Verse:Hmøøh/Bjeheond

The countries of the Bitaleta (Talma, Etalocin, and Bjeheond) area

Bjeheond (English: BAY-hund; Eevo: Bihynd; Windermere Oc Łoang or Bichănd) is a Europe-sized continent of the conplanet Tricin, situated to the south of Talma. It is loosely inspired by the Sinosphere.

External History

Bjeheond began as Schrubstiempf, or the Wiebosphere, which was filled with monosyllabic tonal descendants ("dialects") of Wiebian, a German giblang.

"Bjeheond" was originally intended as a name in a Swedo-Sino-Korean language meant to be spoken in the continent. Since I've been using "Bjeheond" for so long I'll keep using it in English; in Tricin it would probably be the Anbirese name for the continent.

Todo

there should be some hlou ku superstitions about the causes of disease

History

Ancient Bjeheond

Ancient Bjeheond was ruled by Lakovic- and Hlou-Shum-speaking tribal societies.

The arrival of the Tergetians

The influx of the Tergetians and the Windermere who were fleeing persecution during the Imperial Windermere Period was at first slow. But it eventually caused an upheaval in Bjeheondian society and politics.

This happened due to several factors:

• Tergetian science and technology were more advanced in some important ways – for example, the Tergetians knew, unlike native Bjeheondians, that germs were responsible for infectious diseases.
• The Tergetians were the first to introduce farming of the contraceptive plant silphium to Bjeheond, though silphium had already been introduced to Bjeheond by trade.
• Some political calamities gripped the native Bjeheondian states. (?)

Countries

Bjeheond has two countries: the large USB, officially Implüeng Pa'ăncem Bechănd (United States of Bjeheond) and the slightly smaller Tumhan, officially Bintălisral Bechănd (Republic of Bjeheond) to the east.

Geography and climate

Bjeheond has a temperate climate with four seasons.

Ir Păchnay Sămtsay (Windermere for Emperor Sămtsay Island) to the east

Bodies of water:

• Piune River

Mountains:

Demographics

Languages

The major language family native to Bjeheond is Hlou-Shum. There are also a handful of isolates. Bjeheondian Talmic languages, and later Windermere, are from Talma.

Some features of the Bjeheondian Linguistic Area:

• Prenasalized stops
• Larger than average vowel inventories
• Register, pitch accent or tone
• Analytic grammar

Major languages

• Modern Tergetian
• Vreeden
• Windermere
• Hlou (official in Tumhan)
• Boaqaihoo (isolate)

Minor languages

• Hlou-Shum languages (IE recast as Hmong-like languages)
• Æ ("Danish with more tones"; Lakovic)
• Schong

Society

A tripartite division in Hlou-Shum societies, where people could freely move from one class to another?

Art

Literature

The Hlou-Shum people had a rich oral tradition of epics and poetry.

Architecture

Russian + Chinese architecture?

Music

Main articles: Verse:Tricin/Bjeheond/Music

Calendar

There are two very common calendars in use: the Talman solar calendar and the Hlou lunisolar calendar. Somewhat less common is the Wiobian solar calendar (which is much more accurate than the Talman one; it's aligned with the spring equinox).

Religion

• Some weird religion for the Wiobians and Tumhanians
• Hlou-Shum paganism/polytheism
  • A version of PIE paganism
  • Oon is a Shumian god
• Windermere and Talman religions and parodies thereof
  • The "Second Stopper"

People making up their own religions is commonplace

Cuisine

Historically, vegetarianism was more popular in Bjeheond among people who followed the Tergetians-Windermere culture (about 10% of them were vegetarian). The Hlou-Shum people traditionally consumed meat and milk, but beef and pork were avoided. Fish was extremely common. Also common is tempeh (Hlou: Te Mpeh 'bean cake'), which was brought to Bjeheond by the Windermere.

Notable figures

• Sămtsay Prăthan Clang - acoustician, discovered inharmonic spectra and timbral tunings
• Sjameu Panzux - linguist
• Nlo-Nai Vab - Shumian entrepreneur, often called the "Second Mover of Bjeheond"

Place names

• Möb I Us