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RE: Hingan and Doman Language |
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09-02-2017, 10:54 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-02-2017, 11:03 PM by Caspar.)
This is more indistinct of an answer than I expected, but it seems to me that the only language in which no reference to a foreign tongue in Othard is upheld is the Japanese one. It's like Oda was the only member of the lore team across regions who didn't consider it lol. It's not the primary source either.

I think the most useful tool for understanding the difference between the languages is the fact that written text in Othard is syllabic and written text in Eorzea is alphabet based. I have a hard time believing this could occur based on the same spoken language.

It seems like the question seems more of an answer to the issue of translation convention, where no, the in game language isn't specifically one from the real world, but rather one that is analogous within setting, following familiar rules, carrying similar cultural nuance, but not being exactly the same.

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Hingan and Doman Language - by Nero - 07-11-2017, 09:40 PM
RE: Hingan and Doman Language - by Nero - 07-11-2017, 09:54 PM
RE: Hingan and Doman Language - by Aysun - 07-11-2017, 09:57 PM
RE: Hingan and Doman Language - by Nero - 07-11-2017, 10:01 PM
RE: Hingan and Doman Language - by Unnamed Mercenary - 07-11-2017, 10:07 PM
RE: Hingan and Doman Language - by Kilieit - 07-11-2017, 10:11 PM
RE: Hingan and Doman Language - by Wemrys - 07-12-2017, 12:05 AM
RE: Hingan and Doman Language - by Valence - 07-12-2017, 07:00 AM
RE: Hingan and Doman Language - by Gegenji - 07-12-2017, 08:32 AM
RE: Hingan and Doman Language - by Aysun - 07-12-2017, 07:19 PM
RE: Hingan and Doman Language - by Sounsyy - 07-13-2017, 03:14 AM
RE: Hingan and Doman Language - by V'aleera - 07-13-2017, 04:18 AM
RE: Hingan and Doman Language - by Nero - 07-19-2017, 11:15 PM
RE: Hingan and Doman Language - by L'ohba Tia - 07-20-2017, 12:29 AM
RE: Hingan and Doman Language - by V'aleera - 07-20-2017, 01:18 AM
RE: Hingan and Doman Language - by Caspar - 07-20-2017, 01:35 AM
RE: Hingan and Doman Language - by Kieron Lohengrin - 07-20-2017, 03:06 AM
RE: Hingan and Doman Language - by Unnamed Mercenary - 07-20-2017, 12:03 PM
RE: Hingan and Doman Language - by Valence - 07-20-2017, 03:13 PM
RE: Hingan and Doman Language - by Gegenji - 07-20-2017, 03:16 PM
RE: Hingan and Doman Language - by Yian Kutku - 07-21-2017, 05:12 PM
RE: Hingan and Doman Language - by Unnamed Mercenary - 07-23-2017, 12:59 PM
RE: Hingan and Doman Language - by Yian Kutku - 07-23-2017, 02:53 PM
RE: Hingan and Doman Language - by Unnamed Mercenary - 07-23-2017, 03:14 PM
RE: Hingan and Doman Language - by Nero - 07-23-2017, 06:07 PM
RE: Hingan and Doman Language - by Kieron Lohengrin - 07-24-2017, 03:49 AM
RE: Hingan and Doman Language - by Hinoto-no-Ryuji - 08-02-2017, 09:14 PM
RE: Hingan and Doman Language - by Andromeda - 08-10-2017, 08:05 AM
RE: Hingan and Doman Language - by Valence - 08-10-2017, 08:39 AM
RE: Hingan and Doman Language - by Wemrys - 09-02-2017, 05:11 PM
RE: Hingan and Doman Language - by Kismet - 09-02-2017, 06:36 PM
RE: Hingan and Doman Language - by Teadrinker - 09-02-2017, 08:26 PM
RE: Hingan and Doman Language - by Zhu - 09-02-2017, 08:55 PM
RE: Hingan and Doman Language - by Wemrys - 09-02-2017, 08:56 PM
RE: Hingan and Doman Language - by L'ohba Tia - 09-02-2017, 09:21 PM
RE: Hingan and Doman Language - by Teadrinker - 09-02-2017, 09:31 PM
RE: Hingan and Doman Language - by LiadansWhisper - 09-02-2017, 09:54 PM
RE: Hingan and Doman Language - by Sounsyy - 09-02-2017, 10:12 PM
RE: Hingan and Doman Language - by Caspar - 09-02-2017, 10:54 PM
RE: Hingan and Doman Language - by Valence - 09-03-2017, 05:56 AM
RE: Hingan and Doman Language - by Unnamed Mercenary - 09-07-2017, 12:11 PM
RE: Hingan and Doman Language - by allgivenover - 09-07-2017, 12:41 PM

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