Amogian

**Amogian** (/əˈmoʊgiːən or /əˈməʊgiːən/ 'am-OH-gi-ən'; Amogian: ⌻˝ඞ8¨ꙩ˟冋ˉ ጸ˝⌻˚ 'amogusbi hae' /aˈmo.gus.bi ˈha.e/), sometimes called **Amongese** (/əˌmʌŋˈiːz/ /ˌəˌmʌŋg/-), is a language primarily spoken by the Amogian people of Amougus, who make up the largest ethnic group in the country, numbering about 183 million. Amogian is also spoken as the first language by other ethnic groups in Amougus, totalling about 10 million people as of 2030. It is written using the Amogian script, which is an abugida.

Amogian is the official and national language of Amougus.

The written form of the Amogian language is attested no earlier than 1631. It is thought that the Amogian people had inhabited the region approximate to modern Amougus since 130,000 BC, but though dating traces of clay indicates older tablets, there are no surviving writings prior to 1631.

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## Etymology

*Amogian* is derived from the nation's endonym, *amogusbi bun* (⌻˝ඞ8¨ꙩ˟冋ˉ 冋¨ค˟), of which the English name Amougus is a corruption. It is unlikely that this has any connection to the amogus meme, due to the script's age. Overall, not much is known about the history of the Amogian language or its script.

冋ᖆ˚8ˉᎯ˝

bodegiya

blow-IMP

Aꙩ˝ጸˉ8˚⌻⌻˚

shosahigeoe

kiss-DO

冋˝ค˚冋ˉ

banebi

1SG-ADJ

𐐘˚ჩˉ冋ˉ

cheribi

cherry-ADJ

ꙩ¨ය˚ꙩ˝ጸ˚ค¨冋˝

sutesahenuba

lip-PL-ALL-IO

bodegiya shosahigeoe cheribi sutesahenu

blow-IMP kiss-DO cherry-ADJ lip-PL-1P-ALL-IO

"Blow a kiss on my cherry lips."

ɸ˝Ꭿ˝Ꭿ˝ꇺ˚ጸ˚

payayajehe

allow-IMP-NEG

冋˝ค˚

bane

PRO-1SG

𐐘¨⌻ˉ

chui

hide-INF

Ꭿ˚ɸ˚ꇺ˚ጸˉ

yepejehi

uncover

A冋˝ค˚

shobane

PRO-1SG

ꇺ¨8ˉඞ˟

jugim

now

payayajehe bane chui yepejehe shobane jugim

allow-IMP-NEG PRO-1SG hide-INF uncover PRO-1SG now

"Don't let me hide, uncover me now."

## Writing system

The writing system for Amogian is an abugida, where the consonants are written with letters while the vowels are indicated with symbols to the top right of those consonants. When a diacritic is not used, the "inherent vowel" is /o̞/. For consonants without a vowel, the a vowel-cancelling diacritic (virama) "˟" is used; θ is /ko̞/ but θ˟ is /k/. For lone vowels, the zero consonant "⌻" is used.

The complete script consists of at least 23 letters, 18 for consonants and 23 for vowels.

Amogian is written from left to right.

The alphabetical sequence is

*R* /ŋ/ is almost never syllable-initial in native words.

## Words

### Nouns

⌻˝ඞ8¨ꙩ˟ *amogus*: Amougus

ጸ˝⌻˚ *hae*: language

冋¨ค˟ *bun*: country, nation

ය˝Ꭿค˟ *tayon*: hello

ꙩ˝ጸˉ8˚ *sahige*: kiss (n.)

A˚ჩˉ *cheri*: cherry

ꙩ˝ጸ˚ค¨ *sahenu*: lip

ඞˉꙩ˚ *mise*: air

ጸˉጸ˚ *hihe*: earth, ground

ᖆˉꙩ˝ *disa*: fire

ꇺ˚ *je*: water

ค˚ค¨ *nenu*: wet ground

ꙩค˝ *sona*: ventilation hole, ventilation shaft

⌻˝ჩ˚ *are*: impostor

ጸ˚ჩ˚ *here*: the color of vivid pink or hot pink

ค¨ *nu*: the color yellow

θ˚8˚ *kege*: the color green

ɸ⌻ˉ *poa*: the color orange

⌻ *o*: the color pink

A˚⌻ *sheo*: the color red

8ꇺ *gojo*: the color blue

ค˚ *ne*: the color purple

ᖆ¨ *du*: the color burgundy

8ˉ *gi*: the color peach

𐐘ჩ⌻˚ *choroe*: the color mint-green

A˝θ *shako*: the color gray

Ꭿ˚Ꭿ¨ *yeyu*: task

Aˉ⌻˚ *shie*: hospital

ඞ˝Ꭿ˝ *maya*: realm

ඞ˝ *ma*: obsidian

ꇺᎯ *joyo*: end, conclusion

ɸჩ˝ɸ¨ *porapu*: dust

යˉθˉ *tiki*: lava

ඞ¨8: *mugo*: puddle

Aˉჩ˝ *shira*: heat

8˚ᖆ˚ *gede*: pressure

ᖆᎯ *doyo*: wind

යˉ8ɸ¨ *tigopu*: energy

A˝θ˚8˚ *shakege*: steam

Aˉᖆ˝ *shida*: water vapor

ค˝8˝ *naga*: coldness

A˝ɸA¨ *shaposhu*: mud

ɸ¨ɸ¨ჩ¨ *pupuru*: wet sand

ɸ¨ค¨8˚ *punuge*: probability

ය˝𐐘 *tacho*: standard deviation

ჩ˝A˝ *rasha*: stone

ꙩ¨8˝ *suga*: sand

ꙩ¨Ꭿ˝ *suya*: glass

ჩᖆˉᎯˉ *rodiyi*: blood

⌻˚冋˚ *ebe*: dirt

𐐘˚βˉθ˚ *chelike*: gravel

ჩA *rosho*: grass

Aჩ¨ *shoru*: wood

冋¨Ꭿ¨⌻ *buyuo*: tree

ค˚R˟ *neng*: leaves

ጸ *ho*: flower

ጸˉඞ˚ *hime*: fruit

ය¨β˝ *tula*: apple

ɸ˚ *pe*: strawberry

ɸ˝Aˉ *pashi*: pineapple

𐐘¨冋ˉβ˚ *chubile*: plum

ᖆ˚β˝ *dela*: oil

ඞ冋˝ *moba*: mother (formal)

ඞ˝ඞ˟ *mam*: mom (informal)

ඞ˝ඞ˝: *mama* mommy, mama (more informal, term of endearment)

ɸ˚ɸ˝ *pepa*: father (formal)

ɸ˝ɸ˝: *papa* (informal)

冋˝冋˝ *baba*: daddy, papa (more informal, term of endearment)
ɸɸ˚ *pope*: favorite

8ඞ¨ *gomu*: member

### Verbs

⌻˝ඞ˝ *ama*: [copula], to be, is

冋ᖆ˚8˚ *bodege*: blow

ɸ˝Ꭿ˝ *paya*: allow

Ꭿ˚ɸ˚ *yepe*: cover

𐐘¨⌻ˉ *chui*: hide

ჩˉθ¨ค˟ *rikun*: kill

ꇺˉθ *jiko*: do

ꙩ˟θ˝ค˟ *skan*: scan

ꙩ˚ɸ¨ *sepu*: cheat (in a game)

⌻θ˝ɸ˟ *okap*: cheat (in a relationship)

ጸ˝ɸ *hapo*: eat

θ *ko*: drink

𐐘˝冋˝ *chaba*: lick

⌻˝ꙩ˚ *ase*: suck

Ꭿˉ8˝ *yiga*: slurp

θ⌻ *koe*: be a fan of

θ⌻˚θ⌻˚ *koekoe*: stan, be an enthusiastic fan of

### Pronouns

冋˝ค˚ *bane*: I, me

冋¨ค˚ *bune*: you (singular)

冋ค˚ *bone*: he, him, she, her, they, them (singular)

冋˝ค˚⌻˝ *banea*: we, us

冋¨ค˚⌻˝ *bunea*: you (plural)

冋ค˚⌻˝ *bonea*: they, them (plural)

### Grammar

Im Amogian, adjectives come before nouns (as in the English "red apple"), and the word order is SVO (as in the English "I eat apples"). With direct and indirect objects, the order is {Subject, Verb, Direct Object, Indirect Object}; "I give the teacher an apple" would be rendered as "I give apple teacher".

#### Verb thingies

Imperative mood: change final -˚ *e* vowel to -ˉ *i*, append -Ꭿ˝ *ya*

un- (do the reverse): add -ꇺ˚ጸˉ *jehi*

Prohibitive mood: negation plus imperative mood

Habitual aspect: -ᖆˉ *di*

Past tense (distant): ⌻¨ɸ˝ *upa*

Past tense (recent): ⌻¨冋ˉ *ubi*

Present tense: ⌻¨𐐘˚ *uche*

Future tense (recent): ⌻¨ɸ˚ *upe*

Future tense (distant): ⌻¨冋 *ubo*

The imperative mood implies present tense and the listener as the subject.

Thingy order: [Stem] (-ᖆˉ) (-ꇺ˚ጸˉ) (-ꇺ˚ጸ˚) (-Ꭿ˝) (⌻¨ɸ˝/⌻¨冋ˉ/⌻¨𐐘˚/⌻¨ɸ˚/⌻¨冋)

#### Noun thingies

Gerund: add ⌻⌻˚ *oe* after verb

Plural: if ending in -¨ *u*, add -冋˝ *ba*, otherwise add -⌻˝ *a*

Allative: add ය˚- *te*

Indirect object: add ꙩ¨- *su*

Direct object: add A- *sho*
Agentive marker (like the -er in "farmer"): -8¨ *gu* (immediately after verb stem)

Thingy order: (ꙩ¨- or A-) (ය˚-) [Stem] (-冋˝/-⌻˝)

#### Adjective thingies

Adjectivizer (noun, pronoun, or verb to adjective): add -冋ˉ *bi*

Possessive adjectivizer (like 's): add -β˚⌻˝ *lea*

Always go after the affected word
Possessive adjectives (my, our, your, his, her, their) are formed with a pronoun plus -冋ˉ *bi*.

冋˝ค˚冋ˉ *banebi*: my

冋¨ค˚冋ˉ *bunebi*: your

冋ค˚冋ˉ *bonebi*: his, her, their (singular)

冋˝ค˚⌻˝冋ˉ *baneabi*: our

冋¨ค˚⌻˝冋ˉ *buneabi*: your (plural)

冋ค˚⌻˝冋ˉ *boneabi*: their (plural)

1. ↑ Chaehyun Kim et al, 2026, *On the Amogian Language*
2. ↑ Chaehyun Kim et al, 2026, On early Amogian inscriptions in Old Suspisun Ruins
3. ↑ Chaehyun Kim et al, 2027, *A History of the Amogian People*
4. ↑ Chaehyun Kim et al, 2029, A dictionary of the Amogian language
5. ↑ Chaehyun Kim et al, 2027, *On the Development of Statistics and Probability Theory in Amougus*