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The '''Human language''' is one of the four [[language]]s the player will come across, besides [[Dwarven language|Dwarven]], [[Elvish language|Elvish]] and [[Goblin language|Goblin]].This language is used in-game for the names of the universe, continents, rivers, human governments and settlements, humans, artifacts and engravings, However, as of yet, it lacks everything necessary for proper conversation, like grammar or personal pronouns.
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{{distinguish|wikipedia: Language|l1= any real-life language}}
 
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The '''human language''' is one of the [[language]]s the player will come across. This language is used in-game for the names of the universe, continents, rivers, human governments and settlements, [[human]]s, [[artifact]]s and [[engraving]]s, However, as of yet, it lacks everything necessary for proper conversation, like grammar or personal pronouns.
 
  
 
==Alphabet==
 
==Alphabet==
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The letters of the human alphabet are:
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The letters of the Human alphabet are:
 
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Of these 27 letters, 6 are vowels (A, Á, E, I, O, U); the 21 others are consonants.
 
Of these 27 letters, 6 are vowels (A, Á, E, I, O, U); the 21 others are consonants.
  
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The letter Y of the [[wikipedia:ISO basic Latin alphabet|ISO basic Latin alphabet]] does not occur in the human alphabet.
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The letter Y of the [[wikipedia:ISO basic Latin alphabet|ISO basic Latin alphabet]] does not occur in the Human alphabet.
  
 
===Letter frequency===
 
===Letter frequency===
  
 
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! N !! Letter
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! N !! Letter !! Frequency
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!colspan="2"| Frequency
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| 1 ||A || align=right | 9.96%
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| 1 || A || 1022 || 10.51%
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| 2 ||Á || align=right | 0.47%
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| 2 || Á || 48 || 0.49%
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| 3 ||B || align=right | 2.45%
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| 3 || B || 251 || 2.58%
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| 4 ||C || align=right | 2.48%
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| 4 || C || 255 || 2.62%
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| 5 ||D || align=right | 3.32%
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| 5 || D || 341 || 3.51%
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| 6 ||E || align=right | 7.34%
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| 6 || E || 753 || 7.74%
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| 7 ||F || align=right | 0.37%
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| 7 || F || 38 || 0.39%
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| 8 ||G || align=right | 2.86%
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| 8 || G || 229 || 2.35%
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| 9 ||H || align=right | 4.89%
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| 9 || H || 89 || 0.92%
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| 10 ||I || align=right | 7.50%
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| 10 || I || 770 || 7.92%
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| 11 ||J || align=right | 0.55%
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| 11 || J || 56 || 0.58%
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| 12 ||K || align=right | 3.08%
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| 12 || K || 316 || 3.25%
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| 13 ||L || align=right | 5.02%
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| 13 || L || 515 || 5.3%
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| 14 ||M || align=right | 4.37%
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| 14 || M || 448 || 4.61%
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| 15 ||N || align=right | 4.04%
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| 15 || N || 350 || 3.6%
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| 16 ||Ñ || align=right | 0.55%
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| 16 || Ñ || 56 || 0.58%
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| 17 ||O || align=right | 7.79%
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| 17 || NG || 65 || 0.67%
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| 18 ||P || align=right | 2.54%
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| 18 || O || 799 || 8.22%
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| 19 ||Q || align=right | 0.57%
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| 19 || P || 261 || 2.68%
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| 20 ||R || align=right | 5.71%
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| 20 || QU || 59 || 0.61%
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| 21 ||S || align=right | 7.60%
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| 21 || R || 586 || 6.03%
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| 22 ||T || align=right | 7.12%
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| 22 || S || 656 || 6.75%
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| 23 ||U || align=right | 7.30%
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| 23 || SH || 124 || 1.28%
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| 24 ||V || align=right | 0.46%
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| 24 || T || 442 || 4.54%
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| 25 ||W || align=right | 0.56%
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| 25 || TH || 289 || 2.97%
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| 26 ||X || align=right | 0.31%
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| 26 || U || 690 || 7.1%
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| 30 ||Z || align=right | 0.79%
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| 27 || V || 47 || 0.48%
 
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| 28 || W || 57 || 0.59%
 
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| 29 || X || 32 || 0.33%
 
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| 30 || Z || 81 || 0.83%
 
 
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==Graphemics==
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==Phonology==
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* [[wikipedia:digraph (orthography)|Digraphs]] ''th'', ''st'', ''sh'', ''ng'', ''sl'', ''sm'', ''sp'', and ''qu''.
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''The study of the [[wikipedia: Grapheme|graphemes]], or writing units, of a script, and of their relation to the phonemes of the spoken language.''
 
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* [[wikipedia:Digraph (orthography)|Digraphs]] ''th'', ''sh'', ''ng'', and ''qu''.
 
 
** ''q'' only occurs in the digraph ''qu''.
 
** ''q'' only occurs in the digraph ''qu''.
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* Common consonant clusters ''st'', ''sl'', ''sm'', ''sp'', ''str'', and ''thr''.
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* [[wikipedia:trigraph (orthography)|Trigraphs]] ''str'' and ''thr''.
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* Human has no [[wikipedia:Diphthong|diphthongs]].
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*[[wikipedia:diphthongs|Diphthongs]] ''ua'', ''ue'', ''ui'', ''uo'', and ''uu''.
 
* ''x'', ''ñ'', and ''j'' are always followed by a vowel.
 
* ''x'', ''ñ'', and ''j'' are always followed by a vowel.
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* Possible [[wikipedia:Syllable#Syllabification|syllable structure]] (C)<sup>3</sup>VC(C).
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* [[wikipedia: syllable structure|Syllable structure]] (C)<sup>3</sup>VC(C).
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===Diacritic meaning===
 
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The human language only has one diacritic ([[wikipedia:Acute accent|◌́]]) used on one vowel (''a''). It is probable that this is used to represent syllable stress. With the words revealed to us so far, this probably means only the syllables with an ''a'' can be stressed.
 
  
 
==Vocabulary==
 
==Vocabulary==
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{{main|Language#Vocabulary}}
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{{main|Template:Language table}}
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The average word in the Human language is 4.723 letters long. The longest known words are ''thrathdad'' ("fortress") and ''stithngat'' ("profane").
 
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The average word has 1.792 syllables. Words either have one or two syllables.
 
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{{gamedata}}
 
{{Language}}
 
{{Language}}
  
 
[[Category:Language]]
 
[[Category:Language]]
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[[ru:Human language]]
 

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