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If you're writing fantasy... don't use Latin as your magic language. That's basic bitch behavior.

#writing #fantasy #magic #magic system #magic language #at least pick Enocchian #IT'S RIGHT THERE

"Navaran is the earliest known magical language, and was probably the predominant language used by the Ancients in their war against the Faceless Ones. It forms the basis for all subsequent languages and alphabets, establishing as it does a foundation of letters that can work when written on a page, but which are most effective when carved. The depth and angle of these letters, combining to form runes or sigils, taps into the Source of all magic, which we will get to in a later edition. Other languages of magic include Ench, Thakorok and Piril."

This lore dump would be interesting for China fans and fan-fiction writers. I don't know if the names of the magic languages are spelled correctly, tho, since I used the autogenerated transcript for that. We won't know until the print version is out, I guess. If any language names are spelled wrong, I will go back and correct this post as soon as I know.

#skulduggery pleasant #canon #magic language #Magical Minute with Exposition #only developing core elements of your world building in phase 3 is fucking wild tbh #Spotify

There wasn't really a word for explode in old english so I did my best

ād úre hnocc

Fire your penis

Specifically, "ād" is in reference to a funeral pyre so.... I figured it fit well enough

I'm not an expert or anything on old english, this could be very wrong so, take it with a grain of salt lol

Oh crikey! I can’t believe you actually translated it, that’s brilliant, thank you!

I have no experience with old English yet, so I can’t say anything about the accuracy, I just really appreciate the attempt.

#ask #becksterr #magic language #although fire your penis sounds a tad sus #wouldn’t want Uther doing anything of the sort near me

What chinese language could be Wukong's first learned language (Mandarin, Wu, ...)? His native language must surely be the language of the Rhesus Macaque's, but what human language did he learn first? What other human languages beside Chinese dialects/languages can he speak? What animal or monster (dragons, demons, ...) languages can he speak?

I show in this article that Monkey was born around the year 500 BCE during the Zhou dynasty. (This is of course a rough estimate and should not be taken as gospel considering that the novel doesn't follow a strict historical timeline.) He is roughly 320-years-old when he sets out from the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit to find a Buddha, Sage, or Immortal to teach him the secret of escaping Yama's hand (i.e. death). This would put his arrival in the Southern Jambudvipa continent (China) around 180 BCE, during the Han Dynasty. According to Wikipedia, "late Old Chinese" was the language of the day:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyaFKnUumAM But it should be remembered that Chinese changed by the time Wukong was released from under the mountain around the year 640 CE. The language at this time was "Middle Chinese": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX047xj6HtQ But we’re being way too literal here. The Journey to the West (1592) was written during the Ming dynasty, so all the characters are speaking Mandarin. Regarding your question about other world languages, the problem with the novel is that it falls prey to "provincialism", meaning that no matter how far the pilgrims travel outside of China, foreigners always dress and speak just like the Chinese. This is likely the result of the author-compiler not knowing much about the world outside of the Middle Kingdom. Because of this, Sun Wukong wouldn't need to know any other language than Chinese. Of course, this would be different in our world. Monkey doesn't seem to have any problem communicating with other magical animals or gods, spirits, demons, etc. I'm assuming the "universal language" of all magic beings in the book is Chinese.