vyí

Vyí is a constructed language developed for speculative fiction and worldbuilding. It originated for the fictional archipelago of Lir in the world of Aethera. Created by linguist Mina Kest in 2010, Vyí has appeared in novels, role-playing games, and online reference materials. In its in-universe context, Vyí is spoken by the Vyí people and serves as a marker of cultural identity.

Linguistic features: Vyí is an agglutinative language with a predominantly subject–object–verb (SOV) word order. Nouns inflect for number and case; verbs attach suffixes to mark aspect, mood, and evidentiality. The phoneme inventory is compact, including consonants p, t, k, m, n, s, l, r, w, y and vowels a, e, i, o, u. Vyí displays vowel harmony in suffix vowels and has no lexical tone.

Writing system: The primary script is a syllabary known as the Vyí glyphs; Latin transliteration is common in modern texts. The glyph set encodes syllables rather than individual sounds, and diacritics indicate stress and certain endings.

Varieties and status: Two main dialects exist, Vyí Coastal and Vyí Highlands, with differences in phonology and lexicon. In the in-universe timeline, roughly 12,000 speakers remain, concentrated on Lir and nearby isles. Vyí is taught in schools and used in literature, media, ceremonies, and everyday communication within Vyí communities.