Skoyic

Skoyic is a fictional language family and cultural system used in worldbuilding and speculative fiction. In the imagined setting, Skoyic comprises several related languages spoken by seafaring communities of the Skoy Archipelago.

Geography and speakers: The Skoy Archipelago lies off the northern coast, and Skoyic is described as the common tongue among islanders, traders, and crewmembers.

Linguistic features: Skoyic languages are generally agglutinative with flexible word order. They commonly mark tense and number on verbs with affixes and employ vowel harmony and a modest system of case markers.

Writing and literature: The traditional script is the Skoy Script, a syllabary used for inscriptions and poetry, while an adapted alphabet appears in later manuscripts and school texts.

Dialects and decline: Three main branches—Northern Skoyic, Central Skoyic, and Southern Skoyic—show regional phonetic differences and varying lexical inventories, with some mutual intelligibility across the archipelago.

Cultural role: Within the lore, Skoyic shapes education, ritual, and maritime identity; conlang communities publish grammars, dictionaries, and readers to support in-universe culture.