Aoyého'

Aoyého' is a Velar Ogbami spoken by various peoples in various dialects, though the most common are the Uyo'tuy and their dialect of the same name. It is the most spoken Ogbami language by number of native speakers, with 300,000 native speakers as of June 2024. It is used as a lingua franca in the Aoyetohu Nations, and it is also an official language in the Sleeping Bull Confederacy.

The language was first propagated by the Yasicha culture in the Age of Straw, before being replaced by the White Tracks culture that spread their dialect of the language across the Aotwaxu Basin and across the eastern Ogbami watershed via trade with the Tso-tso and Tumachee. In the Age of Clay, the first Tso-tso who crossed the Ogbami watershed settled the city of Standing Coyote, where Aoyého' was used as a lingua franca with the neighbouring native tribes. Standing Coyote expeditions further west saw Aoyého' be introduced to the Ugwinda cultures, that eventually split into the Chub and Ñgnw peoples. The Owhenda, of the Shasirouak Steppe, encountered Aoyého' speakers via their Mongol-like cavalry raids into the greater Ogbami basin, taking the language back home to the Steppe as well as further north to the !Gchi and Panaché.