So I'm not very clued up on languages within the varying cultures and races of Eorzea. I know that the Far East/Othard appears to have its own dialect very similar to real world Japanese (Iijin being Gaijin, ect)
My burning question is do the races have specific languages they speak? Like do Au'ra have languages within their own clans, do Viera and Hrothgar have their own languages and dialects?
It was hinted at the Hrothgar had troubles communicating with the rest of the races on their splash page on the Shadowbringers website but I'm wondering if there's definitive confirmation for other races. I'm especially curious from an RP perspective!
Lore question: Languages?
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07-14-2019, 09:00 AMnoxenLore question: Languages?
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07-14-2019, 09:16 AMStarDrake
We know that lalafells do possess their own language on their home islands, further south of Eorzea; this is evidently where the sounds used in lalafell (and even on the First, dwarven) names come from (and these are, from a real-world perspective, sourced from the syllabary of Japanese). Likewise, roegadyn names are sourced from the language spoken in Aerslaent, far to the north of Eorzea.
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07-14-2019, 04:02 PMEnkidoh
Moogles definetely have their own language that is believed to be almost unintelligible by the citystates (especially Gridania). This was particularly a plot point early on in 1.0 where the fact the player, a newly arrived adventurer in Gridania, could understand Mooglespeak (so could Yda and Papalymo too for that matter) - this was just one of the first hints that something very strange was going on (as it showed the Echo's ability to understand any language without having learned it first - Yda and Papalymo on the other hand probably were trained in it prior to leaving Sharalyan as part of their preperation for their mission to Gridania).
Connected to that, again in 1.0, one of the first quests for Minfilia and the Path of the Twelve involved a group of sylphs breaking into the Waking Sands and Minfilia outright shouting out to anyone for help translating what they were saying (due to her own Echo power lacking that ability) - of course the player's character convienetly showed up at that moment and oblidged.
So it's clear there are many languages in use by different races and regions, they're just generally ignored for the sake of gameplay and narrative convinience (the Echo often being used to handwave it away at worst). -
07-15-2019, 02:51 AMSounsyy
This post is in need of some updates, but the short answer is that yes, each of the Spoken races has (or has had in the past) it's own unique language. Some of those languages are never used anymore and have all but died out, some are still spoken just not Eorzea, while still others get used but we don't get to hear them really due to our ability with the Echo translating all languages for us.
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07-16-2019, 03:24 AMnoxenThanks for this link!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sounsyy
And thanks to the other posters for clearing things up/replying!