#ochrien

An advert for Talųna Laivių (Laivas Wine), a curious hangover from less prosperous days in Ochrís and the rest of Aivānien. Ochrís is famed for its wine, particularly non-grape wine varieties of which it is Lorech's biggest exporting nation per capita. Most of the high-quality grape wine was sold abroad and the limited amount of it that stayed in the country was priced prohibitively. The Laivas family took advantage of this - more associated with lybolka, a lemon-based liqueur, they began to sell economically priced bottles of a combination of sparkling grape wine, lybolka and crushed berries. It remains popular today despite a greater level of affluence and more accessibly-priced grape wines. This poster announces, in Ochrien and Meropots, how Talųna Laivių is now available across Meropot: "The taste of the summer brings warmth to the winter. Now it can be bought all over Meropot. Only 0.80₶* per bottle * The löt is a local currency pegged 1:1 with the Ochrien rylos.

Lorech is still very much in the age of the ocean liner - boats are the most popular and least expensive way to cross long distances. However, over the past 20 years, airships have been growing ever so slightly in popularity in more technologically advanced continents like Tygenoc and Aivānien. This is an advert from an Ochrien company offering flights from Perís, Aír, Iferðí and Ioðinbêr. The prices are still quite high - around £300/$500 for a one-way flight to Kuolųs, the Ochrien capital; about £460/$720 to go to the Mylveti capital of Qöreçiv - but these would be considered comparatively low prices in these days. The supremacy of the boat is not likely to be threatened yet, but the "zep set" may grow in time." This poster has some fun with Celinese renderings of Aivani toponyms. Here's the translation! "See the World from the Skies! Do you want to see the exciting cities and natural beauty of Aivānien, but can't spend nine days in a boat [to get there]? This is no problem with Ochrien Airships - after less than two comfortable days, you'll arrive in Kuolųs and to other destinations in three. Take to the air and let your dreams fly with you! Kuolųs, Ochrís - 70 aðail (₳); Āndara, Ochrís - 60 ₳; Demrar, Ochrís - 70 ₳; Loivaṭ, Loivat SAR, Ochrís - 76 ₳ Sonêto (Viyeni) - 80 ₳; North Veri (Viyeni) - 83 ₳; Teikijä (Aalivi) - 85 ₳; Nivąras (Ochrís) - 88 ₳ Amēlie (Telairo)- 90 ₳; Coroveth (Bothmore) 95 ₳; Wiyot (Phiyatol)- 100 ₳; Qöleçiv (Mylveti) - 105 ₳."

A poster illustrating the Ochrien alphabet. There are thirty-three letters, but only thirty-two photographs because ṃ is not found in word initial position. The way the letters are pronounced in Kuolųs are as follows, but there is a lot of regional variation. ą [ɒː], beț [bɛθ], co [tso], dįṇa [diːɲɐ], ḍe [ðe], ę [eː] go [go], haj [hɑɪ], ḥoru [ˈxoɾy], įva [ˈiːʋɐ], joț [jʊθ], ka [kɒ], ḳe [çe], lo [lo], eḷyḍ [ɛˈʎʉð], me [me], moṃ [moʊ̃], ǫ [oː], peṭ [pɛθ], ri [ɾi], ṛeri [ʒɛˈɾi], se [se], ṣe [ʃe], ten [tɛn], ṭįra [ˈθiːɾɒ], ų [uː], vo [vo], oxo [ʊkˈso], ȳ [yː], zo [zo], ẓezo [ʒɛˈzo]

A few days ago, the Ochrien government came to an agreement with Tetrovy, to an unpopulated south-eastern corner of which the the Ryhen people moved en masse, and the hitherto autonomous region of Ryheṇor was declared an independent nation. This song talks about the process of finding a home on new shores and discovering a feeling of belonging there.

It's been a while since I did a translation of a comic - and I thought, this time, I would take a shot at translating one into Ochrien (on the left) as well as Celinese. This is the result! You can check out the original English here and hear me reading the Ochrien out here.

A travel poster in Ochrien, advertising the delights of Nivąras, a splendid city built on the land reclaimed from the sea between Western and Eastern Aivānien. The city, whose suburbs and satellite towns cover much of the landbridge, stretching the city across two continents, began to be built hundreds of years ago, when the Ochriens finally subdued the Telairovians and reclaimed land from the sea in order to be better connected to their new subjects. Nivąras was initially built as a testament to the Ochriens' might, but soon became what is arguably Ochrís' artistic capital. The text reads: "Travel to Nivąras The beautiful city that bridges continents. Culture, cuisine and verdant beauty. Ships from Peris, Ioðinbêr and Iferðí."

Here's is a poster in Ochrien, a secondary language of mine that I'm working on developing during Lexember. It shows the numbers one to ten, some illustrative pictures, alongside some Ochrien plural patterns.

Usage: Initially controversial having replaced the ducal flag, but now used without controversies having been given the Grand-Duke's unequivocal support as a symbol of the nation.