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Kethariye Orasaketh is spoken by the Kethari, a humanoid species adapted to extreme geothermal and desert environments in an alternate Earth setting. They were given the exonym of "demon" by humans, who drew mythological comparison based on Kethari appearance and homeland.

This language is being used in the AO3 series "What Hides Underneath" and this blog is meant to serve as bonus content on the language. I'm also in the process of developing a wiki page for the language here for those who are interested in the grammar.

Feel free to send in questions about the language. The phrase on the inbox translates to "Are you warm?", which is a common greeting. The "vu/th" part is because the singular "you" is marked as "-vu", but the plural is marked as "-vuth", so in written contexts the slash is used to refer to both singular and plural simultaneously.

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velaraffricate

curious to hear how yall came up with a word for autism and other mental disabilities in your conlangs, if at all. not a huge fan of the etymology of "autism" but i'm finding it hard to come up with something good.

kethariye-orasaketh

The word for autism is derived from khana, meaning "pattern, routine, familiarity." The way Kethariye Orasaketh classifies things is different from Western thought, so semantically it's related to OCD and OCPD as well.

khana + sinema (heart, mind) = khansinema (pattern-driven personality*)

kansovi (rock-like; hard, rigid, unflexible**) + khansinema = kankhansinema (intensely rigid pattern-driven personality***)

kankhansinema + haru (disorder, medical condition****) = kankhansinemaharu (autism [clinical term])

* This word describes a pattern-based neurotype that can refer to autism, OCD, and/or OCPD traits.

** This is a neutral descriptor that is used for a wide variety of things. It comes from the Kethari observing rocks in their environment. It's not "can never change"; it's "it takes a lot of effort/work to change", reflecting the wind, water, and other natural elements shaping and altering rock.

*** This can be used as a way to refer more specifically to an autistic neurotype without using the clinical term.

**** I know that using "disorder" in context of autism is viewed as negative, but haru is a neutral term that refers to something that causes someone distress or difficulty, rather than being "this is something wrong or incorrect".

velaraffricate

The longest word in irkan osla so far is the word for peacock butterfly, imariloanubepitaurul. Butterflies are called nubepitaurul, which is a compound of nube + pit + aurul, meaning flower leaf (aka petal) flier. Imariloa is a compound of imari + loa, meaning rainbow eye. In their mythology, butterflies were created when the deity of spring blew away petals that then transformed into butterflies. Some flew into a rainbow, and thus became peacock butterflies.

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The longest word (currently) in Kethariye Orsaketh is uhanorukhanmuezunoruharu, which is the the word for the Kethari equivalent to OCD. It more specifically means "fear-based pattern-driven social distress disorder."

It's built from a ton of roots:

zuvir (pain) + hanoru (burden, weight, hindrance) = zunoru (difficulty, distress

mue (society) + zunoru = muezunoru (social distress)

muezunoru + haru (disorder, medical condition) = muezunoruharu (social distress disorder*)

khana (pattern, routine, familiarity) + muezunoruharu = khanmeuzunoruharu (pattern-driven social distress disorder**)

uhanoru (fear) + khanmuezunoruharu = uhanorukhanmuezunoruharu (fear-based pattern-driven social distress disorder)

* This is a wide class of conditions, which doesn't really line up well with Western classification.

** Roughly comparable to OCPD. I am aware that OCD and OCPD are not the same disorder; this is part of what I mean by "social distress disorder" being a wide class that doesn't really line up with Western thought. The two are considered related by the Kethari due to the fixation on patterns, just with different internal motivations. Autism is also semantically related through a separate etymological path.

conlangprompts

Create some poetry or write a song in your conlang.

kethariye-orasaketh

Vivae Ketha

Khēranuzu vivae ketha

Orasanungzu karinungzu asan

Khēraleengyuth āzo Kethariath

---

"The First Hearth"

The first hearth stood

Gentle lava flowing

We also will persevere

---

This poem is so old that no one remembers who wrote it, or even if the author even wanted credit. It used to simply be a reflection on nature and the Kethari people, but after persecution by humans became rampant and it became clear their goal was essentially cultural genocide if not just total genocide, the last line in particular became something of a defiant battle cry, saying, “No matter what you do to us, we will always survive.”

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