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Language token

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Language tokens can be used to adjust existing languages or create a whole new languages. Vanilla language definitions can be found in <Dwarf Fortress>\data\vanilla\vanilla_languages\ within the language_*.txt raw files. Each token is permitted in a specific context.

Note: All language raw files use Codepage 437 encoding, and you should make sure you are editing these files in that format. As many text editors default to UTF-8, some characters with diacritical marks may fail to show properly. Saving one of the default language raw files in this state will overwrite these characters with the unicode question mark, which will corrupt the file. To fix this replace the file with a clean one downloaded from the distributed version of DF.

WORD

Token Arguments Description
NOUN
  • singular
  • plural
Begins defining a noun usage of a word.
ADJ
  • adjective
Begins defining an adjective usage of a word.
PREFIX
  • prefix
Begins defining a prefix usage of a word.
VERB
  • present first person
  • present third person
  • preterite
  • past participle
  • present participle
Defines a verb usage of a word.
ADJ_DIST number 1-7 Determines what order the adjective being defined comes in when in a string of multiple adjectives.
THE_NOUN_SING Lets the singular noun form of the word be used after "the" ("The X of Y", where X is the word with the tag).
THE_NOUN_PLUR As above, but with plural ("The Xs of Y").
THE_COMPOUND_NOUN_SING Lets the singular noun form of the word be used as part of a compound noun after "the" ("The Z-X of Y").
THE_COMPOUND_NOUN_PLUR As above, but with plural ("The Z-Xs of Y").
THE_COMPOUND_ADJ Lets the adjective form of the word be used as part of a compound noun after "the" ("The Z-X of Y").
OF_NOUN_SING Lets the singular noun form of the word be used after "of" ("The Y of X").
OF_NOUN_PLUR As above, but with plural ("The Y of Xs").
FRONT_COMPOUND_NOUN_SING Lets the singular noun form of the word be used at the front of a compound noun ("XY", as in surnames).
FRONT_COMPOUND_NOUN_PLUR As above, but with plural.
REAR_COMPOUND_NOUN_SING Lets the singular noun form of the word be used at the rear of a compound noun ("YX", as in surnames).
REAR_COMPOUND_NOUN_PLUR As above, but with plural.
FRONT_COMPOUND_ADJ Lets the adjective form of the word be used at the front of a compound noun.
REAR_COMPOUND_ADJ As above, but at the rear instead.
FRONT_COMPOUND_PREFIX Allows the prefix form to be appended as a prefix to a compound noun.
THE_COMPOUND_PREFIX Allows the prefix form to be appended as a prefix to a compound noun following "the".
STANDARD_VERB Allows the verb to be used in a compound noun and for its participles to be used as adjectives.

SYMBOL

Token Arguments Description
S_WORD
  • WORD
Specifies the given WORD (defined in #REDIRECT language_words.txt) as belonging to the symbol being defined. A given word can belong to multiple symbols.

TRANSLATION

Token Arguments Description
T_WORD
  • WORD
  • translation
Specifies a translation from a given WORD (defined in language_words.txt) into the language being defined.

English instead of dwarven language

You can hack the language files to display english in-game with this regular expression command:

:%s/T_WORD:\([A-Z_ -]*\):[^\]]*\]/T_WORD:\1:\L\1]/

See also

  • 40d:Language (has expanded explanations of parts of the language system, which seems to still be the same in this version)
  • Speech files