Yoketian

The Yoketi were the first civilization of Hudar. Their written history started around the year -2000 and reached its heyday around -700. They were organized in a number of rivaling slave-owning city-states, ruled by a duke (acway, literally 'strong man'). The cities constantly fought each other.

Their religion was polytheistic and featured multiple human sacrifices (wirawča), mostly of prisoners of war. Once a year, there was a feast during which a slave was crowned duke and everything normally considered sinful was allowed. After the feast, the Yoketi sacrificed the slave to the sun god Ma'elchōr.

The Yoketi were ultimately conquered by the Nolikan emperor Amelati in the year 78.

=Language=

The Yoketi language (yokēttu) was the first written language of Hudar. Writing started with logograms but later evolved into a syllabary, which was borrowed to write Nolikan.

Phonology
Vowels: a e i o u, with contrastive length (marked with a macron)

Consonants:
 * Stops: p t k q
 * Aspirated stops: ph th kh qh
 * Affricates: c č
 * Aspirated affricates: ch čh
 * Fricatives: s š h
 * Approximants: w l y
 * Tap: r rh

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Etymology: Yokēt literally means 'the nurturing place'.