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diff --git a/content/theses/worldbuilding/languages.md b/content/theses/worldbuilding/languages.md deleted file mode 100644 index 6aeb4a6..0000000 --- a/content/theses/worldbuilding/languages.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,59 +0,0 @@ ---- -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 %}} - - - - |