Archive:Ivorsul
| By the Grace of the Silver Stag, the Silver Principality of Ivorsul Ivsvēli Ivgȳrnıǧ ınd Ańariń, Gírnań Ivtēvndyńań Ivyrsıl ınd |
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| Motto: "May the Silver Stag roam our lands" | ||||
| Official languages | Ndzougi | |||
| Demonym | Ivorsul | |||
Ivorsul (Ndzougi: Ivyrsıl /iʋɤʁsɯl/), officially the By the Grace of the Silver Stag, the Silver Principality of Ivorsul (Ndzougi: Ivsvēli Ivgȳrnıǧ ınd Ańariń, Gírnań Ivtēvndyńań Ivyrsıl ınd /iʋsʋeˀli iʋgɤʁˀnɯɣ ɯnⁿd ɑɴaʁɪɴ gɯʁˀnɑɴ iʋteʋˀnⁿdɔɴɑɴ iʋɤʁsɯl ɯnⁿd/), is a country located in southern Atsiq. It is borderd to the north-west by Zbezhanska, to the north-east by the Great Atsiq Empire and to the east by Ahramon. The territory of Ivorsul consists of the mainland, of 2 major islands and ? lesser islands, covering a total area of ? km2 (? sq mi), the land area is ? km². Ogurn, the capital of Ivorsul, and ? are the biggest cities and urban areas in the country. Other notable cities include ???. The official language of the country, Ndzougi, is the most-spoken Ndzouic language, and distinguished from it's sister languages by having stød, longs, labialized and prenasalized consonants and it's uvular nasal.
Etymology
The name of the country, Ivorsul, comes from Ndzougi Ivyrsıl /iʋɤʁsɯl/, literally meaning from the farmland and is traced back to proto-Atsiq *ekəħr̩ħsolħə, meaning the same thing.
History
Prior to the discovery of Atsiq by Sunt Rhashashrveesa in 862, Ivorsul consisted mostly of nomadic groups without any significant agricultural standings, yet some groups were known to farm the land while occupying land for longer amount of time, but hunter-gatherer societies were still more prevelent due to the amount of wildlife present and for the lack of natural predators in the ecosystem, which made it easier to hunt rather than to farm for food. It is also in Ivorsul where the wild rice in Atsiq was first cultivated, but to a very small degree. After the indrotuction of agriculture to Atsiq, did the groups of nomadic tribes start settling, being the among the first on Atsiq to do so. And with the previous knowledge of the existance of wild rice on Atsiq, the different groups grew quick with the now reliable food source, outpacing other areas on Atsiq.