Orish
Spoken In: Ethereal Plane; Or'sìth enclaves on the Material Plane.
Evolved From: Built by the Or'sìth; no mortal ancestor.
Script: Wisp-like flowing syllabic glyphs. Each vowel glyph encodes plain and accented forms together. Left-to-right.
Type: Fusional (4 cases), SVO. Grammar places consequence before cause. Gender is not a category; sina covers all third-person. K and G have no glyphs.
Common Use: Or'sìth cross-plane speech; mortal scholars of ethereal philosophy.
Orish was built by the Or'sìth, beings of pure cosmic energy native to the Ethereal Plane. It is the language of something that has never been afraid of disappearing. The syntax names consequence before cause: the verb carries the outcome directly, and the agent who produced it gets demoted through case marking rather than fronted. When Li'en vanished, did the cause matter more than the fact?
The alphabet is vowel-rich and liquid. Each vowel glyph holds its plain and accented forms in one symbol, so A and Æ share a glyph, as do E/Ë, I/Ï/Î, O/Ö/Ô, and U/Ü. K and G were never assigned glyphs at all. The numbers begin at one, because there is no Orish word for zero. The Or'sìth do not conceive of absolute absence. Even disappearance is a noun.
"We name what happened before who caused it. When Li'en vanished, did the cause matter more than the fact?"
— Or'sìth elder
Grammar
Noun Case (Nolë, "cosmic energy")
| Case | Form |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Nolë |
| Accusative | Nolëm |
| Genitive | Nolër |
| Instrumental | Nolëth |
Verb Paradigm (thal-, "to dream")
| Form | Conjugation |
|---|---|
| Present Simple | thal |
| Present Continuous | thalin |
| Past Simple | thaled |
| Future Simple | thalel |
Pronouns
Orish has four pronouns. Third-person is gender-neutral and collapses singular and plural into sina.
| Pronoun | Orish |
|---|---|
| I | ina |
| You | una |
| We | wina |
| They | sina |
Numbers (1–10)
Orish counts from one. There is no word for zero.
| Number | Orish | Number | Orish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ëla | 6 | ïlm |
| 2 | nax | 7 | örlï |
| 3 | qël | 8 | xäl |
| 4 | hena | 9 | fëlor |
| 5 | kwëth | 10 | dax |
Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning | Symbol |
|---|---|---|
| Nolë | Cosmic Energy | ᔲᔩᔰᔧ |
| Fälë | Ethereal Plane | ᔹᔦᔰᔧ |
| Nëlor | Material Plane | ᔲᔧᔰᔩᔱ |
| Lïën | Haven | ᔰᔨᔧᔲ |
| Hërom | Harmony | ᔶᔧᔱᔩᔳ |
| Zälyr | Enlightenment | ᔻᔦᔰᔸᔱ |
| Tälïk | Balance | ᔵᔦᔰᔨ |
| Vhys | Spirit | ᔺᔶᔸᔴ |
| Nolöx | Disappearance | ᔲᔩᔰᔩᔼ |
| Lötrî | Remnant | ᔰᔩᔵᔱᔨ |
| Älë | Dream | ᔦᔰᔧ |
| Ïrïs | War | ᔨᔱᔨᔴ |
| Myrä | Mystery | ᔳᔸᔱᔦ |
| Zühn | Shadow Realm | ᔻᔪᔶᔲ |
| Wërï | Knowledge | ᔷᔧᔱᔨ |
Vernacular & Slang
| English | Orish |
|---|---|
| Glimmer | Wëm |
| Spark | Zär |
| Shard | Rys |
| Echo | Vël |
| Shade | Mëx |
| Glitch | Wïl |
| Flicker | Rïn |
| Vibe | Zëm |
| Ripple | Süf |
| Fade | Löm |
| Rush | Fryn |
| Flash | Äkh |
| Insight | Sërï |
| Glow | Lüm |
| Hush | Shïn |
Common Phrases
| English | Orish |
|---|---|
| The dream whispers softly | Älë vïnth lï |
| Balance between material and ethereal | Tälïk sërï märi |
| Mystery of the cosmos | Myrä hurïn |
| Drift through the ether | Tër sërï fälë |
| Fade into the dreamscape | Löm sërï älë |
| Why hold on to dust? | Nür sërï tös? |
| Flesh is but a wisp | Hïx sërï lötrî |
| Spirits transcend the tangible | Vhys sërï örô |
| Embrace the unseen | Sën sërï öntë |
| Hold to the light, not the shadow | Gëthë sërï zühn |
| The fade reveals the form | Löm sërï hïx |
| Shadow answers the light | Zühn sërï zälyr |
| Spirit carries the remnant | Vhys sërï lötrî |
| Mystery teaches the dreamer | Myrä sërï älë |
| Balance outlives the shadow | Tälïk sërï zühn |
Writing System
| Symbol | Sound | Symbol | Sound | Symbol | Sound |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ᔦ | A / Æ | ᔧ | E / Ë | ᔨ | I / Ï / Î |
| ᔩ | O / Ö / Ô | ᔪ | U / Ü | ᔹ | F |
| ᔶ | H | ᔰ | L | ᔳ | M |
| ᔲ | N | ᔱ | R | ᔴ | S |
| ᔵ | T | ᔺ | V | ᔷ | W |
| ᔸ | Y | ᔻ | Z | ᔼ | X |
Each vowel glyph carries its plain and accented forms together. A reader decides the diacritic from context. The alphabet has no B, C, D, G, J, K, P, or Q; words the Or'sìth borrow from other languages get rewritten in the nearest available sound.