Limsa Lominsa, Ferry Docks -- Text -- Ahldskyf's Incorrect Hyphenation -- "gods-sent"

[Urthdigger]

From the depths of the Seven Hells, a post rises once more to wreak havoc on the Localization forums. (cue dramatic riff)

When pronouncing Roegadyn names, you can, for the most part, follow the rules of English. There are, however, some exceptions, so I'll cover a few of those here.

Vowels:

AE: Somewhere between the 'e' in 'egg' and the 'ai' in 'air' depending on the consonant that follows it
Aerg (ambitious) would be pronounced like 'airg'
Aent (duck) would be closer to 'ent' (rhymes with 'sent')

Aergaent (ambitious duck)

Y: A long 'e' such as the 'ea' in 'eat' or the first 'e' in 'Steve'
Alyr (alder) would be pronounced 'ah-leer'
Blyss (blossom) would be pronounced like 'bleece' (rhymes with 'fleece')

Alyrblyss (alder blossom)

OE: An 'ooh' sound such as the 'ue' in 'blue' and the 'oo' in 'I pity the foo'
Broen (brown) would be pronounced 'broon' (like 'broom')
Loef (leaf) would be 'loof' (rhymes with 'goof')

Broenloef (brown leaf)

Consonants:

PF: Closer to an F than a P
Pfym (five) would be 'fim' (rhymes with 'slim')
Skapf (sheep) would be 'skaff' (rhymes with 'staff')

Pfymskapf (five sheep)

TH: More like a hard 't' than a soft 'th'
Thosin (grey) would be 'toe-sin'
Sthal (steel) would be 'stall'

Thosinsthall (grey steel)

W: A 'v' sound rather than a soft 'w'
Wyzn (white) would sound like 'vee-zin' (thanks Viridiana!)
Wilf (wolf) would sound like 'vilf' (rhymes with 'filth')

Wyznwilf (white wolf)

G: Almost always hard (like the 'g' in 'guilt' but not the 'g' in 'page')
The 'gin' in Swygyn (silent) would be NOT be pronounced like the drink 'gin' but like the 'gin' in 'begin'
Agat (amber) would be 'ah-got'

Swygynagat (silent amber)

J: A 'y' sound like in 'year' and 'yummy'
Jungh (young) would be pronounced 'yoong'

H: When paired with a vowel (before or after), almost always silent
Smhid (smith) would be pronounced 'smid' (rhymes with 'kid')

Junghsmhid (young smith)


Like I mentioned before, we hope to make available a Roegadyn dictionary and pronunciation guide sometime before the launch of 2.0. Until then, I hope this helps clear things up somewhat.

You know, I'd love for a chance for us Roegadyn to change our names when that comes out. When I first made this name, Dobenn was meant to be similar to the true galkan names in FFXI (Similar to the names used in FFXIV). However... I'm pretty sure it doesn't meant anything. I'd love to give my Roegadyn a meaningful name, but I would also hate to lose out on all the things I've done so far, so making a new character is out of the question

[redmage]

Really enjoying all these dev posts regarding naming conventions and such! I remember back in XI, you could read those little articles regarding the races and their naming conventions and it was such an interesting and fun read. Definitely looking forward for more info here and to be properly posted on the lodestone. Well done!

[Nakiamiie]

You know, I'd love for a chance for us Roegadyn to change our names when that comes out. When I first made this name, Dobenn was meant to be similar to the true galkan names in FFXI (Similar to the names used in FFXIV). However... I'm pretty sure it doesn't meant anything. I'd love to give my Roegadyn a meaningful name, but I would also hate to lose out on all the things I've done so far, so making a new character is out of the question

They should put such information on the character creation screen for all races.

[Navine]

Wow this was very helpful. An explanation for the rest of the races would be awesome.

[Zetsumei_Tsunarashi]

i wish they would release some kind of short stories about all the different races and clans, similar to what's found here.

[Yrusama]

Sorry to necro bump an old thread, but did anything come of this? I'd really like to know some more words from the Roegadyn language.

Hyllfyr looks like Hellfire to me.

[Anonymoose]

I think they plan on releasing some lists and naming conventions at some point.

I dabbled in the translation a bit here. It's all Germanic roots - but some of the real-world spellings are difficult to track down. Some seem obvious but are false friendlies - I try to be heavily beyond doubt before making a claim.

[Fernehalwes]

Hey guys, just popping in to let you know the monster post (around 12 pages in Word) is complete for all 5 races (10 clans x 2 genders), as is a Roegadyn dictionary with over 450 entries (and rules on how to transform verbs into nouns and nouns into adjectives, so it's closer to 750 entries). We're now waiting for lore team approval and translation into Japanese.

So worry not. IT IS COMING. And SOON.

Thanks for being patient, everyone!

[Myranda]

Hey guys, just popping in to let you know the monster post (around 12 pages in Word) is complete for all 5 races (10 clans x 2 genders), as is a Roegadyn dictionary with over 450 entries (and rules on how to transform verbs into nouns and nouns into adjectives, so it's closer to 750 entries). We're now waiting for lore team approval and translation into Japanese.

So worry not. IT IS COMING. And SOON.

Thanks for being patient, everyone!

All right! I've been eagerly awaiting this!

Any kind of hint about just what "soon" means? In time for beta phase X/open beta/launch?

Will we be allowed apostrophes in names like miqote get (Y'shtola and F'hobhas for example)??

[Catapult]

Hey guys, just popping in to let you know the monster post (around 12 pages in Word) is complete for all 5 races (10 clans x 2 genders), as is a Roegadyn dictionary with over 450 entries (and rules on how to transform verbs into nouns and nouns into adjectives, so it's closer to 750 entries). We're now waiting for lore team approval and translation into Japanese.

So worry not. IT IS COMING. And SOON.

Thanks for being patient, everyone!

Crikey, that's a lot of work. Looking forward to it.