The way they have the language set up...it's a cipher. A literal 1 to 1 translation of "this" means "that". Mary Kirby just makes up individual words when a new word is needed. I think that's why they'd rather stretch old words into new contortions rather than continue to add new.
makes sense, although it's not very satisfying
i really wanted it to be one of those "see! we were planning this all along!" moments
I actually quite like the word compounds. And I like how poetic it is as a language, with so much of the meaning being dependent on context.
I just wish they'd been more consistent with it since, as many people have pointed out, there are times when elves say things that aren't even technically correct, based on the language guidelines given. But, I guess that's going to happen when you're constructing a 'language' ad hoc. And when your 'language' is really just a cipher, which makes sense from a game development point of view, not so much otherwise...
that's actually an excellent point, and the consistency of a language almost no one is going to read into is probably way down on their list of priorities
the voice actors are a big part of it, GDL's lines sound a lot more natural than some of the npcs who sound like they're reading it off a page. plus the rhythm he speaks in, which was weekes' doing, who we have already established is awesome.
I interpret it as being the fantasy version of the Welsh language, except in this case it literally seems like you require some level of magic to fully comprehend it.
That, and just like Welsh only a small group of people understand/speak it.
i can't believe welsh is a real thing, i'm not entirely convinced it isn't an elaborate joke all the people in wales are just very committed to
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That's how I took it. Also considering how he said Elvhen and how he looked at Solas, who responded with Elvhen as well.
