A Lesson in Dragonspeak

[Risvertasashi]

Oh nice, we have a dictionary now.

[Ashkendor]

After a few (many) months, my theory on what Akh Morn (Circle/Fate - Death)and Akh Afah (Circle/Fate - Eternal) translates into was proved wrong \:c/
Though I'm happy we finally got a mini dictionary. This is going to be extremely helpful.

I think they actually published those awhile back.

Yep, here it is from back in January:

We checked with the Lore team about the meaning. In the language of the dragons "Akh Morn" means “circle of death.” Additionally, as you’ve noticed, “akh” also appears in the name for Shiva’s battlefield, the “Akh Afah Amphitheatre,” which means “eternal circle.”

[Anemone-aura]

finally....I've finished Japanese translation....

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...86#post3359686

BTW, where is "halo" in the Dravanian forelands?

> Halo -> w[h]ei lo[h]s (the path to loneliness)

[Velox]

BTW, where is "halo" in the Dravanian forelands?

In the very center of Sohm Al (you walk through Mourn to get there). It's where that statue is of the woman and dragon (the woman half has melted away, probably from a dragon due to anger of betrayal).

EDIT: You can see it at the top left of this map

[-Krypyonite-]

thank you so much for this, for some reason i'm really hyped about this, going to translate all the things! \o/

[sarehptar]

Really interesting. One thing that stood out to me from the dictionary is the word for dragoon (dra[h]or[h]) using the "non-life" [h]. Is this to distinguish them from the life [n] in dragon (dra[n]), are they not considered "beings", or is this a case of the word in Eorzean being approximated into Dragonspeak?

[Anemone-aura]

I completely overlooked that. Thank you!

[Fernehalwes]

finally....I've finished Japanese translation....

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...86#post3359686

WOW! I appreciate the hard work and conviction! You have my thanks, and the thanks of the rest of the FFXIV team.

[Ehr]

Very interesting and struggling a little trying to pronounce things haha. Thank you so much for this ^_^.

Though kinda funny seeing the last name I made back in 2.0's beta is in the dictionary, funny coincidence I guess. "large/great/many" is "la[h]r" and the last name of my character has been Lahr since 2.0.

[LineageRazor]

Really interesting. One thing that stood out to me from the dictionary is the word for dragoon (dra[h]or[h]) using the "non-life" [h]. Is this to distinguish them from the life [n] in dragon (dra[n]), are they not considered "beings", or is this a case of the word in Eorzean being approximated into Dragonspeak?

Perhaps it is because the function of a Dragoon is to remove life from dragons? They turn dra[n] in to dra[h].

It may also be out of pettiness. They refuse to acknowledge the loathsome Dragoons as living beings even if, intellectually, they know it to be true.