Talk:Hylian (Language)

Numeral System
Are there Hyrulian/Terminian numbers? -- կրակ (խոսել) -- 05:28, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I always seem to be first to answer your posts! =) Well, there is a Rupee system, which uses the same counting system we do, which is the same between OOT, MM, and every other Zelda game to boot. Thus, the numbering system of Zelda seems to mirror our own. I'd love to be proved wrong, though! 05:45, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank you. By the way, I love when your wrong too. Jk XD But there arn't any custom unidentifiable/translatable numbers in the zelda seris at all? Just our system? I guess SM is going to end up having Roman numbers. > .< -- կրակ (խոսել) -- 08:18, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

About Twilight Pricess - the Kakariko graveyard tombstones probably use "Old" Hylian (OOT, WW) because the graves are just old - a tie in to the game's history (since OOT was only about 100 years prior). There are graves in the cemetery hear in Virginia that are from the 1700's. --KingStarscream 12:32, 8 October 2011 (EDT)

Skyward Sword
I can't help but notice that we seem to be missing an image to show the Hylian alphabet of the Sky Era, as we do for the Hylian alphabet of the Twilight Era, Era of the Great Sea, and Era of the Hero of Time, despite both a functional translations page and a claim of a proven compilation. Is official documentation really necessary to provide an image? Lord of the Stalfos Creatures - Stalfos Meeting Chamber 05:13, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

"Yes, Stallord, official documentation is necessary to provide an image." [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SarcasmMode Oh, okay, I wasn't sure. Thanks for answering]. Lord of the Stalfos Creatures - Stalfos Meeting Chamber 04:58, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

Hylian in OoT/MM
Hi,

I'm not sure, but is is mentioned anywhere about this version of Hylian not distinguishing things like た/だ　つ/っ etc. (see http://omniglot.com/images/writing/hylian_extra.gif)? I had forgotten until I looked up http://omniglot.com/conscripts/hylian.htm, which I notice is linked here: Hylian Language Translations. Anyway, I was asking whether this feature of this version of Hylian is properly on the wiki anywhere?

-- 08:15, 17 November 2015 (UTC)


 * I notice the edit by Kasuto. Nice. However, in the case of the chōonpu (一), I think they do actually use it; I'm only basing this on third line of File:MM Soldier Recruitment Poster.png however. Also, can someone confirm that it can emulate Japanese fully, but lacks unique characters for small form kana and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakuten, instead using the obvious replacements? I think it's possible to make this key point clearer in the passage.


 * -- 01:48, 18 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Odd, the guide for the alphabet doesn't contain it, so I didn't bother to check. Good catch!
 * I meant to respond to you, after I added in the dakuten information. I myself can't necessarily confirm how it works in relation to actual Japanese, being a false alphabet, but if we can work it out, I'd happily reword it. 02:47, 18 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Ok, so I had a look and most of the MM3D entries in Hylian Language Translations/Majora's Mask lack dakuten (and small kana) in the hylian script, while the translations include it, for example bomb and dog race:
 * (Location, Image, Hylian, Japanese, English)
 * Big Bomb Bag, File:MM3D Big Bomb Bag Item.png, ほむ, ボム, Bomb(s)
 * Doggy Racetrack Sign, File:MM3D Romani Ranch Sign 5.png, とつぐれえす, ドッグレース, Dog Race
 * (As an aside, I also notice occasional inconsistency where the "Hylian" column sometimes contains dakuten in accordance with the translation, and otherwise without dakuten instead in accordance to the Hylian script, and also that MM3D and MM are merged in one page, whereas OoT is split, oh wait, maybe it's because the MM one is still very short)
 * Since it's used in practice here on the wiki, I guess it is enough to 'confirm' maybe? -- 00:40, 20 November 2015 (UTC)

Someone's figured most of the Hylian alphabet for here. This should probably be added once all of the letters are known. &mdash; Zero-ELEC (talk) 20:14, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
 * We do have an image for it here. 20:09, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
 * And all the blanks have been filled. Should this image replace the current one or a edit to the current be made? --RacattackForce (talk) 19:34, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
 * The one we have looks better, so I guess it would be better to edit the current one. 20:02, 21 June 2016 (UTC)


 * That new image contains speculative information, so I would not use it as a base for ours. 20:07, 21 June 2016 (UTC)


 * I found in the latest Nintendo Treehouse footage (screenshot here) that Breath of the Wild actually uses the same Hylian alphabet as, so I'm pretty sure that the alphabet currently in the BotW section of this article is in fact Sheikah writing. Eggs (talk) 16:46, 14 January 2017 (UTC)

Hylian in Hyrule Warriors
Shouldn't we try to figure out the translations for the Hyrule Warriors Hylian. I mean, the game has its own version of Hylian, so I would be happy to work with some other fans to decipher the language. The Super Smasher (talk) 00:46, 21 June 2016 (UTC)


 * I think that would be good, but I'm not sure what text you're talking about. If you could, maybe start up a thread here and we can work to try and figure it out. 02:19, 21 June 2016 (UTC)


 * There is plenty of Hylian in the game, such as this:
 * [[File: HWL Menu Background.jpeg]]
 * There is also Hylian written all over other parts of the menu, written on the portals in the Lake Hylia and Great Sea stages, on the game boxes, on the Compass Watch etc. The Super Smasher (talk) 11:06, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
 * EDIT - Upon further inspection, the Hylian only appears on the portal lines in the Wii U version.The Super Smasher (talk) 11:16, 22 June 2016 (UTC)

Real Quick Question about all of the Red Hyperlinks...
This is really bothering me, but in many articles that I have seen around and also in this one (first example I found) there were a lot of red hyperlinks. Looking at those told me that all of them were pertaining to thing such as the "Sky Era" or the "Era without a hero" and other so called "Eras". Now I know that these are names for those eras from Hyrule Historia so I don't know if we should create completely separate pages for these or just link those to their respective games. One problem with this, however, is that eras like the "Era without a hero" will be left redlinked since there are no games on it. Just a real quick question thanks in advance! Frozenfire71 (talk) 22:01, 18 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Those red links are intentional. I'm working on splitting the timeline page, but that process takes time. Those will redirect to the appropriate pages once those are finished. 00:15, 19 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Ah, got it. Thanks! Frozenfire71 (talk) 21:56, 20 July 2016 (UTC)

Merger Of Fifth And Sixth Hylian?
I noticed how Fifth and Sixth Hylian have duplicate letters.

Perhaps transfer a glyph from one to another, and vice versa, to potentially correct this and create a coherent version of both?

Not required of course, since the imperfect versions are official, but could help with perhaps making a font based on them?

- Mugen Kagemaru 03:18, 29 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Our job is only to document it, not make a derivative of it. 03:28, 29 January 2017 (UTC)