Languages
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Your race indicates the languages your character can speak by default, and you might give you access to one or more additional languages through your class or other features. Note these languages on your character sheet. Choose your languages from the table below, or choose one that is common in your campaign.
If a DM would prefer to use Hyrulean content in a more traditional Dungeons & Dragons setting, it is best if the Hyrulean languages below are replaced with their listed equivalent.
| Language | Other Names | Typical Speakers | Script | Equivalent | d12 |
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| Ancient | Ancient Hylian, Sheikah | gods, sheikah, researchers | Ancient | Celestial | 1 |
| Blin | Beastspeak, Moblin | blins and allies of Ganon | Stal | Goblin and Undercommon | 2 |
| Deku | Treetongue, Sylvan | deku scrubs, koroks, kokiri, fairies | Ancient | Elvish and Sylvan | 3 |
| Eldish | Goro, Ignan, Terran, Subrosian | gorons, mogma, subrosians, fire or earth elementals | Common | Dwarvish, Ignan, and Terran | 4-5 |
| Gerudo | — | gerudo, zuna, desert-dwellers | Gerudo | Orc | 6 |
| Hebric | Anouki, Tundran, Yook | anouki, yeti, ice or wind elementals | Common | Giant and Auran | 7 |
| Hylian | Common, Hyrulean | races of light, especially hylians | Common | Common | |
| Lizal | Draconic, Saurian | lizalfos and most intelligent reptiles | Stal | Draconic | 8 |
| Minish | Picoran | minish and other diminutive creatures | Minish | Gnomish | 9 |
| Stal | Abyssal, Infernal | undead and other monsters | Stal | Abyssal and Infernal | 10 |
| Twilight | — | twili, twilit, Twilight denizens | Ancient | Deep Speech | 11 |
| Zoran | Aquan, Auran | zora, parella, aquatic creatures | Common | Elvish and Aquan | 12 |
Ancient
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Blin
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Deku
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Eldish
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In the common language of Hylian, Eldish is named after the Eldin region where its speakers are abundant. The roots of this language may lie underground, as it commonly spoken even in the subterranean continent of Subrosia.
Gerudo
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The 'Gerudo language finds its roots in Ancient and shares structural similarities with Hylian. It is believed that Hylian and Gerudo languages branched in a manner similar to how hylians and gerudo may have branched from what was once one race, many centuries ago.
Unlike Hylian, today Gerudo is rarely spoken except by gerudo themselves and a few other desert-dwellers such as zuna and some lizal. More often than not, it spoken as a second language.
Hebric
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In the common language of Hylian, Hebric is named after the Hebra region where its speakers are abundant, though the roots of this language originate from much further away.
Hylian
The Hylian language—also known as Hyrulean, Common, or the common tongue—is one of the most abundantly spoken languages in the Light World, and is understood by virtually all hylians and allies of hylians. Many races such as gorons and gerudo are typically fluent in it, but even among them it is typically a second language learned after their own regional or cultural tongue.
Like the hylian race themselves, the Hylian language may have originated in some form from the goddess Hylia. She is known to primarily speak Hylian, while other deities of her status typically speak Ancient or other more esoteric languages.
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.
Lizal
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Minish
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Stal
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Twilight
The Twilight language is the most abundant language spoken in the Twilight Realm, and is infrequently spoken in the Light World. Usually only those with ties to the realm speak it, including twilits and twili themselves. Indeed, it is the language of the twili, and its etymological roots overlap with the Hylian language. Both Twilight and Hylian are rooted in a common ancestral tongue which itself is derivative of Ancient.
To Light Worlders, when Twilight is spoken spoken it often sounds like scrambled Hylian, but there is too little in common to clearly communicate messages.
Those unaccustomed to hearing Twilight often claim it sounds as though every word echoes slightly.
The script used in Twilight is shared by Ancient, though linguists are quick to point out some stylistic differences.
Zoran
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