Verse:Hmøøh/Bjeheond

Bjeheond (English: /bi.ˈeɪ.hʌnd/ bee-AY-hund or /beɪ.hʌnd/ BAY-hund; Tsjoen: Bjeheond /'bje.hənd/; Wiobian: Behend /beːənd/; Eevo: Ogxóoŋ /ɔkˈʃɔʊŋ/, from Windermere Og Łoang) is a small, tropical continent of the conplanet Tricin. It is loosely inspired by the Sinosphere and Northern Europe.

Geography and climate

Bjeheond has a tropical climate with wet and dry seasons.

Demographics

Languages

Major languages

• Tsjoen
• Wiobian

Minor languages

• Rhythoed
• Hlouic
  • Hlou
  • Cuamian
• Swedish-Middle Chinese hybrid gib (Tsjoen-Kieng)
• Something Danishy (Tsjoen-Kieng)

Music

Gamelan-like orchestras with metallophones/marimbas, drums, gongs. Use of voice or other harmonic timbres is limited.

Tunings

Various inharmonic tunings. Many of them use a stretched octave or a different interval altogether (such as ~3/1 or ~3/2) as their interval of equivalence. Among the variety of tunings used are quasi-equal pentatonic, heptatonic and nonatonic scales, familiar to Earthlings from Indonesian and Thai music. (In fact, [an Etalocian] invented porcupine temperament, inspired by Bjeheondian quasi-equal heptatonic scales.) The exact tuning is not considered as important as how different instruments can blend together and factors such as rhythm, structure, symbolism and texture; in fact, some shimmering beating is considered desirable.

Religion

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Notable figures

• Niumer Kait - Wiobian emperor
• Panzux Sjameu - Tsjoen linguist