɾ] noun

1) river, stream 2) sea 3) birthplace, origin

Jime, lie fir tihe'i qasdèmi tara. 'Someday, we all return to the Fir.'

Fir is a term that can be used for rivers and seas in general, but usually refers to the Fir, the enchanted river at the center of Iichün Zanean life and religion. The river is believed to be the child of the Seven Stars, and to have given birth to all life on earth.

Derived terms:

Firava me'ita 'House of the Fir'

Firiarè 'a bottle of Fir water believed to protect places from evil when hung by a door'

Firta 'The Fir'

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Iikun So'ara

Iikun So'ara (Qull'lie: Iichün Suera) is another country from my world. Quite a bit north from Iichün Zanè, but culturally somewhat similar.

Basic facts

Population: ~4 million

Capital: Ochil

Demonym: Iikun So'aran

Language(s): Tunnai'i and dialects, several minority languages.

Climate: Dfc, BWk, BSk

Iikun So'ara is a low country around the delta of the Taddai River. It is home to many different kinds of people, being located on a crossroads of arctic and Lunic cultures. Most Iikun So'arans prefer not to show their faces in public.