Ullridian Language

The Ullridian Language is a tribal language spoken in the Ullridian Tribe. This language is well known for it is a rare example of a tribe managing to invent its own written language while being completely cut off from the outside world.

Ullridian is also known for its unique writing system, called a Bracket System.

Although Ullridian is an old language, its grammar and wording has remained relatively the same throughout its history, with very minor changes. Due to this, Ullridians are able to read ancient texts if they learn how to read the older writing systems.

Ancient Ullridian
Ancient Ullridian was developed thousands of years ago. Due to Ullridia not having a date system, it is unknown exactly how old the language is. Ancient Ullridian can be found scratched on ancient tree stumps, which is where the language was primarily written back in the day. Ancient Ullridian established the “word bracket” method still used in Modern Ullridian.

Wood Elf Ullridian
The first revision of Ancient Ullridian was named “Wood Elf Ullridian” for it is believed that the ancient Wood Elf inhabitants of the tribe at the time decided to revise the lettering. Wood Elf Ullridian is very similar to Ancient Ullridian with the only change being that there is no lines or accents above the word bracket.

Biblical Ullridian
Biblical Ullridian was invented in order to make the language easier to carve into wood for bibles. Back then, the Ullridians did not invent paper so all transcripts and literature were carved into slabs of wood. The slabs were thin and lightweight but the method of carving into them was tedious and time consuming, so many records, transcripts and letters were summarized in order to fit it onto one slab of wood. The bibles however were the first medium to be written on many slabs, about 100. Due to how hard inscribing Wood Elf Ullridian was, the priests invented a new lettering system that was more straight lines. However, Biblical Ullridian could only be read by priests for the new lettering system was a secret within themselves. Since there are only about half a dozen priests per generation, the language was very rare and died out shortly after paper was invented and Bancher Ullridian was born.

Bancher Ullridian
Named after the man who invented the new letter system, Bancher Ullridian was born shortly after the invention of paper. Bancher Ullridian reintroduced lines and accents being present above the word bracket and was a lot more complex when it came to the lines. Bancher Ullridian also changed the end of the word bracket from a straight line to a curved “J” line.

Modern Ullridian
Bancher Ullridian was very hard to write and understand, plummeting literacy rates. When literacy rates were at an all time low, a priest named Telvuk invented a new Ullridian letter system that was simple and easy to learn but also was not too simple. The downside of Wood Elf Ullridian was that due to its lack of accents and lines above the bracket, the language had very few letters, thus, words had to be very long to match the sounds the words were making. Telvuk took Biblical Ullridian and simplified it in order to make Modern Ullridian. Telvuk's revision caused literacy rates to skyrocket and today nearly every Ullridian can read and write their language.

Writing System
Ullridian is unique because unlike every other language in the world, Ullridia's language looks different and follows a different set of rules when it comes to their words. This writing system is called the Ullridian Bracket System and it follows these rules:

Each word is contained within a "word bracket":

Within the word bracket, letters are inserted in order to make one word. Accents are also included:

Letters are generally taught in singularity:

Grammar
Ullridian's grammar has mainly remained unchanged throughout its history. Ullridian is spoken strictly in a SOV (Subject Object Verb) structure.

Due to Ullridian's bracket writing system, some words can become very long to write. In order to spare resources such as paper, Ullridians developed shortened versions of longer words in order for them to be easier to write. When Ullridians read the shortened word, they know what the word originally was and they speak its original version.

The use of slang in Ullridian is considered offensive and is strictly forbidden.