Üqoi (The People's Language) - Conlang Profile	Advanced
Language Name Üqoi Language Author Bruce V. Bracken Year Began 1996 Site Üqoi Broken Link No Site Language English Site Author Bruce V. Bracken Language Type personal language Uniqueness Üqoi is being developed for an alien race, Zhoo'oonaiï, protagonists of a possible science fiction novel. The descriptive paradigms. When one wishes to express an emotional or other state, such as Motuulh dhnuuvai, "I am sad", the literal translation is "Sadness I am." Rarely, one might say Mozütuulh dhnuuvai, "sadness(passive voice) I am". Also, one would say thoineej dhuuvai, "it is burned", lit., "fire it is". Also, there is no direct translation of "it", "him", "her" or "them". To say "Talk to her", you would say Zhoonampej'ei aüqoi ("To herself speak"). Adjectival and possessive forms, numerical system. Language Sources Certain aspects of pronunciation were inspired by my previous attempts at a constructed language. Design Principles Üqoi is an agglutinating language. I have religiously avoided cognates with other languages. I want the vocabulary to be unique. The lexicon thus far consists of over 200 base words (that is, nouns). See the Morphology and Grammar page for verb, agency and other forms. I don't know when I'll get around to detailing Zhoonaiï culture, but I intend to give insight into how üqoghi'i (a speaker) regards his/her language. Suffice it to say that for now, I consider this an artwork in progress, un jeu d'esprit, to paraphrase Richard Kennaway. Interest Of Others I have been asked to translate poems, and words for school-language projects. It was mentioned in an online magazine article from Australia, and many other conlangers have posted links to it. Conculture Noun Phrase the Zhoooonaiï of the planet Kaj'eevdhuz Quotation Qlhüüz'i tthajuvoen dhnuuthlhumed. Explanation Glass outside injury I eat. Translation I can eat glass; it doesn't hurt me. Dictionary Yes Etymologies No Grammar Yes Sample Texts Yes Unique Script Yes Primer Yes Babel Text No Lexicon Size 1,100 Submitted By Bruce V. Bracken Updated By Jeffrey Henning Date Edited Thursday, February 12, 2004 Description Of Update Consolidated two separate postings and estimated the number of words glossed in the dictionary. Date To Headline Wednesday, April 23, 2003 < Unstränng  Üqoi  Uropi >
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