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evictedSaint

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Dwarven Language
« on: February 12, 2014, 01:28:43 pm »
Does anyone know what the dwavern language is based off of?  Did Toady use a source or did he completely fabricate the entire language?
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Zan Oltaridor

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Re: Dwarven Language
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2014, 01:43:53 pm »
Its based on the screams elves make when you rip off their ears or burn down their trees

"URRRRIIIII-AAAAHHHHHH-ST!"
"No, m-AAAAAAAAAAAHHHL!"
"Why...why...oh pleASE DO-CAAAAAAAAHHHTAAANNN!"

Seriously though, i dont really know...
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Re: Dwarven Language
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2014, 02:42:24 pm »
Thanks, I guess
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Re: Dwarven Language
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2014, 03:36:27 pm »
I have tried to do some research on my own, but i havn't uncovered anything. My guess is three-toe had his own part in it.
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Re: Dwarven Language
« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2014, 07:10:05 pm »
Actually the languages in the game were generated with a program. I read a lengthy description of that process somewhere, but I don't remember where...
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Re: Dwarven Language
« Reply #5 on: February 13, 2014, 08:20:12 pm »
Oh jeez, can anyone find that?  I'd LOVE to see it!
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« Reply #6 on: February 13, 2014, 08:48:51 pm »
I really can't remember where I read it, must have been an interview with Toady. Google isn't too helpful.

What I remember is that they fed a word list to a language generator, with some parameters how the language should sound (more vowels in the elven language, darker vowels in the goblin language and stuff like that). Then they'd keep the words that sounded good.

Might also have been an article about language generators, was quite a while ago that I read that.
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