1 réponse à ce sujet

[derRegulator4]

As you may or may not know, the quarian language is the only non-human language in the game we have at least some information about. I think the language sounds very interesting, and if there's anyone out there who does think this too, we could try to expand it a little bit. Like the Na'vi language of Avatar, which now has about 4500 speakers. Of course we would have to build everything up from scratch, because the Quarian  language doesn't seem to be intended for further study. According to the mass effect wiki, the following words are known:

* nedas — nowhere
* tasi — no-one
* vas [ship-name] — crew of
* nar [ship-name] — child of
* keelah — exclamation
* keelah se'lai — possibly a religious statement, sometimes used in the same terms as a benediction
* bosh'tet — curse/insult, likely being relative to "son-of-a-****" or "bastard"

Keelah se'lai is the only word we don't have an actual translation, so i tried to find a possible explanation. The quarians worship their ancestors, so keelah could mean ancestor, but if it would, why hasn't it been translated? So it has either to be a name, or something you can't really express in one word in the english language. A name would fit for a monotheistic culture, but like I said, the quarians worship their ancestors, so this can't be the case. I found a possible solution used in my interpretation of the words: keelah is the personification of the ancient's
combined spirits. Maybe it's wrong, but due to the fact that we don't get any more information at the time, this doesn't matter. My whole interpretation is only one of many possibilities:


keelah: personification of the
ancient's spirits combined
se: you
lah: to be
nedas: nowhere
ta: nothing/zero
tasi: no-one
tet: disgrace
bosh: community
vas: to
nar: of
(li: eternity)
(kee: dead person)



there are several classes of nouns,
e.g.:
-places, locations ending on -as
-time markers etc ending on -li
-people, generally living beings ending
on -i (or -ee, as it is pronounced the same way)
-things ending on -t



every verb starts with a l, it's type
is formed with a suffix:
-general suffix is -h
-imperative suffix is -i
-(there are of course more suffixes,
but at the moment i just want to list the ones given by the material
we have without inventing then from scratch)
-suffixes replace each other



usual word order is Subject Object'Verb



words in connection, like object-verb
or genitive-nominative combinations, are written together, only
separated by a " ' ". The context decides which kind of
connection is at hand:
keelah se'lai: May Keelah be with you
bosh'tet: disgrace for/of the community



there may be only one ' in a sentence,
so with a ' at hand, the word order changes to S (V) O (V), with
"vas" standing before the object, except in genitive cases
where "nar" is used:
Tali'Zorah
nar Rayya (in every full Quarian name there is an ', so they have to
use nar or vas, nar meaning in this case of the Rayya, because it's
her "birth-ship")
Han'Gerrel
vas Neema (here the vas was used because he's been Admiral to the
Neema, you can think about the rest, the name thing has been
explained often enough)



including
my assumed words the name keelah would also have a meaning: "being
passed-away"
furthermore,
tali could mean "nothing and eternity"


So, this is my interpretation. What do you think of it? You can also post your interpretations. We will find out which one fits best and develop the language further. Of course, only, if there is any nerd out there interested in these matters.

[Legion4000]

I think its great. thanks for posting it