November 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
During the #ConlangNovember (which i'm planing to finish in my free time) I briefly mentioned dialect
Well, i've decided to dedicate a separate post to the differences!
Maybe i'll add onto that in future as well!
#OC #OCs #Art #Illustration #Conlang #Heiman #Worldbuilding
Well, i've decided to dedicate a separate post to the differences!
Maybe i'll add onto that in future as well!
#OC #OCs #Art #Illustration #Conlang #Heiman #Worldbuilding
December 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
During the #ConlangNovember (which i'm planing to finish in my free time) I briefly mentioned dialect
Well, i've decided to dedicate a separate post to the differences!
Maybe i'll add onto that in future as well!
#OC #OCs #Art #Illustration #Conlang #Heiman #Worldbuilding
Well, i've decided to dedicate a separate post to the differences!
Maybe i'll add onto that in future as well!
#OC #OCs #Art #Illustration #Conlang #Heiman #Worldbuilding
November 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
#ConlangNovember 24:
This is by far my fav part of conlanging! I have a couple, but I really need to make more--
One commonly-used phrase in Quyy'lie is:
Yanatul, iuen. 'Like the yana flower, [we] ascend.'
(1/3)
This is by far my fav part of conlanging! I have a couple, but I really need to make more--
One commonly-used phrase in Quyy'lie is:
Yanatul, iuen. 'Like the yana flower, [we] ascend.'
(1/3)
#ConlangNovember 24: How does your language reflect the culture of its speakers? For example, are there certain idioms that reference a particular aspect of their culture?
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December 5, 2025 at 9:02 PM
#ConlangNovember 24:
This is by far my fav part of conlanging! I have a couple, but I really need to make more--
One commonly-used phrase in Quyy'lie is:
Yanatul, iuen. 'Like the yana flower, [we] ascend.'
(1/3)
This is by far my fav part of conlanging! I have a couple, but I really need to make more--
One commonly-used phrase in Quyy'lie is:
Yanatul, iuen. 'Like the yana flower, [we] ascend.'
(1/3)
#ConlangNovember 5:
I've been editing Quyy'lie phonemes quite a bit recently-- I still find it difficult, but I'm getting better🫡
I've been editing Quyy'lie phonemes quite a bit recently-- I still find it difficult, but I'm getting better🫡
November 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
#ConlangNovember 5:
I've been editing Quyy'lie phonemes quite a bit recently-- I still find it difficult, but I'm getting better🫡
I've been editing Quyy'lie phonemes quite a bit recently-- I still find it difficult, but I'm getting better🫡
#ConlangNovember 9:
I actually haven't thought much about this- All I know is that /ɣ/ is pronounced [ç] before an [i] or [y]✨
I actually haven't thought much about this- All I know is that /ɣ/ is pronounced [ç] before an [i] or [y]✨
#ConlangNovember 9: What allophonic variation is there in your language? Are phonemes realised differently by speakers in different contexts? What about sandhi? Are words ever realised differently depending on the surrounding words?
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#Writing #WritingPrompt #Conlangs #Worldbuilding
November 9, 2025 at 9:32 AM
#ConlangNovember 9:
I actually haven't thought much about this- All I know is that /ɣ/ is pronounced [ç] before an [i] or [y]✨
I actually haven't thought much about this- All I know is that /ɣ/ is pronounced [ç] before an [i] or [y]✨
#ConlangNovember 10:
Quyy'lie is an agglutinative synthetic language! I love long words-
Basically, words that used to be auxiliary verbs and particles are fused with the verb, making words like this possible:
Quyy'lie is an agglutinative synthetic language! I love long words-
Basically, words that used to be auxiliary verbs and particles are fused with the verb, making words like this possible:
November 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
#ConlangNovember 10:
Quyy'lie is an agglutinative synthetic language! I love long words-
Basically, words that used to be auxiliary verbs and particles are fused with the verb, making words like this possible:
Quyy'lie is an agglutinative synthetic language! I love long words-
Basically, words that used to be auxiliary verbs and particles are fused with the verb, making words like this possible:
#ConlangNovember 7:
The Quyy'lie word for 'feather' is rifimü /ɾifimy/. It came from Katanni-Illic debemi /debemi/, which meant 'spike; blade of grass'
#conlang
The Quyy'lie word for 'feather' is rifimü /ɾifimy/. It came from Katanni-Illic debemi /debemi/, which meant 'spike; blade of grass'
#conlang
November 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
#ConlangNovember 7:
The Quyy'lie word for 'feather' is rifimü /ɾifimy/. It came from Katanni-Illic debemi /debemi/, which meant 'spike; blade of grass'
#conlang
The Quyy'lie word for 'feather' is rifimü /ɾifimy/. It came from Katanni-Illic debemi /debemi/, which meant 'spike; blade of grass'
#conlang
#ConlangNovember day 10:
Heiman is synthetic and agglutinative, because I love making long words that look almost like a sentence, example in picture.
I think this should not be allowed.
#Heiman #Conlang
Heiman is synthetic and agglutinative, because I love making long words that look almost like a sentence, example in picture.
I think this should not be allowed.
#Heiman #Conlang
November 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
#ConlangNovember day 10:
Heiman is synthetic and agglutinative, because I love making long words that look almost like a sentence, example in picture.
I think this should not be allowed.
#Heiman #Conlang
Heiman is synthetic and agglutinative, because I love making long words that look almost like a sentence, example in picture.
I think this should not be allowed.
#Heiman #Conlang
#ConlangNovember day 2:
Heiman is used buy people to communicate with eachother. It does not have any specific purpose. But it's important to notice, that Heiman influenced astrology a lot, so some words eventually got borrowed by other languages.
#Conlang #Heiman
Heiman is used buy people to communicate with eachother. It does not have any specific purpose. But it's important to notice, that Heiman influenced astrology a lot, so some words eventually got borrowed by other languages.
#Conlang #Heiman
November 4, 2025 at 8:39 AM
#ConlangNovember day 2:
Heiman is used buy people to communicate with eachother. It does not have any specific purpose. But it's important to notice, that Heiman influenced astrology a lot, so some words eventually got borrowed by other languages.
#Conlang #Heiman
Heiman is used buy people to communicate with eachother. It does not have any specific purpose. But it's important to notice, that Heiman influenced astrology a lot, so some words eventually got borrowed by other languages.
#Conlang #Heiman
#ConlangNovember 5
I love this question but unfortunately I have a boring answer. Na'aqal, like many human languages, is just a language of mouth sounds. That's it. 😅
I love this question but unfortunately I have a boring answer. Na'aqal, like many human languages, is just a language of mouth sounds. That's it. 😅
#ConlangNovember 5: Let's start delving into the nitty gritty, with phonemics. What are the basic building blocks that make up words, whether sounds, gestures, pheromones or telepathic brainwaves, that are distinguished by speakers of your language?
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November 5, 2025 at 12:06 PM
#ConlangNovember 5
I love this question but unfortunately I have a boring answer. Na'aqal, like many human languages, is just a language of mouth sounds. That's it. 😅
I love this question but unfortunately I have a boring answer. Na'aqal, like many human languages, is just a language of mouth sounds. That's it. 😅
#ConlangNovember 3:
Oh boy, yes- Quyy'lie has a lot of regional varieties. What I describe is the variety spoken in the capital Niiryya, which is standardised and taught in schools across the region. Though, as you can see in the second map, not everyone in Iichün Zanè is a native speaker of this-
Oh boy, yes- Quyy'lie has a lot of regional varieties. What I describe is the variety spoken in the capital Niiryya, which is standardised and taught in schools across the region. Though, as you can see in the second map, not everyone in Iichün Zanè is a native speaker of this-
November 4, 2025 at 8:56 AM
#ConlangNovember 3:
Oh boy, yes- Quyy'lie has a lot of regional varieties. What I describe is the variety spoken in the capital Niiryya, which is standardised and taught in schools across the region. Though, as you can see in the second map, not everyone in Iichün Zanè is a native speaker of this-
Oh boy, yes- Quyy'lie has a lot of regional varieties. What I describe is the variety spoken in the capital Niiryya, which is standardised and taught in schools across the region. Though, as you can see in the second map, not everyone in Iichün Zanè is a native speaker of this-
#ConlangNovember 23:
Gonna try to finish this even though I'm late😭
Here are some silly onomatopoeic words in Quyy'lie!
zhiin 'buzz, sound of flying bugs'
cut cut 'tweet tweet, sound of small birds'
takèmi 'to knock, to pound lightly'
tukèmi 'to knock, to pound heavily'
Gonna try to finish this even though I'm late😭
Here are some silly onomatopoeic words in Quyy'lie!
zhiin 'buzz, sound of flying bugs'
cut cut 'tweet tweet, sound of small birds'
takèmi 'to knock, to pound lightly'
tukèmi 'to knock, to pound heavily'
#ConlangNovember 23: Today's subject is onomatopoeias. What words in your language were formed to resemble the thing they describe? I'll also open it up to pictograms in your language's script, if you want to discuss that.
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#Writing #WritingPrompt #Conlangs #Worldbuilding
December 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
#ConlangNovember 23:
Gonna try to finish this even though I'm late😭
Here are some silly onomatopoeic words in Quyy'lie!
zhiin 'buzz, sound of flying bugs'
cut cut 'tweet tweet, sound of small birds'
takèmi 'to knock, to pound lightly'
tukèmi 'to knock, to pound heavily'
Gonna try to finish this even though I'm late😭
Here are some silly onomatopoeic words in Quyy'lie!
zhiin 'buzz, sound of flying bugs'
cut cut 'tweet tweet, sound of small birds'
takèmi 'to knock, to pound lightly'
tukèmi 'to knock, to pound heavily'
#ConlangNovember 4:
I made Quyy'lie from scratch. I completely winged the phonology, but I based a lot of grammar on Japanese, Indonesian, and to a lesser degree Dutch (verb inflection)
I made Quyy'lie from scratch. I completely winged the phonology, but I based a lot of grammar on Japanese, Indonesian, and to a lesser degree Dutch (verb inflection)
#ConlangNovember 4: What sources of inspiration did you use to create this conlang? Is it a priori, like Dothraki, or a posteriori, like Atlantean from Atlantis: The Lost Empire?
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#Writing #WritingPrompt #Conlangs #Worldbuilding
November 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
#ConlangNovember 4:
I made Quyy'lie from scratch. I completely winged the phonology, but I based a lot of grammar on Japanese, Indonesian, and to a lesser degree Dutch (verb inflection)
I made Quyy'lie from scratch. I completely winged the phonology, but I based a lot of grammar on Japanese, Indonesian, and to a lesser degree Dutch (verb inflection)
#ConlangNovember 10: Nemorian is synthetic, mostly inheriting PIE's fusional nature, with some of its newer innovations being closer to agglutinative. (1/2)
#ConlangNovember 10: Is your language more analytic (with few or no affixes and inflections) or synthetic (with many affixes and inflections)?
If analytic, is it isolating? If synthetic, is it more agglutinative or fusional?
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If analytic, is it isolating? If synthetic, is it more agglutinative or fusional?
#Writing #WritingPrompt #Conlangs #Worldbuilding
November 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
#ConlangNovember 10: Nemorian is synthetic, mostly inheriting PIE's fusional nature, with some of its newer innovations being closer to agglutinative. (1/2)
#ConlangNovember 25:
If you ever find yourself standing before a member of the Astral Order, I would strongly advise you not to call them a nèyexütue.
For the longest time, the word nèyexütue was an acceptable word for spirit manipulators, but nowadays it is seen as highly offensive. (1/3)
If you ever find yourself standing before a member of the Astral Order, I would strongly advise you not to call them a nèyexütue.
For the longest time, the word nèyexütue was an acceptable word for spirit manipulators, but nowadays it is seen as highly offensive. (1/3)
#ConlangNovember 25: Today's topic is taboos. What words or phrases in your language are considered inappropriate, repugnant or sacrilegious to say in the culture of its speakers? (Totally not asking you to teach us how to swear in your conlang…)
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December 5, 2025 at 9:20 PM
#ConlangNovember 25:
If you ever find yourself standing before a member of the Astral Order, I would strongly advise you not to call them a nèyexütue.
For the longest time, the word nèyexütue was an acceptable word for spirit manipulators, but nowadays it is seen as highly offensive. (1/3)
If you ever find yourself standing before a member of the Astral Order, I would strongly advise you not to call them a nèyexütue.
For the longest time, the word nèyexütue was an acceptable word for spirit manipulators, but nowadays it is seen as highly offensive. (1/3)
#ConlangNovember Day 5
finally did phonetic chart. Every sound except \j\ and \ʔ\ has its own letter, so reading it is actually quite simple when you learn letters
#Heiman
finally did phonetic chart. Every sound except \j\ and \ʔ\ has its own letter, so reading it is actually quite simple when you learn letters
#Heiman
November 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
#ConlangNovember Day 5
finally did phonetic chart. Every sound except \j\ and \ʔ\ has its own letter, so reading it is actually quite simple when you learn letters
#Heiman
finally did phonetic chart. Every sound except \j\ and \ʔ\ has its own letter, so reading it is actually quite simple when you learn letters
#Heiman
#ConlangNovember 6:
Quyy'lie is written in the ciyyi (tsilli) alphabet! This alphabet is used by many languages in western Peijh, particularly those in the Lunic language family. It is usually written in cursive, but there are non-cursive typefaces that are used in printing and typing. (1/3)
Quyy'lie is written in the ciyyi (tsilli) alphabet! This alphabet is used by many languages in western Peijh, particularly those in the Lunic language family. It is usually written in cursive, but there are non-cursive typefaces that are used in printing and typing. (1/3)
November 6, 2025 at 11:30 AM
#ConlangNovember 6:
Quyy'lie is written in the ciyyi (tsilli) alphabet! This alphabet is used by many languages in western Peijh, particularly those in the Lunic language family. It is usually written in cursive, but there are non-cursive typefaces that are used in printing and typing. (1/3)
Quyy'lie is written in the ciyyi (tsilli) alphabet! This alphabet is used by many languages in western Peijh, particularly those in the Lunic language family. It is usually written in cursive, but there are non-cursive typefaces that are used in printing and typing. (1/3)
#ConlangNovember 17
#TheDragonblood
Nemorian marks relative clauses with a relative pronoun, which may appear anywhere in the clause. (1/4)
#TheDragonblood
Nemorian marks relative clauses with a relative pronoun, which may appear anywhere in the clause. (1/4)
#ConlangNovember 17: How does your language handle relative clauses? Does it have recursion? How does it work? Or else, what does it do instead?
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November 18, 2025 at 4:37 AM
#ConlangNovember 17
#TheDragonblood
Nemorian marks relative clauses with a relative pronoun, which may appear anywhere in the clause. (1/4)
#TheDragonblood
Nemorian marks relative clauses with a relative pronoun, which may appear anywhere in the clause. (1/4)
#ConlangNovember 2:
Quyy'lie serves as a lingua franca in all areas where the Astral Order has power, but it's also the everyday language of many people in Iichün Zanè. A lot of scholars, policy makers, and anyone dealing with the Astral Order *have* to know Quyy'lie.
#conlang
Quyy'lie serves as a lingua franca in all areas where the Astral Order has power, but it's also the everyday language of many people in Iichün Zanè. A lot of scholars, policy makers, and anyone dealing with the Astral Order *have* to know Quyy'lie.
#conlang
November 4, 2025 at 8:41 AM
#ConlangNovember 2:
Quyy'lie serves as a lingua franca in all areas where the Astral Order has power, but it's also the everyday language of many people in Iichün Zanè. A lot of scholars, policy makers, and anyone dealing with the Astral Order *have* to know Quyy'lie.
#conlang
Quyy'lie serves as a lingua franca in all areas where the Astral Order has power, but it's also the everyday language of many people in Iichün Zanè. A lot of scholars, policy makers, and anyone dealing with the Astral Order *have* to know Quyy'lie.
#conlang
#ConlangNovember 22:
Like many other languages, Old Quyy'lie has borrowed a lot of words related to religion from Illic, an ancient, mostly written language from Ila, such as:
nèyaqü 'god' < nyáki 'god'
nèyaxütuesa 'prophet' < nyágitiwesáá 'prophet'
nèyariba 'God's Voice' < nyáribá 'God's Voice'
Like many other languages, Old Quyy'lie has borrowed a lot of words related to religion from Illic, an ancient, mostly written language from Ila, such as:
nèyaqü 'god' < nyáki 'god'
nèyaxütuesa 'prophet' < nyágitiwesáá 'prophet'
nèyariba 'God's Voice' < nyáribá 'God's Voice'
#ConlangNovember 22: What other languages have the speakers of your language interacted with, and how have these other languages influenced it? What words has your language borrowed from them? Or other ways they've left their mark on it?
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November 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
#ConlangNovember 22:
Like many other languages, Old Quyy'lie has borrowed a lot of words related to religion from Illic, an ancient, mostly written language from Ila, such as:
nèyaqü 'god' < nyáki 'god'
nèyaxütuesa 'prophet' < nyágitiwesáá 'prophet'
nèyariba 'God's Voice' < nyáribá 'God's Voice'
Like many other languages, Old Quyy'lie has borrowed a lot of words related to religion from Illic, an ancient, mostly written language from Ila, such as:
nèyaqü 'god' < nyáki 'god'
nèyaxütuesa 'prophet' < nyágitiwesáá 'prophet'
nèyariba 'God's Voice' < nyáribá 'God's Voice'
#ConlangNovember 2
Na'aqal is the main everyday spoken language on Atalantis. It started off as a kind of creole/lingua franca between the different tribes that settled on the island, but our story is set 3000ish years later so those tribes are now all just one people with one language.
#Atlantis
Na'aqal is the main everyday spoken language on Atalantis. It started off as a kind of creole/lingua franca between the different tribes that settled on the island, but our story is set 3000ish years later so those tribes are now all just one people with one language.
#Atlantis
#ConlangNovember 2: What purpose does this language serve? Is it the everyday language used by the people? A lingua franca allowing peoples who speak different languages to communicate? Is it ceremonial? Or the language of magical incantations?
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November 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
#ConlangNovember 2
Na'aqal is the main everyday spoken language on Atalantis. It started off as a kind of creole/lingua franca between the different tribes that settled on the island, but our story is set 3000ish years later so those tribes are now all just one people with one language.
#Atlantis
Na'aqal is the main everyday spoken language on Atalantis. It started off as a kind of creole/lingua franca between the different tribes that settled on the island, but our story is set 3000ish years later so those tribes are now all just one people with one language.
#Atlantis
#ConlangNovember Day 6
Heiman's script is abugida. it's written from right to left, example text on pic.2
Usually it is written on paper with calligraphy brush.
All information is usually stored in scrolls, rarely as books with hard back.
#Heiman #Conlang
Heiman's script is abugida. it's written from right to left, example text on pic.2
Usually it is written on paper with calligraphy brush.
All information is usually stored in scrolls, rarely as books with hard back.
#Heiman #Conlang
November 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
#ConlangNovember Day 6
Heiman's script is abugida. it's written from right to left, example text on pic.2
Usually it is written on paper with calligraphy brush.
All information is usually stored in scrolls, rarely as books with hard back.
#Heiman #Conlang
Heiman's script is abugida. it's written from right to left, example text on pic.2
Usually it is written on paper with calligraphy brush.
All information is usually stored in scrolls, rarely as books with hard back.
#Heiman #Conlang
