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{{Infobox language
<blockquote>“Oh Oge, how ''do'' you just swim in ambiguity like that?”
|name=Oge
 
|family=Waruk
“Topic-irrealis.”</blockquote>
|era=today
 
|scripts=Modified [[Latin alphabet|Kyawcenni]]
<blockquote>“A well-bonsai’d kitchen sink.” - The Carrot </blockquote>
|country=[[Wánade]], [[Connecticut]]
 
|demonym=Ogeńko
|usage=
|lang-code=OGE
}}
[[File:Screenshot 2025-05-24 at 10.30.36 PM.png|thumb|"ungaming" in Oge]]
[[File:Screenshot 2025-05-24 at 10.30.36 PM.png|thumb|"ungaming" in Oge]]
Oge ['ɔɣɛ] is a language isolate which migrated into the ŋorld from the far weast in April of 2025. Little is known about its origins, and the recent rapid migration of its speaking population unfortunately left little in terms of written documentation in Oge from prior to April of 2025. It is spoken as the primary official language in [[Wänade|Wánade.]]
Oge ['ɔɣɛ] (sometimes anglicized as Ogish or Ogese) is a language isolate which migrated into the ŋorld from the far weast in April of 2025. Little is known about its origins, and the recent rapid migration of its speaking population unfortunately left little in terms of in-world written documentation regarding Oge from prior to April of 2025. It is spoken as the primary official language in [[Wänade|Wánade.]]




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==History==
==History==
Proto-Oge's creation predates that of the original Nguhcraft server by several months, the first recorded instance being a non-IPA vocabulary list and a sticky note reading: "agglutinative?" dated May 17, 2020. It was originally created to be used as a (mostly relexed English) secret-lang with fancy grammar to provide extra security in journaling in a mono-linguistic substrate culture. Since 2020, it has shifted into a *slightly* more naturalistic artlang for personal use.   
Proto-Oge's creation predates that of the original Nguhcraft server by several months, the first recorded instance being a non-IPA vocabulary list and a sticky note reading: "agglutinative?" dated May 17, 2020. It was originally created to be used as a (mostly relexed English) secret-lang with fancy grammar to provide extra security in journaling in a mono-linguistic substrate culture. Since 2020, it has shifted into a *slightly* more naturalistic artlang for personal use.   
Nguhcraft and the Agama Shuya Discord server at large has provided Wáni linguists with a space to research the language while it went thru a period of growth due to increased use in places like Wánade and the irl swamps I practice speaking Oge in to make sure its still "pronouncable".
    
    
Today Oge is spoken as the dominant language in mainland [[Wänade|Wánade]]. The most commonly uttered phrase in in-game-chat is [[Gaming|łé wa]], which translates into [[English]] as "[[gaming]]."  
Today Oge is spoken as the dominant language in mainland [[Wänade|Wánade]]. The most commonly uttered phrase in in-game-chat is [[Gaming|gémyń wa]], which translates into [[English]] as "[[gaming]]."


==Phonology & Orthography==
==Phonology & Orthography==
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! colspan="2" |Postalveolar
! colspan="2" |Postalveolar
! colspan="2" |Velar
! colspan="2" |Velar
! colspan="2" |Uvular
! colspan="2" |Glottal
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!unv
!v
!unv
!v
!unv
!unv
!v
!v
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|/p/
|/p/
|/b/
|/b/
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|/t̪/ ⟨t⟩
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|/d̪/ ⟨d⟩
|/t/
|/t/
|/d/
|/d/
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|/k/
|/k/
|/g/
|/g/
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|/ʔ/ ⟨h⟩
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!Nasal
!Nasal
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|/m/
|/m/
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|/n̪/ ⟨n⟩
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|/n/
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|/ŋ/ ⟨ń⟩
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|/ɴ/ ⟨ń⟩
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!Fricative
!Fricative
|/ɸʰ/ ⟨f⟩
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|/β/ ⟨b⟩
|/β/ ⟨b⟩
|/θ/ ⟨t⟩
|/θ/ ⟨t⟩
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|/s/
|/s/
|/z/
|/z/
|/ʃ/ ⟨c⟩
|/ʃ/ ⟨c/j⟩
|/ʒ/ ⟨j⟩
|/ʒ/ ⟨j⟩
|/x/ ⟨h⟩
|/ɣ/ ⟨h/g⟩
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!Tap
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|/ɾ/ ⟨r⟩
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|/ɣ/ ⟨g⟩
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|/hʷ~ɸ̚/ ⟨f⟩
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|/tʃ/ ⟨c⟩
|/tʃ/ ⟨c⟩
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|/dʒ/ ⟨c⟩
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!Approximant
!Approximant
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|/ɹ/ ⟨w⟩
|/ɹ/ ⟨w⟩
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|/ɬ/ ⟨ł⟩
|/ɬ/ ⟨ł⟩
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|/w/ ⟨u⟩
|/w/ ⟨u⟩
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|}


===Labialized and Palatalized Consonants===
===Labialized and Palatalized Consonants===
Labialized and palatalized consonants only appear in onset position. Both labialized and palatalized consonants are marked with an apostrophe in text, tho historically the digraphs gu, ku, and ty saw wide use.   
Labialized and palatalized consonants primarily appear in onset position, though they see use as codas and even standalone syllables in many of Oge's borrowed terms and phrases. Both labialized and palatalized consonants are marked with an apostrophe in text, tho historically the digraphs gu, ku, and ty saw wide use.   
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!
!
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|/tʲ/ ⟨t'⟩
|/tʲ/ ⟨t'⟩
|}
|}
===Other Consonantal Quirks===
[s], [ɬ], [ɹ], [j], and [w] cannot be codas.
If placed in coda position, [ɬ] becomes syllabic.
[β], [θ], and [ð] are realized as the onsets of unstressed syllables or as codas.
[tʃ] and [x] are realized in onset position and the first phoneme of a given morpheme. As codas, they become [ʃ] and [ɣ] respectively. [ɣ] can also be realized as the onset of any unstressed syllable.
[s] is used in onset position unless it is immediately followed by another consonant in the same morpheme.


===Vowels===
===Vowels===
All 5 vowels can be lengthened (realized in text as an acute accent above vowels). Lengthening can but doesn't necessarily stress the syllable containing the lengthened vowel.  
The world's cutest 5-vowel inventory. All 5 vowels can be lengthened. Lengthening can but doesn't necessarily stress the syllable containing the lengthened vowel.  
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!
!
!Unrounded
!Front
!Rounded
!Back
|-
|-
!Close
!Close
|/i/ ⟨y⟩
|/iʲ~ʝ/ ⟨y⟩
|/u/ ⟨u⟩
|/ɯ/ ⟨u⟩
|-
|-
!Open-mid
!Open-mid
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=== Stress ===
=== Stress ===
Stress tends to fall on syllables in this order: syllables containing lengthened vowels and/or coda consonants, syllables containing ''ɔ'', syllables containing ''a'', ''ɛ'' and ''i'', and lastly syllables containing '''ɛ'' which used to be ''ɘ''<nowiki/>' and vocalic consonants.
Stress tends to fall on syllables in this order:  
 
# the penultimate syllable
# syllables containing lengthened vowels and/or coda consonants
# syllables containing ''ɔ''
# syllables containing ''a'', ''ɛ'' and ''i''
# syllables containing '''ɛ'' which used to be ''ɘ''<nowiki/>' and vocalic consonants
 
There are more complex stress patterns to discuss but boy howdy am I too tired for that.


==Morphology==
==Morphology==
Unfortunately, due to it being my first ever real conlang, very little actually exists in terms of documentation detailing the grammar and morphology of the Oge language; tho it can usually be interpreted as loosely SOV, mildly polysynthetic, and ''heavily'' pro-drop. It gets a lot done with context and pronouns alone. Proto-Oge's grammar was pretty strictly agglutinative and VSO, and modern Oge reflects that; just with freer word order for the verb tending to push it further right in the sentence.
Unfortunately, due to it being my first ever real conlang, very little actually exists in terms of documentation detailing the grammar and morphology of the Oge language. 
 
=== Word Order ===
Word order in Oge is base SVO. 
 
The topic-comment system and several discourse marking particles makes this ''very'' unapparent. 
 
==== Topic Marking ====
There are three primary topic marking particles used in Oge.
{| class="wikitable"
!Nańmo ''bo'' tez 
|
|-
|+''Bo [βɔ] is the realis topic marker, and it denotes that the clause preceding it is the topic, and that the topic is something that is already a known entity in context.''
!I want my nań
|nań is possessed, so we can infer that it's the nań we already know about and use '''bo''' 
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!Nań ''wa'' tez 
|-
|+'''''Wa'''<nowiki> [ɹa] is the irrealis topic marker, and it denotes that the clause preceding it is the topic, but also that the topic doesn’t necessarily exist in context.</nowiki>''
!I want nań 
|nań is unmarked and and new to context, it could exist or it might not, '''wa''' marks it so
|}
'''The interrogative particle ''ða'' can be used as a topic marker when asking a question, but will often be dragged to the end of the phrase as is done with many reanalyzed conjunctions and grammatical particles (where applicable). It can also be used with topic-realis and topic-irrealis clauses for various syntactical purposes.'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|He '''ða''' meká?
|He meká '''''ða'''''?
| colspan="2" |He '''''bo''''' meká '''ða'''?
| colspan="2" |He '''''wa''''' meká '''ða'''?
|-
| colspan="2" |Can I have that?
|Can I have that? <br>
''(permanently, or maybe its more of a demand)''
|Can I be (definitely) having that?
|Could I have that? <br>
''(more of a request with verbal acknowledgement of an understanding that you might not give whatever that is to me)''
|Can I (possibly) be having that that?
|}


=== Tense Marking ===
==== Tense Marking ====
Tense is marked with a free-floating tense morpheme which is either positioned at the start or reduplicated at the end of a phrase depending explicitly on how relevant the time is to the clause. If tense has not been detailed in speech yet it tends to show up at the start of the phrase, whereas when tense has already been stated it shows up at the end. Sometimes (particularly in spoken Oge) the tense morpheme will be dropped entirely once tense has been established in conversation.
Tense is marked with a free-floating tense morpheme which is either positioned at the start or reduplicated at the end of a phrase depending explicitly on how relevant the time is to the clause. If tense has not been detailed in speech yet it tends to show up at the start of the phrase, whereas when tense has already been stated it shows up at the end. Sometimes (particularly in spoken Oge) the tense morpheme will be dropped entirely once tense has been established in conversation.


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!future
!future
!past
!past
!continuous
!imperative
!imperative
!extra-imperative
!extra-imperative
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|-
|-
!start of phrase
!start of phrase
!udu
!uð
!nu
!hna
!le
!mu
!mu
!bú
!bú
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|-
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|/u'du/
|/ˈuð/
|/nu/
|/ˈ?n.a/
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|/mu/
|/mu/
|/bu:/
|/bu:/
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!udedu
!udedu
!nun
!nun
!
!mumu
!mumu
!búbú
!búbú
!ro
!ða
|-
|-
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|/u'dɛðu/
|/u'dɛðu/
|/'nun/
|/'nun/
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|/'mumu/
|/'mumu/
|/'bu:bu:/
|/'bu:bu:/
|/ɾɔ/
|/ða/
|}
|}


==== Other Discourse Particles ====
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!no
!ka
!de
!mo
!a
|-
|movement towards an endpoint
|definite / realis / locative-adjacent
|instrumental
|alienable possession
|inalienable possession
|}


===Nouns===
===Nouns===
From 2021-2023, about half of Proto-Oge's nouns were just bouba-ed and kiki-ed into existence while the other half were loaned from whatever language google said any given concept was first talked about in. However, both of those systems have since been completely abandoned in favor of artificially generating tri-consonantal and bi-consonantal roots from older Oge (and sometimes Proto-Oge) root nouns.  
Nouns in Oge have a long and storied history (which we mustn't indulge ourselves of yet) of trying desperately ''not'' to be boring. As far back as May of 2020, documentation of Pre-Proto-Oge detailed my literal first attempts at making a clong. RIP. From 2021-2023, about half of Proto-Oge's nouns were just bouba-ed and kiki-ed into existence while the other half were loaned from whatever language google said any given concept was first talked about in. Eventually, borrowing words for new things and concepts slowed and kind of petered out in favor of stringing noun phrases into long compound words. This would become especially popular in poetry and songwriting of classical Oge, but became an uncommon practice in modern Oge. Ppl just loved infixing too much.   


==== Class Marking ====
Infixing a modifying morpheme (usually an abbreviated form of an adverb or verb) has long been common practice in Oge because ppl just think it sounds cute. And gods be damned if the Ogenkos can't do something to speak more cutely.     
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!
! colspan="3" |mahut
! colspan="2" |noń
! colspan="2" |nela
|-
| + ade (wild, intense)
|m'''ad'''ahut
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|n'''ad'''oń
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|na'''dé'''la
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| + ekte (shared, outdoor)
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|-
| + ke (small)
|
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|noń'''ke'''
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|né'''ke'''la
|
|} 
 
Oh but the infixing actually has nothing to do with 


===== Tri-consonantal Roots =====
===== Tri-consonantal Roots =====
"And then there were TCRs, and the next day, there were BCRs. Just *''pop''* there they are. But I'm not complaining cause these nouns are SO much shorter :)))"
''~ Nahia, circa April 2025''
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Noun class →
!Noun class →
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|-
|-
!TCR ↓
!TCR ↓
!-a-ó-
!1a2ó3
!-ý-a-a
!1ý2a3a
!-e-ú-
!1e2ú3
!e-e-ú-
!e1e2ú3
!u-u-ó-
!u1u2ó3
!-y-ý-
!1y2ý3
!-y-y-á
!1y2y3á
|-
|-
|befal (night sky) > BFL
|befal (night sky) > BFL
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|-
|-
|atańora* (road) > TŃR
|atańora* (road) > TŃR
|tańór (intersection)
|tańól (intersection)
|týńara (electricity)  
|týńala (electricity)  
|teńúr (road)
|teńúl (road)
|eteńúr (lifestyle)
|eteńúl (lifestyle)
|utuńór (tunnel)
|utuńól (tunnel)
|tyńýr (direction)
|tyńýl (direction)
|tyńyrá (choice)
|tyńyðá (choice)
|-
|-
!Associated Pronoun:
!Associated Pronoun:
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|-
|-
!BCR ↓
!BCR ↓
!a-á-
!a1á2
!-e-é
!1e2é
!-ó-o
!1ó2o
|-
|-
|dÿn* (bowl) > DN
|dÿn* (bowl) > DN
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|-
|áruh (scale) > RH
|áruh (scale) > RH
|aráh (hammer/mace)
|aláh (hammer/mace)
|rehé (a weight)
|ðehé (a weight)
|róho (mass)
|ðóho (mass)
|-
|nul (rest) > NL
|anál (induced unconsciousness)
|nelé (sleep)
|nólo (coma)
|-
|-
!Associated Pronouns
!Associated Pronouns
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====Number====
====Number====
Oge nouns do not specify plurality, but can be marked for singularity using the ''-ý'' suffix.
Oge nouns do not specify plurality, but can be marked for singularitivity using the ''-ý'' suffix.
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Ø
!Ø
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|azák
|azák
|-
|-
!Singular
!Singulative
|a log
|a log
|azák'''ý'''
|azák'''ý'''
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===Demonstratives===
===Demonstratives===
Demonstratives can either be their own independent morphemes or suffixed onto the nouns they refer to. When independent they act as pronouns.
Demonstratives can either be their own independent morphemes (functioning similarly to pronouns) or suffixed onto the nouns they refer to, to infer definiteness as well as proximity.  


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
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!Demonstrative
!Demonstrative
|that cat way over there
|that cat way over there
|haz'''sek'''
|haz '''sek'''
|}
|}


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=== Pronouns ===
=== Pronouns ===
Pronouns (including demonstratives and adjectives acting as pronouns) carry an intrinsic copula in Oge. For example: saying "uaye" conveys "I am," never just "I." Persistence-marked pronouns convey persistent actions, and are marked with the reflexive pronoun ''ua''. If you wanted to say "I am a doctor," you would say "uaye ua afän"; whereas if you wanted to say "I am, right now, a doctor" you would use "uaye afän." The latter conveys that you are not always a doctor, perhaps you are pretending to be one right now. (Note that pronoun persistence does not apply to demonstratives and adverbs that are acting as pronouns.)


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
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!
!
!
!
!persistent
!reflexive
!
!
!persistent
!reflexive
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|-
!1st
!1st
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|-
!2nd
!2nd
|fú
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| + ua
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|fá
|fá
| + ua
| + ua
|-
|-
!3rd
!3rd
|fú
|
| + ua
|
|faz
|faz
| + ua
| + ua
|}
Note that *fú represents either 2nd or 3rd person in context.
{| class="wikitable"
|I am well
|Uaye lo
|-
|-
|I continue to be well
!Indefinite
|Uaye '''ua''' lo
|fú
|-
| rowspan="2" | + ua ''(proximal)'' <br>
|The dog is nice
+ yany ''(distal)''
|Ebú ua yel
|}
|}


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{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|The sky is ''light blue''
|''light blue'' sky
|Batuya '''omo'''
|batuya '''omo'''
|-
|-
|''The light green one is'' over there
|''the light green one'' over there
|'''Omo''' sek
|'''omo''' sek
|-
|-
!
!
!
!
|-
|-
|You are being ''funny'' (You are joking)
|you are ''funny''  
|Fü '''mÿz'''
|fú '''mýz'''
|}
|}
Note that you are funny is more like "You are, funnily."
Note that you are funny is more like "You are, funnily."


 
== Phrasebook ==
==Oge Place Names==
 
Due to Wänade’s position in FERRA, below is a list of place names with their English translations from around the ŋorld.
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Location
|how are you?
!English translation
|balá ða na?
|-
|-
!Kuayo (K'ayo) Gulf
|i’m good
|dolphin gulf
|lo wa na
|-
|-
!Län Tozo
|thank you
|density line, Density Loop
|saua
|-
|-
!Mëtero
|i’m sorry
|subway, metro, tube
|wuna wa
|}
 
 
==List of Ogized Named of Various Ŋations==
 
{|class="wikitable"
!Ŋation
!
!Ogized Name
!
|-
|-
|Adaria
|yes
|Catalan: /rə'publikə də'daɾiə/
|á
|Ledary / Edaryta
|-
|-
|Aprux Mexyrhat
|no
|Toli /apruʂ mɛʂʏrat/
|me
|Aperuj Mejerat
|-
|-
|Araçana
|are you ok?
|Araçanic /a.ras̪ː‿a.na/
|lo ða?
|Aräzana
|-
|-
|Aylongam
|hi
|Xindvâ: /ɛː.lo.ŋæm/
|uouo
|Ëlońem
|-
|-
|B’hiy’aj Dchâjâ
|sure
|/viˈjæθ tk͡xæθæ/
|aðó
|Byyet Hete
|-
|-
|Coldba
|i’m tired
|English /ˈkoʊldbə oʊpn̩ pəˈɹɛnθəsɪs kjubə kloʊz pəˈɹɛnθəsɪs/
|méłetmo wa nále
|Kolba (K’uba)
|-
|-
|The Complex
|i’m sleepy
|English: /ˈkɑmplɛks/
|fomo wa
|Kompelekeseta
|-
|-
| Corneria
|it’s hot
|/aɲɛrkivkɘ radiɲɛdak z͜dɛmʊ sʊ vjɛkjataɲa/
|nal wa ta
|Byëk’atańa
|-
|-
|Dhourigkàn
|it’s very hot
|/ðouʁik:ɑn/
|ńe nal wa ta
|Dowÿkan
|-
|-
|Drośtsiśtsi
|it’s cold
|Kośtsiśtsi: [dros.tsɯʃ.tsɯ]; Tosï: /dɣoˈsɨtʃ/
|wele wa ta
|Derözectezÿctesy / Degözetej
|-
|-
|Dulgarda (Seolland)
|it’s very cold
|Dulgchyati: [jɑzðə ðʏɤ̯ɣ]
|ńe wele wa ta
|Yazde Dewÿg
|-
|-
|Eistówú
|nice.
|[ˈɛi̯stɔːvuː]
|bn.
|Estöbwü
|-
|-
|Emberland Emberish: /ə ə ə ə ə/ Ëëë
|really?
|
|týe ða?
|
|-
|-
|Enkavak Laevanaak: /ʔɛn.kɐ.vak/ Enkabwak
|good for you
|
|uan g’al
|
|-
|-
|Ettêre Ðiffyt * Ëteg Dyfet
|just a little bit
|
|wúkelo
|
|-
|-
|Gdaƨihr Ni̦xlo [gdaʃiʕ niːçlo] Agdäjyk Nÿzelo
|don’t worry
|
|kom seká
|
|-
|-
|Gevsaksavli
|i understand
|
|seuoj
|
|-
|-
|Hentzo Nohenààtza: /ˈhen.t͡so/ Fëntezo
|i don’t understand
|
|kom uoj
|
|-
|-
|Hentzo Nohenààtza: /ˈhen.t͡so/ Fëntezo
|did you understand?
|
|uoj ða?
|
|-
|-
|Hummland Humild: /humdet/ Fumdet
|wait
|
|mu fyde
|
|-
|-
| Hertskomestat Syndicate * Hereteskomestat
|why?
|
|habe ða?
|
|-
|-
|i Êpcêm Mûn-nan /i * ˈɛːpt͡ʃeːm mɪːn nɐn/ Ÿ-Kymod Epejem Men-nan
|me too
|
|hégo wa uaye
|
|-
|-
|Imerchal Mosici: /ãtimɛʀɕawɕaltoʀɛ/ Etymewejäjaltore
|let’s go
|
|uan na
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|let’s go together
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|what’s wrong?
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|what?
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|what do you think?
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|but..
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|i see
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|i don’t remember
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|Latium Regnātum Regnate Latin: /ˈlɐtiʊ̃ rɛŋˈŋäːtʊ̃/ Lat’u Reńätu
|see you
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|see you next week
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|i’m running a little late
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==Time of Day==
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Oberia *Occitan: Republica Paisana d'Obèria Oberyta
Oressia *Itsoikt /ˈa˧˥.re.ti/ A-ärety
Otslahue
Paz Kiiam
Pihi * Pyfy
Port of Eras English: * Powetebwëraz
Potatosek
Pua * Püa
Rauratoshan Rokadong: [ˈʃiɲaˌsan ˌɾɑwɾəˈtoʃan] Rauaretöjen
Nošaterçe [n̪ɔʃɑ't̪ɛrt͡sɛ] Nojatëreteze
Arktsev /r̥̩kt.s̠ðeβˈs̠æ.mu.xoː/ Wektedebezëmuhö
R̦ijeləm
Free Republic of Smalland *Spanish República Libre de Esmallandia Edmalandyta
Sofao Tâsi /sofao tɐsi/~/sofɑo tɐsi/ Sofä Tasy
Spansos Gaming English: * Espanzoz Gëmyń
Stej Ven * Estëÿ Bwen
T’anshilebs T’ansholubi: /'t'an.ʃɪ.lɛbs/ T’anzelebez
Tanylezi /tanəleʒi/ Tanelëjy
Tanzang [tən.tsəŋ] Tenzeń
Tauranga Puawai * Törańga Püauaÿ
Tocjaǵa Śahan
Vallis Draconum
The Vazr
Vilantnen /viˈlantnɛn/ Bilantenen
Wekañu-Skefo [weˈkaɲu ˈskefo] Oekäńueskëfo
Xarslasja *Arodjun: [ˈxaɾˌɬa.sʲə] Harłaja
Xtrakva /ɤrvaŋtɑlʒgɪztɔ xtrakvaʃ/ Heteräkebaj
Yysh
Zotazil Hurga ker Maja: [ˈzotazil] Zötazyl
Ŋərkey * Ńärhÿe
Kotland Katlandic: [ˈkotiˌkuːt] Kotyküt
Kozdenen Kozramva: [kø:ʐɨ cina:] Közet Synä
Krīpetēpla Krīpoti: /kriː.peˈteː.pla/ Kerÿpetëła
Kingdom of Kyaw Cen Kyawcenni: /ˈkjaʊ̯.tsɛn/ K’ät-sen
Lavvakcesaa /la.ʋa.ɟe.saː/ Labat’ezä
Latium Regnātum Regnate Latin: /ˈlɐtiʊ̃ rɛŋˈŋäːtʊ̃/ Lat’u Reńätu
Maize
MápabaL
Maraśa
Ḿaro Southern Ḿaro: ['kuɺʲa ke 'mʲarɑ] Ńara
Maryland
Moldova
Myžariky Syzkyn: [ˈmɘʒɐˌrikʰʲɪ̈] Mëjaryk’e
Nāroňpār Isle Narkevin: [ˈnaːr.oŋˌpaːr] Näronpär
Oberia *Occitan: Republica Paisana d'Obèria Oberyta
Oressia *Itsoikt /ˈa˧˥.re.ti/ A-ärety
Otslahue
Paz Kiiam
Pihi * Pyfy
Port of Eras English: * Powetebwëraz
Potatosek
Pua * Püa
Rauratoshan Rokadong: [ˈʃiɲaˌsan ˌɾɑwɾəˈtoʃan] Rauaretöjen
Nošaterçe [n̪ɔʃɑ't̪ɛrt͡sɛ] Nojatëreteze
Arktsev /r̥̩kt.s̠ðeβˈs̠æ.mu.xoː/ Wektedebezëmuhö
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Free Republic of Smalland *Spanish República Libre de Esmallandia Edmalandyta
Sofao Tâsi /sofao tɐsi/~/sofɑo tɐsi/ Sofä Tasy
Spansos Gaming English: * Espanzoz Gëmyń
Stej Ven * Estëÿ Bwen
T’anshilebs T’ansholubi: /'t'an.ʃɪ.lɛbs/ T’anzelebez
Tanylezi /tanəleʒi/ Tanelëjy
Tanzang [tən.tsəŋ] Tenzeń
Tauranga Puawai * Törańga Püauaÿ
Tocjaǵa Śahan
Vallis Draconum
The Vazr
Vilantnen /viˈlantnɛn/ Bilantenen
Wekañu-Skefo [weˈkaɲu ˈskefo] Oekäńueskëfo
Xarslasja *Arodjun: [ˈxaɾˌɬa.sʲə] Harłaja
Xtrakva /ɤrvaŋtɑlʒgɪztɔ xtrakvaʃ/ Heteräkebaj
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Zotazil Hurga ker Maja: [ˈzotazil] Zötazyl
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Latest revision as of 18:07, 5 December 2025

“Oh Oge, how do you just swim in ambiguity like that?” “Topic-irrealis.”

“A well-bonsai’d kitchen sink.” - The Carrot

"ungaming" in Oge

Oge ['ɔɣɛ] (sometimes anglicized as Ogish or Ogese) is a language isolate which migrated into the ŋorld from the far weast in April of 2025. Little is known about its origins, and the recent rapid migration of its speaking population unfortunately left little in terms of in-world written documentation regarding Oge from prior to April of 2025. It is spoken as the primary official language in Wánade.



History

Proto-Oge's creation predates that of the original Nguhcraft server by several months, the first recorded instance being a non-IPA vocabulary list and a sticky note reading: "agglutinative?" dated May 17, 2020. It was originally created to be used as a (mostly relexed English) secret-lang with fancy grammar to provide extra security in journaling in a mono-linguistic substrate culture. Since 2020, it has shifted into a *slightly* more naturalistic artlang for personal use.

Nguhcraft and the Agama Shuya Discord server at large has provided Wáni linguists with a space to research the language while it went thru a period of growth due to increased use in places like Wánade and the irl swamps I practice speaking Oge in to make sure its still "pronouncable".

Today Oge is spoken as the dominant language in mainland Wánade. The most commonly uttered phrase in in-game-chat is gémyń wa, which translates into English as "gaming."

Phonology & Orthography

Consonants

Bilabial Dental Alveolar Postalveolar Velar Uvular Glottal
unv v unv v unv v unv v unv v unv v unv v
Plosive /p/ /b/ /t̪/ ⟨t⟩ /d̪/ ⟨d⟩ /t/ /d/ /k/ /g/ /ʔ/ ⟨h⟩
Nasal /m/ /n̪/ ⟨n⟩ /ɴ/ ⟨ń⟩
Fricative /β/ ⟨b⟩ /θ/ ⟨t⟩ /ð/ ⟨d⟩ /s/ /z/ /ʃ/ ⟨c/j⟩ /ʒ/ ⟨j⟩ /ɣ/ ⟨g⟩ /hʷ~ɸ̚/ ⟨f⟩
Affricate /bβʰ/ ⟨bw⟩ /tʃ/ ⟨c⟩ /dʒ/ ⟨c⟩
Approximant /ɹ/ ⟨w⟩
Lateral Fricative /ɬ/ ⟨ł⟩
Liquid /l/ /j/ ⟨y⟩ /w/ ⟨u⟩

Labialized and Palatalized Consonants

Labialized and palatalized consonants primarily appear in onset position, though they see use as codas and even standalone syllables in many of Oge's borrowed terms and phrases. Both labialized and palatalized consonants are marked with an apostrophe in text, tho historically the digraphs gu, ku, and ty saw wide use.

Labialized Palatalized
/k/ /kʷ/ ⟨k'⟩
/g/ /ɡʷ/ ⟨g'⟩
/t/ /tʲ/ ⟨t'⟩

Vowels

The world's cutest 5-vowel inventory. All 5 vowels can be lengthened. Lengthening can but doesn't necessarily stress the syllable containing the lengthened vowel.

Front Back
Close /iʲ~ʝ/ ⟨y⟩ /ɯ/ ⟨u⟩
Open-mid /ɛ/ ⟨e⟩ /ɔ/ ⟨o⟩
Open /a/ ⟨a⟩

Stress

Stress tends to fall on syllables in this order:

  1. the penultimate syllable
  2. syllables containing lengthened vowels and/or coda consonants
  3. syllables containing ɔ
  4. syllables containing a, ɛ and i
  5. syllables containing 'ɛ which used to be ɘ' and vocalic consonants

There are more complex stress patterns to discuss but boy howdy am I too tired for that.

Morphology

Unfortunately, due to it being my first ever real conlang, very little actually exists in terms of documentation detailing the grammar and morphology of the Oge language.

Word Order

Word order in Oge is base SVO.

The topic-comment system and several discourse marking particles makes this very unapparent.

Topic Marking

There are three primary topic marking particles used in Oge.

Nańmo bo tez
Bo [βɔ] is the realis topic marker, and it denotes that the clause preceding it is the topic, and that the topic is something that is already a known entity in context.
I want my nań nań is possessed, so we can infer that it's the nań we already know about and use bo
Nań wa tez
Wa [ɹa] is the irrealis topic marker, and it denotes that the clause preceding it is the topic, but also that the topic doesn’t necessarily exist in context.
I want nań nań is unmarked and and new to context, it could exist or it might not, wa marks it so

The interrogative particle ða can be used as a topic marker when asking a question, but will often be dragged to the end of the phrase as is done with many reanalyzed conjunctions and grammatical particles (where applicable). It can also be used with topic-realis and topic-irrealis clauses for various syntactical purposes.

He ða meká? He meká ða? He bo meká ða? He wa meká ða?
Can I have that? Can I have that?

(permanently, or maybe its more of a demand)

Can I be (definitely) having that? Could I have that?

(more of a request with verbal acknowledgement of an understanding that you might not give whatever that is to me)

Can I (possibly) be having that that?

Tense Marking

Tense is marked with a free-floating tense morpheme which is either positioned at the start or reduplicated at the end of a phrase depending explicitly on how relevant the time is to the clause. If tense has not been detailed in speech yet it tends to show up at the start of the phrase, whereas when tense has already been stated it shows up at the end. Sometimes (particularly in spoken Oge) the tense morpheme will be dropped entirely once tense has been established in conversation.

Imperativity and interrogativity are also marked with tense marking, but the interrogative tense marker can only appear at the end of the phrase, and is only reduplicated to emphasize confusion or a strong desire to understand.

future past continuous imperative extra-imperative interrogative
start of phrase uð hna le mu bú
/ˈuð/ /ˈ?n.a/ /mu/ /bu:/
end of phrase udedu nun mumu búbú ða
/u'dɛðu/ /'nun/ /'mumu/ /'bu:bu:/ /ða/

Other Discourse Particles

no ka de mo a
movement towards an endpoint definite / realis / locative-adjacent instrumental alienable possession inalienable possession

Nouns

Nouns in Oge have a long and storied history (which we mustn't indulge ourselves of yet) of trying desperately not to be boring. As far back as May of 2020, documentation of Pre-Proto-Oge detailed my literal first attempts at making a clong. RIP. From 2021-2023, about half of Proto-Oge's nouns were just bouba-ed and kiki-ed into existence while the other half were loaned from whatever language google said any given concept was first talked about in. Eventually, borrowing words for new things and concepts slowed and kind of petered out in favor of stringing noun phrases into long compound words. This would become especially popular in poetry and songwriting of classical Oge, but became an uncommon practice in modern Oge. Ppl just loved infixing too much.

Infixing a modifying morpheme (usually an abbreviated form of an adverb or verb) has long been common practice in Oge because ppl just think it sounds cute. And gods be damned if the Ogenkos can't do something to speak more cutely.

mahut noń nela
+ ade (wild, intense) madahut nadoń nadéla
+ ekte (shared, outdoor)
+ ke (small) nońke nékela

Oh but the infixing actually has nothing to do with

Tri-consonantal Roots

"And then there were TCRs, and the next day, there were BCRs. Just *pop* there they are. But I'm not complaining cause these nouns are SO much shorter :)))"

~ Nahia, circa April 2025

Noun class → fractal instantaneous animate slow-animate hollow extensive fluid
TCR ↓ 1a2ó3 1ý2a3a 1e2ú3 e1e2ú3 u1u2ó3 1y2ý3 1y2y3á
befal (night sky) > BFL bafól (universe) býfala (meteor) befúl (clock) ebefúl (rotation) ubufól (state of vacuum) byfýl (outer space) byfylá (spacetime)
kafüa* (coffee bean) > KFW kafówa (coffee tree) kýfawa (instant coffee) kefúwe (smell of coffee) ekefúwe (coffee bean) ukufówu (decaffeinated / caffeine free) kyfýwy (caffeine high) kyfywá (coffee beverage)
atańora* (road) > TŃR tańól (intersection) týńala (electricity) teńúl (road) eteńúl (lifestyle) utuńól (tunnel) tyńýl (direction) tyńyðá (choice)
Associated Pronoun: ahó ýhala uh ehel uhuló yhý yhál
Bi-consonantal Roots
Noun class → construct material extensive
BCR ↓ a1á2 1e2é 1ó2o
dÿn* (bowl) > DN adán (bowl) dené (indent/concave thing) dóno (crater/caldera)
eskä* (wood) > *SK azák (lumber) zeké (wood) sóko (deforestation/clearcut area/lumberyard)
g'ajo (plant) > GJ agáj (plant ingredients) gójo (greenery/vegetation)
áruh (scale) > RH aláh (hammer/mace) ðehé (a weight) ðóho (mass)
nul (rest) > NL anál (induced unconsciousness) nelé (sleep) nólo (coma)
Associated Pronouns ál elé yhý

{-*} marks root nouns which were replaced with their TCR or BCR counterparts.

Number

Oge nouns do not specify plurality, but can be marked for singularitivity using the -ý suffix.

Ø lumber azák
Plural logs azák
Singulative a log azáký

Demonstratives

Demonstratives can either be their own independent morphemes (functioning similarly to pronouns) or suffixed onto the nouns they refer to, to infer definiteness as well as proximity.

General Demonstrative/Pronouns:
proximal distal extra-distal special
ha / -ga he / -ge sek ta
Pronoun this is a bowl, that is a pot ha adän, he uburök
Demonstrative that cat way over there haz sek
Class Demonstrative/Pronouns
construct material extensive fractal instantaneous animate slow-animate hollow fluid
äl elé yhý ahó ýhala uh ehel uhuló yhál
Demontrative the hammer aráhál
Pronoun that is lightning ýhala jýzaja

Pronouns

SG PL
reflexive reflexive
1st uaye + ua yo (exclusive) / am (inclusive) + ua
2nd fá + ua
3rd faz + ua
Indefinite fú + ua (proximal)

+ yany (distal)

Adverbs

Because of the intrinsic copula in pronouns, adverbs describe characteristics of their pronouns; following the things they describe. Like demonstratives, they can be used as pronouns.

light blue sky batuya omo
the light green one over there omo sek
you are funny fú mýz

Note that you are funny is more like "You are, funnily."

Phrasebook

how are you? balá ða na?
i’m good lo wa na
thank you saua
i’m sorry wuna wa
yes á
no me
are you ok? lo ða?
hi uouo
sure aðó
i’m tired méłetmo wa nále
i’m sleepy fomo wa
it’s hot nal wa ta
it’s very hot ńe nal wa ta
it’s cold wele wa ta
it’s very cold ńe wele wa ta
nice. bn.
really? týe ða?
good for you uan g’al
just a little bit wúkelo
don’t worry kom seká
i understand seuoj
i don’t understand kom uoj
did you understand? uoj ða?
wait mu fyde
why? habe ða?
me too hégo wa uaye
let’s go uan na
let’s go together uan am na
what’s wrong? set ða te?
what? te ða?
and? lala ða?
what do you think? kawa fú ða te?
but.. to..
i see ezá wa
i don’t remember fé wa
i’m almost there ðep wa
just kidding xo wa
see you notak
see you tomorrow nokonala
see you next week notalakayate
i’m running a little late talakakámul wa

Time of Day

what time is it? te góto
dawn met’om / batuya wána
sunrise él dazka
morning kelo
noon kúhu / nún
solar noon él de pejá
afternoon ketak
golden hour batuya nal
(March-November DST) 19:00 kámul
sunset él puj
twilight hyjoteń
dusk eltým / batuya tabej
evening / night wez
(November-March DST) 18:00 kámul
midnight kúmu
2:00-5:00 oń
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