Gerudo (Language)

is the written and spoken language of the NaN Gerudos. It was first confirmed as such in the, though it first appeared in. Consisting of 26 different characters, it is directly based on the modern Latin alphabet. It appears at the Gerudo's Training Ground and Spirit Temple (where it appears written in order and its entirety on the stone to the for the stairs at the entrance) in, sparsely at the Arbiter's Grounds in , a stairway in Ganon's Castle in  and throughout Gerudo encampments and Gerudo Town in.

The accompanying spoken language itself was first introduced in, where it is used throughout the Gerudo Region by both the Gerudo and travelers of the Region.

Primer

 * Sarqso: Thank you
 * Sav'otta: Good morning
 * Sav'aaq: Good day
 * Sav'orq: Goodbye
 * Sav'orr: Good night
 * Sav'saaba: Good evening
 * Vasaaq: Greetings
 * Vaba: Grandmother
 * Vai: Woman
 * Vehvi: Child/Daughter/Granddaughter
 * Voe: Man
 * Vure: Bird
 * Sa'oten: An exclamation

Trivia

 * The "y" in the Gerudo Typography bears resemblance to the "y" found in the medieval runic alphabet, or.
 * The usage of only two single numbers (1 and 5) suggests that the Gerudo numerical system is a simplified variation of . It is possible that counting would consist of the two available numbers being used consecutively to reach the desired number. For example, 6 would be written "5 1", ten would be written "5 5" and fifty five would thus be written with eleven consecutive 5's.
 * A font of the Gerudo Typography was constructed by Sarinilli shortly after scans of the Hyrule Historia revealed the existence of the alphabet.