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The language of the Mukasa peoples is known as ''Ji'lako'' (lit. Sand Language), and is also sometimes referred to as ''Ji'laka'' (fig. Way of the Sand) when evoking patriotism. It was developed completely in isolation, and so is not mutually intelligible with anything. | The language of the Mukasa peoples is known as ''Ji'lako'' (lit. Sand Language), and is also sometimes referred to as ''Ji'laka'' (fig. Way of the Sand) when evoking patriotism. It was developed completely in isolation, and so is not mutually intelligible with anything. | ||
Ji'lako is a source of patriotic pride for many Mukasa people, being uniquely theirs. Learning a second language is often seen as diplomacy, which is ill-respected work. | Ji'lako is a source of patriotic pride for many Mukasa people, being uniquely theirs. Learning a second language is often seen as diplomacy, which is ill-respected work, or abandoning the culture entirely, which is punishable by death. | ||
Revision as of 23:56, 20 March 2026
The Mukasa Peoples, also known as the Whalefall Eleen, are a lineage based exclusively within the Salt Desert. They are descended from Eleen who crash-landed there in -990 ANC, a few years prior to the founding of the League of Metals.
History
Mythology
The sacred art of Fao'visa
The Ji'lako language
(Main article: Ji'lako)
The language of the Mukasa peoples is known as Ji'lako (lit. Sand Language), and is also sometimes referred to as Ji'laka (fig. Way of the Sand) when evoking patriotism. It was developed completely in isolation, and so is not mutually intelligible with anything.
Ji'lako is a source of patriotic pride for many Mukasa people, being uniquely theirs. Learning a second language is often seen as diplomacy, which is ill-respected work, or abandoning the culture entirely, which is punishable by death.