Voqeani

Voqeani is a constructed language featured in the Voqeani fiction universe. It is portrayed as the native tongue of the river valley peoples and surrounding communities, used in daily life, literature, and ceremonial speech. The language was created to provide linguistic texture for worldbuilding and to support storytelling across books, games, and media within that universe. In-universe etymology often ties the name to concepts of voice and community, though regional dialects offer varied historical derivations.

Phonology and sound system in Voqeani are described as relatively simple for a conlang. The phonemic inventory commonly includes vowels a, e, i, o, u and consonants such as p, t, k, m, n, s, l, r, v, h. Syllables are typically CV or CVC, with occasional CCV forms. Stress usually falls on the penultimate syllable, and there is little phonemic contrast beyond this.

Morphology is largely agglutinative, with nouns marked for case by suffixes and verbs bearing tense, aspect, mood, and voice affixes. The basic word order is subject–object–verb (SOV). Adjectives precede nouns, negation is expressed with a dedicated particle, and postpositional phrases replace prepositions. Pronouns distinguish number and clusivity in the inclusive/exclusive first person.

Writing systems in Voqeani are described as evolving from a historical syllabary to a modern Latin-based alphabet with diacritics, while a traditional in-world script, the Voq script, appears in ceremonial contexts and historical manuscripts. The language enjoys active use in fiction communities, scholarly discussions within its universe, and fan-driven projects outside the narrative world.