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Joostheger: /* language_SYM.txt */

2026-01-13T14:00:13Z

language_SYM.txt

Silverwing235: /* Vocabulary */

2025-10-22T17:10:05Z

Vocabulary

Jecowa: /* Vocabulary */ clarifying counting adjective and noun forms of the same root word as different words. clarifying that the sorting is in the game files and not the below wiki tables

2025-02-19T13:38:49Z

Vocabulary: clarifying counting adjective and noun forms of the same root word as different words. clarifying that the sorting is in the game files and not the below wiki tables

Quietust at 12:20, 15 July 2024

2024-07-15T12:20:59Z

Silverwing235: /* Grammar */

2024-07-15T09:26:47Z

Grammar

Silverwing235: /* language_SYM.txt */

2024-07-15T09:18:31Z

language_SYM.txt

Silverwing235: /* Observations */

2024-07-14T22:28:39Z

Observations

DPhKraken: /* language_SYM.txt */ Removed note (erroneous), added navbox

2023-11-01T20:51:27Z

language_SYM.txt: Removed note (erroneous), added navbox

DPhKraken: /* Grammar */ Changed music reference to say Drink and Industry

2023-11-01T20:47:24Z

Grammar: Changed music reference to say Drink and Industry

Silverwing235: /* Vocabulary */

2023-08-12T13:19:04Z

Vocabulary

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 *[SYMBOL:NAME_ENTITY_MERCHANT_COMPANY]
 *[SYMBOL:NAME_ENTITY_TOWN_FOUNDER]
-*[SYMBOL:NAME_FESTIVAL]
+*[SYMBOL:NAME_FESTIVAL] (hardcoded used for festivals)
 *[SYMBOL:NAME_FOREST]
 *[SYMBOL:NAME_GLACIER]

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 ==Vocabulary==
-There are 3,301 words (1,738 nouns, 698 verbs, 849 adjectives, and 16 prefixes) if you count each class of the same word as a different word (for example, counting "jump" the noun as a different word than "jump" the verb).
+There are 3,301 words (1,738 nouns, 698 verbs, 849 adjectives, and 16 prefixes) if you count each class of the same word as a different word (for example, counting the noun "jump" as a different word than "jump" the verb).
 They are sorted into 2,196 root words in the game's language files. For instance, the noun "age" and the verb "to age" are under the same root word AGE.

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 ==Vocabulary==
-There are 3,301 words (1,738 nouns, 698 verbs, 849 adjectives, and 16 prefixes).
+There are 3,301 words (1,738 nouns, 698 verbs, 849 adjectives, and 16 prefixes) if you count each class of the same word as a different word (for example, counting "jump" the noun as a different word than "jump" the verb).
-They are sorted into 2,196 root words. For instance, the noun "age" and the verb "to age" are under the same root word AGE.
+They are sorted into 2,196 root words in the game's language files. For instance, the noun "age" and the verb "to age" are under the same root word AGE.
 ===Nouns===

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 * [[Divine language]]
 * [[Dwarven language]]
-* [[Elvish language]]
+* [[Elven language]]
 * [[Goblin language]]
 * [[Human language]]
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 |A||À||Á||Â||Ä||Å||B||C|| ||D||E||È||É||Ê||Ë||F||G||H||I||Ì||Í||Î||Ï|| ||K||L||M||N|| ||O||Ò||Ó||Ô||Ö|| || ||R||S||T||U||Ù||Ú||Û||V|| || || || ||Z||40
 |-
-![[Elvish language|Elvish]]
+![[Elven language|Elven]]
 |A|| || || || || ||B||C||Ç||D||E||È||É|| || ||F||G||H||I||Ì||Í|| || || ||K||L||M||N|| ||O||Ò||Ó|| || ||P||Q||R||S||T||U||Ù||Ú|| ||V||W|| ||Y||Ÿ||Z||34
 |-
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 ===Morphology===
-The four predefined languages (Dwarven, Elvish, Human, and Goblin) have no real [[wikipedia:Morphology (linguistics)|morphology]]. So, for example, the adjective "oaken" and the noun "oak" are the same word. For another example, the verb "to dream", the adjective "dreamy", and the noun "dream" are all the same word.
+The four predefined languages (Dwarven, Elven, Human, and Goblin) have no real [[wikipedia:Morphology (linguistics)|morphology]]. So, for example, the adjective "oaken" and the noun "oak" are the same word. For another example, the verb "to dream", the adjective "dreamy", and the noun "dream" are all the same word.
 ==Word length and letter frequency==

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 A study on Dwarven language and grammar has been done on the Bay 12 Forums, at http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=173289
-Although it is not used in the game (Dwarven words are only used in names and in the soundtrack ''Drink and Industry'' in the Steam release), it is the most coherent and constructed grammar made so far.
+Although it is not used in the game (Dwarven words are only used in names, and in the soundtrack ''Drink and Industry'' in the Steam release), it is the most coherent and constructed grammar made so far.
 {{Language}}

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 ===language_SYM.txt===
-'''[SYMBOL]''': This defines a category of words which works with the [SELECT_SYMBOL] and [CULL_SYMBOL] arguments in the corresponding [[Entity token|entity file]], using these [[Entity_token#Flavor|"flavor" tokens]] to create a list of words which your civilization will prefer to use, and those it will never use. For instance, dwarves by default have [SELECT_SYMBOL:ALL:ARTIFICE] and [CULL_SYMBOL:ALL:FLOWERY]. This means that dwarven surnames, placenames and group names will tend to use words in the [SYMBOL:ARTIFICE] list (such as ''cloister'', ''hammer'' and ''steel'') and will never use words from the [SYMBOL:FLOWERY] list (such as ''butterfly'', ''meadow'' and ''velvet''). Under each [SYMBOL] heading, all possible words are listed in the form [S_WORD:word].
+'''[SYMBOL]''': This defines a category of words which works with the [SELECT_SYMBOL] and [CULL_SYMBOL] arguments in the corresponding [[Entity token|entity file]], using these [[Entity_token#Flavor|"flavor" tokens]] to create a list of words which your civilization will prefer to use, and those it will never use. For instance, dwarves by default have [SELECT_SYMBOL:ALL:ARTIFICE] and [CULL_SYMBOL:ALL:FLOWERY]. This means that dwarven surnames, place names and group names will tend to use words in the [SYMBOL:ARTIFICE] list (such as ''cloister'', ''hammer'' and ''steel'') and will never use words from the [SYMBOL:FLOWERY] list (such as ''butterfly'', ''meadow'' and ''velvet''). Under each [SYMBOL] heading, all possible words are listed in the form [S_WORD:word].
 {{:Language_SYM.txt/Sym list}}

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 ==Observations==
 ===Vocabulary===
-There are words for "[[pearl]]" (''kovest'') and "pumpkin" (''elbost'') both of which do not even exist in-universe.
+There are words for "[[pearl]]" (''kovest'') and "pumpkin" (''elbost'') both of which do not, currently, even exist in-universe.
 There are names for every color except "orange". They have a word for "[[amber]]", "amethyst", "aqua", "aquamarine", "auburn", "azure", "beige", "black", "blue", "brown", "cerulean", "charcoal", "chestnut", "chocolate", "cinnamon", "crimson", "ecru", "emerald", "fuchsia", "golden", "goldenrod", "gray", "green", "heliotrope", "indigo", "ivory", "jade", "lavender", "mahogany", "maroon", "mauve", "mint", "ochre", "olive", "pale", "pink", "puce", "purple", "red", "rosy", "saffron", "scarlet", "silvery", "tan", "teal", "turquoise", "umber", "vermilion", "violet", "white", and "yellow" but not "orange". (Actually, there are noun forms for "lime", "orange", "lilac", "moss", "periwinkle", and "plum", but no matching adjective form.)

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 {{:Language_SYM.txt/Sym list}}
-In addition, there are a few special categories used only for naming civilizations, regions and sites on the world map:
+In addition, there are a few, more specific categories used for naming civilizations, legendary creatures, regions and sites on the world map:
 *[SYMBOL:NAME_BATTLE]
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 *[SYMBOL:NAME_WAR]
 ====See also====

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 There are names for every color except "orange". They have a word for "[[amber]]", "amethyst", "aqua", "aquamarine", "auburn", "azure", "beige", "black", "blue", "brown", "cerulean", "charcoal", "chestnut", "chocolate", "cinnamon", "crimson", "ecru", "emerald", "fuchsia", "golden", "goldenrod", "gray", "green", "heliotrope", "indigo", "ivory", "jade", "lavender", "mahogany", "maroon", "mauve", "mint", "ochre", "olive", "pale", "pink", "puce", "purple", "red", "rosy", "saffron", "scarlet", "silvery", "tan", "teal", "turquoise", "umber", "vermilion", "violet", "white", and "yellow" but not "orange". (Actually, there are noun forms for "lime", "orange", "lilac", "moss", "periwinkle", and "plum", but no matching adjective form.)
-There are no words for "dwarf", "human", "elf", or "goblin" (''or [[Names and symbols| "symbol" or "name"]] for that matter, despite extensive background reference'') in any of the languages.  (In Simon Swerwer’s “Highway to the Danger Room”, goblin translates to ''omer-ar'' which means “green flesh”.)
+There are no words for "dwarf", "human", "elf", or "goblin" (''or [[Names and symbols| "symbol" or "name"]] for that matter, despite extensive background reference to such concepts'') in any of the languages.  (In Simon Swerwer’s “Highway to the Danger Room”, goblin translates to ''omer-ar'' which means “green flesh”.)
 ===Morphology===