Based on a story that I wrote for a class, here
One day, in Súiⱥcúil, Color Brown noticed that it was hard to tell things apart. There were outlines and shapes, but there was just one color, which they called White.
Color told this to Black Dark, who made some things not reflect light, and ze named those things after zemself. Ze also made it so that there wouldn't be any light at night, since people were sleeping anyways. Gray noticed this and made it so that there were objects that were sort of black and sort of white, and lots of shades of that color, and called them light gray and dark gray.
Photography was invented shortly after that, and photographs used the new white, gray, and black that had been invented. Color, however, wanted there to be more, so ze invented brown, and made dirt, wood, hair, and skin brown objects.
There was still something missing, though, so Color asked people to invent new "colors." Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Cyan, Blue, Purple, Pink, and Magenta came, and many others too. Color got each of them to pick objects to be their color. Ze started with fruits and flowers, and got everyone to pick their favorite fruits and flowers. Green and Cyan were shy and didn't pick much, but everyone else got something.
Then it was time to pick colors for bigger things. Color got those who had the least fruits and flowers to go first. Cyan said that ze liked just staying in the background, so that's what ze did: the sky became cyan. Green, from Vegúil, liked plants a lot, so ze made plants green. Blue, from Tydotsu, liked water a lot, so ze made the ocean blue.
Now, Orange and Yellow were upset about this. They felt that Color was being unfair in giving Blue and Green such important colors, and they started to argue. Yellow, who was particularly greedy, shouted, "In the end, everything shall be my color!" Orange replied, "No, it shall be mine!" It became violent. Most of the others tried to get out of the way quickly, but Red got hurt badly, and was bleeding. Some people left the building entirely.
Color said, "Stop! Stop fighting. I will give you your wish. Everything shall be orange and yellow... in the end, that is." And so it was. At the end of the day, the sky and sun turn orange and yellow, and cast everything in yellow light. At the end of the year, the leaves turn yellow and orange. And when things are destroyed in a fire, the fire is orange and yellow. Yellow, in zir greed, also took gold.
Color made blood and injuries red, in memory of what Red went through.
Then Color had everyone who was left stand in a line: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Cyan, Blue, and Purple. Ze made it so that when the weather conditions are just right, they will all appear in the sky.
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Shepík, pe swíukweyl, hu'an Kaitu Húkyes paunge mekyelálwep lu kúlwenk lú pútwe. Swáshe meníl swet nga se sail, útwek swáshe al kaitu h'í su úni, se nga swal mi luitu shelyúp.
Súngep mausen t'al Swátel Mepíng, se chúsel swáshe im mel'enáne úni lwait, su im hyámel kel sestá. Chúsel sal swáshe úni lwait pe hámpek, petwánchi nga swaim nepú úlshi pikúni. Im súngep hu'al Shichíl luim pútwe, se chúsel swáshe im hes man shelyúp se man swátel, se swáshe lil ihíhe kel kaitu, se hyámel luitu iukeyl shichíl se mepíng shichíl.
Pe man ípwenk kel súngep, al chilaupi suitelshe tweskíl, su al nga chilau tápel shelyúp se shichíl se swátel kaitu hes suit. Útwek, lú yátleng swáshe sal kaitu, wan chúsen tweskíl húkyes kaitu, se chúsen húkyes nga mipúli se núnet se puinushe se mishút.
Útwek numánkeyl swa únginet, wan an Kaitu mausenshe maumenk chus tweskíl sal kaitu. Naumel p'an, al ha se hántlwek se pai se kíltel se ngin se kílu se húsu se híleng se shupál se waunku se sal se sal. Chúsen ish'al kílshe ngausu íhe, hi lu yátleng hu'al swí kaitu t'al. U'í, kílshe liup se hung lu wiut shú hu'al. Kíltel se ngin se kílu swaim kelímel se kí man man íhe, útwek kí sú sal, lat.
Pyet kil kaitu te súshlites húli. An Kaitu chúsen al hes kí shú man íhe, kil u'í. Al kílu mausel hem lú wiut swal pe kelím, wan lámel súngep, helíyel naim kílu. Hu'al ngin se kíltel, hwel kel pekwíl, luim wiut wíshkwen, wan chúsel ngin se kíltel ngílpen. Hu'al húsu, hwel kel chitáksu, luim wiut ngúpel, wan chúsel húsu twaimyenteng.
Hu'al hántlwek se pai luim miulsek súngep. Hu'al, an Kaitu swan únteslep petwánchi swan kí Kíltel se Ngin málites mámelw kaitu se na mausen hwailet. Al Pai, hwel súyet, mausel hengút, mu “Pe láspepi sú, swaim kaitu ánku sú”. Al hántlwek mausel kish, mu “Úmpikwá, swaim ánku”. Na wípeyl. Líntes sú kel sal lámi kainkwes naum kal tal, útwek al Ha nal wípi wípi, se lámel hwa. Lat naumel pe wil ílu.
Mausen an kaitu, mu “Las. Las lem hwailet. Lánku lu yátleng hu chí. Sú swaim hántlwek se pai… pe láspepi sú”. Se swa nel súngep. Pe láspepi lwaipek, al helíyel su al húswes nal hántlwek se pai, se hyámel sú, lwait pai. Pe láspepi hwámpek, al sú ngílpen nal hántlwek se pai. Se píki nga swaim naiyu se naim kúsenk, al naiyu swal hántlwek se pai. Al pai, petwánchi swal súyet, kil sal lúntwel.
Chúsen ha al hwánge su al wípi, naustwi luim selpím im hes mal Ha.
Pyet an Kaitu chúsen al sú numáng haupe naumel shi meníl, ha se hántlwek se pai se kíltel se kílu se húsu se híleng. Chúsen hem pe píki empík swaim máli, al sú kaitu lul sáki pe helíyel.
...so I decided to try to improve/expand the story a bit, which included adding more things about what objects get what color... which means that I needed to decide what color the skin of the people in this world was. The average skin color in this world is sort of a medium color, like east Asians in our world (which I'd consider a shade of brown), though there's some variation (they don't assign as much importance to skin color... eye color, on the other hand...)
...not sure how to translate the "to be their color" part, FIXME
TODO this sentence seems confusing
TODO should there be a conjunction in there?
TODO that is.