uuema

Uuema is a fictional language family used in speculative fiction and worldbuilding narratives. It is described as spoken by the Ueam, a coastal, riverine people in a fictional archipelago. Some texts attribute an autonymous meaning to uuema, such as “speech of the waters,” but etymology across sources is inconsistent.

Linguistic features: Uuema is described as an agglutinative, subject–object–verb language with vowel harmony across a four-vowel system. It uses affixes to mark tense, aspect, mood, and evidentiality. Noun phrases commonly include demonstratives and classifiers; pronouns distinguish person and clusivity.

Phonology and writing: The phoneme inventory is modest, with a glottal stop and no phonemic tone. The traditional script is a syllabary, roughly 60 signs; many texts to date are presented in a romanized transcription in fan-created materials.

Usage and culture: In the fictional setting, uuema anchors oral tradition and ritual storytelling. Elders perform genealogies and histories in stylized formulae, while dialects vary among regions. Portions of the language are the subject of revival and study within fan communities.