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Goblin language

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The Goblin language is one of the four languages the player will come across, besides Dwarven, Elvish and Human. This language is used in-game for the names of the universe, continents, rivers, goblin governments and settlements, goblins, artifacts and engravings. However, as of yet, it lacks everything necessary for proper conversation, like grammar or personal pronouns.

Alphabet

The letters of the Goblin alphabet are:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
Majuscule forms (also called uppercase or capital letters)
A Â Ä Å B D E Ê Ë G H K L M N O Ô Ö P R S T U Û X Z
Minuscule forms (also called lowercase or small letters)
a â ä å b d e ê ë g h k l m n o ô ö p r s t u û x z

Of these 26 letters, 12 are vowels (A, Â, Ä, Å, E, Ê, Ë, O, Ô, Ö, U, Û); the 14 others are consonants.

The letters C, F, I, J, Q, V, W, and Y of the ISO basic Latin alphabet do not occur in the Goblin alphabet.

Letter frequency

N Letter Frequency
1 A 6.41%
2 Â 0.28%
3 Ä 0.26%
4 Å 0.30%
5 B 2.53%
6 D 2.68%
7 E 2.98%
8 Ê 0.14%
9 Ë 0.23%
10 G 5.51%
11 H 0.06%
12 K 2.92%
13 L 4.17%
14 M 5.26%
15 N 7.21%
16 O 12.35
17 Ô 0.56%
18 Ö 0.67%
19 P 2.59%
20 R 3.67%
21 S 14.55
22 T 6.27%
23 U 12.39
24 Û 0.63%
25 X 2.50%
26 Z 2.89%

Phonology

  • Digraphs st, sp, sm, sl, sn, and th.
    • h only occurs in the digraph th. h is a rare letter in Goblin.
    • p only occurs in the digraph sp.
  • Trigraph str.
  • Goblin has no diphthongs.

Vocabulary

Main article: Template:Language table
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