Ulopolit is the primary language on Akatakie.

It is (obviously) the first language of most

Ulopolits, but cultural hegenomy has spread it much wider; it is estimated that two-thirds
of akatakiens speak Ulopolit conversationally or fluently, and most of the remaining third
have at least basic knowledge. Those akatakiens who don't speak Ulopolit are a relatively
diverse group, compared to their human equivalents who skew old.

Ulopolit has a complex honorific system similar to Japanese keigo. Ulopolit speakers have
a different way of speaking depending on if their social status is very different to, different
to, slightly different to, or equal to the speakee, at least in formal speech. Informal speech
cuts out one of the levels, or even two if it's particularly informal.

Ulopolit was originally a pro-drop language, which resulted in a slightly ridiculous number
of first- and second-person pronouns. The pro-drop tendencies have since receded into
only the most formal speech; the ridiculous pronoun count remains, and is now a part of
the aforementioned honorific system.

Speech styles from male superiors to male inferiors are usually derogatory towards and
actively making fun of the inferior. Speech from males to androgynes is usually less harsh
than superior-to-inferior speech in general, as the androgyne's inferiority is assumed to be
a mistake of her birth while that of the male an intentional choice. From superior
androgynes to inferior androgynes, speech styles are more egalitarian (the 'extreme social
gap' case does not exist in intra-androgyne speech) and highly patronizing an androgyne
will talk to her lessers much like how she talks to her young children. On the rare
occasions an androgyne is speaking directly to an inferior male, her speech will be
deferential in a way laced with irony, much like the patronizing younger-child style.

There are three definite articles; one androgyne, one male, and one ungendered. Due to
definite articles being gendered, nouns do not have any inherent gender. For instance,
'the boy' would be 'the[masculine] person under thirteen'. The closest thing in Ulopolit to
grammatical gender as seen in many European languages is grammatical class. While the
real Ulopolit class structure is more complex, in language it's simplified to 'upper-class',
'middle-class', or 'lower-class'; 'the boy' is more likely than not 'the[masculine] person
under thirteen[upper-class]'. Grammatical class primarily exists for people and people-
adjacent things, but can be applied (informally) to objects 'house[upper-class]' being a
particularly spectacular mansion, 'house[lower-class]' being the biggest dump in a trailer
park. In informal speech, people may also apply lower-than-actual grammatical class
signifiers to people of high social standing they dislike, like politicians for the other side.

person under thirteen[upper-class] noi

person under thirteen[middle-class] boi
person under thirteen[lower-class] noin

person aged 13 to 26[upper-class] akanoi

person aged 13 to 26[middle-class] akamboi
person aged 13 to 26[lower-class] akenoin

person aged 26 to 52[upper-class] akakea

person aged 26 to 52[middle-class] akamkea
person aged 26 to 52[lower-class] akezuzu
person over 52[upper-class] akache
person over 52[middle-class] akamsen
person over 52[lower-class] akesen

people[upper-class] akaha
people[middle-class] akaham
people[lower-class] akahe

person[upper-class] aka
person[middle-class] akam
person[lower-class] ake

ungendered definite article zo

masculine definite article zot
feminine definite article zon

the boy 'zot noi', 'zot boi', 'zot noin'

the girl 'zon noi', 'zon boi', 'zon noin'

the young man 'zot akanoi', 'zot akamboi', 'zot akenoin'

the young woman 'zon akanoi', 'zon akamboi', 'zon akenoin'

the man 'zot akakea', 'zot akamkea', 'zot akezuzu'

the woman 'zon akakea', 'zon akamkea', 'zon akezuzu'

the old man 'zot akache', 'zot akamsen', 'zot akesen'

the old woman 'zon akache', 'zon akamsen', 'zon akesen'

the people 'zo akaha', 'zo akaham', 'zo akahe'

the males 'zot akaha', 'zot akaham', 'zot akahe'
the females 'zon akaha', 'zon akaham', 'zon akahe'

the person 'zo aka', 'zo akam', 'zo ake'

the male 'zot aka', 'zot akam', 'zot ake'
the female 'zon aka', 'zon akam', 'zon ake'

('Zo [person-related noun]' is an extremely unlikely construct in actual speech/writing.

Ulopolit uses the neutral masculine.)

'aka' is a root originally meaning 'warrior', and appears in many words; for instance,
'soldier' is 'bayaka', from 'hired' and 'warrior'

How 'aka' evolved into 'person' is unknown. 'Akatakien', the species name, comes from
'aka' + 'taie' ('thinking' in the sense of 'considering'); the became a k for easier
pronunciation, the n appeared for unknown reasons (the planet is 'Akatakie', no n). 'Taie'
has descended into two modern words 'iete' is 'thinking' in the sense of 'considering',
while 'kiete' is 'thinking' in the sense of 'sapient'. ('Turukie', the Ulopolit word for 'sentient',
is in turn derived from 'kiete' it literally translates to 'quasi-sapient'. Ulopolit speakers do
not mix up 'sentient' and 'sapient' like English speakers.)
Due to the aforementioned 'evolved in a pro-drop context', first- and second-person
pronouns in Ulopolit are complex in a way that begs for comparison to Japanese. Ulopolit
speakers choose their first-person pronouns based not only on gender and social status (in
a vacuum, rather than compared to the speakee) but personality there is such variety in
pronoun choice that small friend groups, people with similar results on all three markers,
can all use different versions of 'I'. One is expected to use their chosen first-person
pronoun in all contexts, which can be awkward when talking to ancient conservative family
members or at job interviews. This is probably why pro-drop has not actually disappeared
from Ulopolit.

'Nenyi' at the beginning of a phrase is a marker of informality/familiarity. For instance,

'nenyi zot akaha' (or 'akaham'/'akahe', as appropriate) is theoretically equivalent to 'you
guys' (note the lack of second-person pronoun). In practice, you'd even drop the 'akaha'
'nenyi zot', technically 'the[masculine][informal]', is how you'd directly refer to your friends
in Ulopolit. ('Nenyi zon' would be used only for an all-androgyne group.)

The bidental percussive (), also known as gnashing one's teeth, is a consonant in
Ulopolit. It and the bilabial percussive (), smacking one's lips, which isn't used outside
this context, are also the language's two main indefinite articles. is masculine, is
feminine. 'The boy' is 'zot noi', while 'a boy' is ' noi'; 'the girl' is 'zon noin', 'a girl' is '
noin'. There is no neuter indefinite article, the neutral masculine being used in its place.
There are more indefinite articles than simply those two, often built along similar lines. For
instance, is a partitive article a construct similar to 'some' in English, used with mass
nouns to denote an unspecified quantity.

Some words:
momo
aze
kulini

'mo' art
'momo' create
'aze' information
'momoaz' knowledge/learning (even more accurately, -momoaz is -ology)