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= Basics =
= Documentation =
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| sample english/elvish dictionary || https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Elvish_Language
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= Overview =
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Languages have two components
Languages have two components
<syntaxhighlight lang="yaml">
language:
  - uses a script (characters used by alphabet)
  - uses english-to-N word-based translations
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* language (ex. common, gnomish)
* language (ex. common, gnomish)
* script/alphabet (ex. common, dwarvish, draconic)
* script/alphabet (ex. common, dwarvish, draconic)
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= Languages =
= Languages =

Revision as of 21:04, 3 July 2022

Documentation

sample english/elvish dictionary https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Elvish_Language

Overview

Languages have two components

language:
  - uses a script (characters used by alphabet)
  - uses english-to-N word-based translations
  • language (ex. common, gnomish)
  • script/alphabet (ex. common, dwarvish, draconic)

Languages

common

# LANG      SCRIPT
common       common
dwarvish     dwarvish
elvish       elvish
giant        dwarvish
gnomish      dwarvish
goblin       dwarvish
halfling      common
orc          dwarvish

exotic

# LANG      SCRIPT
abyssal      infernal
celestial    celestial
draconic     draconic
deep-speech  # none
infernal     infernal
primordial   dwarvish
sylvan       elvish
undercommon  elvish