Hylian (language)

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Scripts

There are at least three separate Hylian scripts used throughout different regions of the Light World. The three most predominant scripts are "Hyrulean Hylian," "Sea Hylian", and "Sky Hylian." Each script shares approximately the same alphabet, but characters are written very differently. Each word is meant to be spoken identically regardless of which script is used, but some scholars apply regional accents to different scripts.

Example: the literal character for "a" is written as a in Hyrulean, a in Sky, and a in Sea, even though in all three scripts the character represents the same sound and meaning.

Literal translations

Chu. [choo]. An onomatopoeia for "squeak" sounds. Often used in words related to mice and certain oozes. Examples include bombchu and chuchu.

Geldo. [geldoh]. (Archaic, Vulgar). A mistranslation of gerudo, which is now seen as an ignorant or disrespectful name for the race. "Geldo" has a connotation with sand and deserts, much like the most renowned gerudo. Geldo is still used in the names of monsters such as geldarm and geldman.

-fos. [dohs] or [fohz]. The suffix "fos" is often applied to the names of anthropomorphic monster species. Examples include chilfos, lizalfos, stalfos, and wolfos.

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