Verse:Hmøøh/Bjeheond

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

Todo

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

History

Ancient Bjeheond

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

The arrival of the Rhythoed

The influx of the Rhythoed 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:

• Rhythoed science and technology were more advanced in some important ways – for example, the Rhythoed knew, unlike native Bjeheondians, that germs were responsible for infectious diseases.
• The Rhythoed 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.

an island Ir Păchnay Sămtsay 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 Rhythoed, 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 Häskä
• Rhythoed
• Hlou (official in Tumhan)
• something Marshallese-inspired (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-Ku 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
• Rhythoed 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 Rhythoed 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 Rhythoed.

Notable figures

Note: Wiobian and Tsjoen names were originally surname-first. However, due to Rhythoed influence later names are surname-last.

• 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