#celinese

Autumn has come to Lorech, and it is a season that Elithoans love and revere - a time of long walks and fruit picking in red and amber-tinted foresst, weekend retreats with friends to rural shacks, the annual festival of lights toward the end of the season and hearty soups from freshly harvested vegetables being sold on street corners in the city.

Good afternoon, folks! As many of you know, I share information about my conlangs (Celinese being my principal one) and the world in which they are spoken, Lorech, over a variety of different sites. I thought today that I’d try to collect a bunch of posts over the years about Lorech into one compendium, which is roughly reverse chronological and by no means exhaustive. I will add to this from time to time, and at a later date, I will also do a language-centred compendium!

A pictoral guide to the 993 elections in Elitho (containing general information about each of Elitho’s thirty six provinces, too.)

3rd Celinese dictionary

Excerpt of didactic book on comparatives and superlatives with some cultural information

Application form for Lyrionese people to live in Elitho

Pilot’s speeches in Elitho (T)

Beginnings of creating a map of Elitho (better said: beginning of finally exporting the detailed map of Elitho in my head onto paper :v )

Elithoans and colour - cultural idioms

The Eliut and their animal spirit system

A three day, cultural tourist itinerary of Elitho

A history of Norèsc Elitho (narrated in Iferðí Celinese)

A brief history of Tsi

For whom would you vote? Elithoan consulate poll 993

Map and discussion of Aír and Sairstír’s new railway

Chlasc at the Crossroads - The Raven State independence movement

Calendar of year 993 

Timekeeping and epochs in Lorech

Discussion and statistics of the Tygenoc-Aivanien Grand Prix

Sairstír’s new flag - nation-building in the province

30 minutes of news (text and audio) from Elitho and Lorech at whole

Propaganda and background to the Chlasc independence vote

Congressional Review's guide to the 993 Elithoan senate elections

Discussion of reform to Jinyera's orthography (One language - many orthographies)

Some examples of Elithoan-Circassír linguistic differences

Declaration of the Tygenoci Union

A selection of in-world posters: political, travel, film, adverts

Wyshovian elections, 992

Composition of the Sairstír Senate, 992

The Blackest Day - newspaper article about Beichlír atrocities

History lesson: Why did the Tybuchi invade Tygenoc?

Guide to the Tyrinori writing system

Advert for learners of Jinyera and Celinese

Interview with Remú Morán, first consul of Elitho, over War in Beichlë

Colloquial conversation in Perís Celinese

"Elitho is on Ochrís' path to imperialism" - unreliable propaganda piece by an extreme Jinyer nationalist

Ochrien in-universe language poster

Audio introuction to Ochrís and Ochrien

A list of Elithoan first consuls

Interview with mayor of Ochtenwylo over the Tygenoc-Aivanien musical grand prix (a good example of a distinctive Elithoan dialect)

Short text in Celinese and Circasso-Olldairs on Elitho-Olldair alliance

An alliance divided? - Discussion of tensions between allies in war against Beichlë

Circassír studies brochure from the University of Perís

Demographics discussion - 50 largest cities of Elitho

Exonyms for Elitho discussion

« Etholot go d-tainot » - Elithoan story in Celinese

Short Celinese film - the leaping dog (and in Circassír Celinese)

Celinese phrasebook - with some cultural information

Beichlë junta ovewhelmed by alliance - news article

Black Eagle putsch in Beichlë - news article

Migration to and from Elitho - an analysis

Interview with Morán upon taking office as First Consul

Summons to an Elithoan court

Sairstír vs Elithoan Celinese - a few divergences

Separation of power in Elitho (as illustrated by the case of Chlasc)

Poster of Elitho-Jinyer friendship day

Group of 12 Quality of Living survey overview

991 calendar - Elitho

National hymn of Circassio

A little bit of history of the national sport of Elitho, Sêlmím (and teams)

A few notes on Tygenoci sign language

Elithoan passport - example and discussion

A brief guide to Olineya, a regional language of Circassio

Discussion of new First Consul's plans

Composition of Elithoan senate (991)

You may well be Elithoan, if...

5 people in the desert - discussion of a typical Elithoan joke

991 Elithoan election night coverage

Sports review of Sêlmím matches, Nefwair 990

Elithoan restaurant menu (in Celinese) (in English)

Doirlech: in-universe Celinese crossword

Sairstír declaration of independence

Lirnynos travel guide

Sovereignty of Lyrion returns to Elitho (brief history of Lyrion under Wyshovian occupation)

Lorech’s answer to Monopoly and a discussion of shipping trade

Travel guide to Anelithoan isles

Elithoan census of 990 overview

Elithoan citizenship civics test (before Morán's government simplified it)

Senate votes to dismiss First Consul Lomín

Opinion piece by (then) Minority Leader Morán: Directly electing the First Consul - a right long overdue

Syríe Lomín’s biggest gamble yet

Lorechian games - explanation of some Lorechian sports

Senate of Elitho (988)

A brief guide to Nelíc (a sociolect of Ioðinbêr)

Cultural notes on Elitho’s observance of the winter solstice

Discussion of a few Celinese idioms and their origin

History of Elitho-Beichlë borderlands (in want of updating!)

Quiz: Where would you feel most at home in Elitho?

An introduction and background to the Elitho-Jinyer dual civil war and history of Elythoics in Jinyero

Rail map of Perís City, and of Elitho

News reports - Bleimonth accord crisis in Beichlë (part 1 and part 2), Tsi-Circassio conflict arbitration and Lomín government woes, and End of Tsi-Circassio conflict

As some of you know, even though Celinese is for the most part an a priori language, it is one in which I have hidden some a posteriori loanwords - partially as a tribute to languages I love, partially for the fun of seeing if folks can find these borrowings. Most such loans come from Celtic languages, but a few come from other sources.

Mereð Séilë go Poðríc Synt lo g-cai'nh! Happy St. Patrick's day, everyone. To some, it is merely a day of public inebriation, but for me, it's a day of pride in my heritage. What better way to celebrate a land of bards, story and song than translating a well-written and truly heartfelt Irish song into Celinese? Here's "Scorn not his simplicity", or in Celinese, "So w-fynyloê né meiblús." It was written by Phil Coulter about his own son. If you’d like to see the original song and lyrics, check it out here.

"So w-fynyloê né meiblús"

Porír fowyð nyrús, cothir indoain némair tomochoê caiðín. Aé ethím, dai thero tysoím ðo geranúm elð tynðeg sé teimín? Sé nyrús anois célois ainham sochío, taroch go r-airír nyrand, Ochpyrthío gleig porír fynyl elth airírain mair, ðo né sío, ethím.

So w-fynyloê né meiblús, mair tysúot ðo codac gleig sé mairús. So w-fynyloê né meiblús, ô né, ô né.

Echramío, erin fysog ceðog ðé hiðor elmoío, né cênorío. Fysog elmast go maiðír cé chrífteimoð ðo né geraní polio. Célois soir baroín ðo trofec fysío, laimot go nothoê tyngoío. Anois, go genthoiot go so d-trofec sofío, ar sà gembefwynt tyngío.

So w-fynyloê né meiblús, mair tysúot ðo codac gleig sé mairús. So w-fynyloê né meiblús, ô né, ô né.   Elð merintair, logynelth cé marwyntoê, sorethío némair sà. Anor sanðais daich ceoroê né gechío mair gôs corothús ana.