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+title: languages
+weight: 10
+---
+
+The world has two languages.
+
+One is obviously the "universal English", i.e. the everyday language can always be translated into English, so all NPCs and dialogues use this language.
+
+The other one is the "ancient" language, which is ***unknown*** to the player in-universe as well as outside of the game. [Tunic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunic_(video_game)) used their own custom alphabet for the entire UI, but it was simply a novel alphabet for english. This language (unnamed) is going to be a distinct language in general; this means unique alphabet, grammar, and vocabulary.
+
+## ancient language
+### writing system
+The writing system is going to be inspired by two distinct alphabets (maybe three). These are
+- The [Shavian alphabet (𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shavian_alphabet)
+- The [Korean alphabet (한글)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul)
+
+{{% hint info %}}
+**Note about Korean**
+
+An interesting part about the korean alphabet is the writing structure; rather than write linearly (each letter after the other), they use syllable blocks composed of letters, and then those are written linearly.  
+The example in [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul) for example shows that 'Seoul' is not written as
+
+ㅅㅓㅇㅜㄹ
+
+but as
+
+서울
+{{% /hint %}}
+
+The final alphabet is then composed and used to transliterate the ***Greek*** alphabet[^1]
+
+[^1]: Note: I have not made a font to display the characters, but at the same time, I don't think I would include them anyway, so I will just use "redacted" instead.
+
+|α|β|γ|δ|ε|ζ|
+|-|-|-|-|-|-|
+|redacted|redacted|redacted|redacted|redacted|redacted|
+
+|η|θ|ι|κ|λ|μ|
+|-|-|-|-|-|-|
+|redacted|redacted|redacted|redacted|redacted|redacted|
+
+|ν|ξ|ο|π|ρ|σ|
+|-|-|-|-|-|-|
+|redacted|redacted|redacted|redacted|redacted|redacted|
+
+|τ|υ|φ|χ|ψ|ω|
+|-|-|-|-|-|-|
+|redacted|redacted|redacted|redacted|redacted|redacted|
+
+The script is then written using the syllabic setup of Korean
+
+{{% hint warning %}}
+There will be no definitive way to figure out the language, until/unless a specific artifact is found, which will be the "Rosetta Stone", allowing the transcription.
+{{% /hint %}}
+
+
+
+