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@WAAARGHbobo - You say you work on champion languages?

TheOnlyRen··9 votes·10,964 views

What does Illaoi say when she recalls and yanks the spirit out of other champions? I'm interested in knowing the English translations of her chants in prayers and I think I know a few pieces, based on what she says in English and in lore.

"Nagakabouros" is, of course, her god, and translates roughly to "The great beast the drives the sea and sky." "Buhru" is the island she comes from. But she mentions it a few times when recalling. "Buhru Latachi," for instance. So I'm assuming Buhru also means home, or something along those lines. "Altak" based on the context, I think means "Behold." She only says it at the start of a few chants or when she ults. Behold is typically used at the start of most sentences.

I love conlang, and I'd love to have the full context and translations of Buhru's language, or, at the very least, a translation of the lines Illaoi says in game. The League wiki has her native lines there, but not a translation in English.

Curious minds want to know!

21 Comments

RiotWAAARGHbobo6 votes

Yeah, although the other writers do this work too.
(Although I seem drawn to do it more often).

I don't want to reveal to much of Illaoi's languages meaning-- it is intentionally meant to be exotic and untranslated.

I'll give you "Altak." It's a combination word-- it means both "to see" or "eyes opening" and "because" or "understand" Effectively it means "awaken to reason"-- but in conversation can be used to mean any of the above.

Raxistaicho1 votes

Honestly, it sounds like you stole a lot of Xayah and Rakan's dialogue from the elf languages on Warcraft ):

Chromatic Eagle1 votes

Of which I'm sure they "stole" from someone else.

TheOnlyRen3 votes

{quoted}

Yeah, although the other writers do this work too.
(Although I seem drawn to do it more often).

I don't want to reveal to much of Illaoi's languages meaning-- it is intentionally meant to be exotic and untranslated.

I'll give you "Altak." It's a combination word-- it means both "to see" or "eyes opening" and "because" or "understand" Effectively it means "awaken to reason"-- but in conversation can be used to mean any of the above.

Well. That's unsatisfying. And also makes it difficult for potential Fanfic writers. Buhru sounds like such a cool place and yet there's very little we know about it.

I suppose it makes sense since most Bilgewatrians probably have never set foot on Buhru. But still, even the most exotic and distant languages have translations. You had to combine words from different languages to make Buhrun, right? Something that would have been impossible or otherwise very difficult if you couldn't understand the words you were using in your native tongue, right? Most other conlangs in movies and video games are translated if only for the sake of convenience.

Granted, Illaoi only speaks a few lines in-game using her native tongue, so ultimately, not that big a deal, I guess? I still would've loved to know more. =/

RiotWAAARGHbobo7 votes

If your working on some fan-fic I'm happy to give you the language rules though.

TheOnlyRen1 votes

{quoted}

If your working on some fan-fic I'm happy to give you the language rules though.

Close enough! Hit me!

RiotWAAARGHbobo17 votes

Here you go some of the stuffs. (very and crudely abridged)

Buhru Language Guidelines (not rules): Words are built on combinations of Aztec and Ancient Greek, with additional elements of Hawaiian, Aboriginal Australian, and Latin.

Rythmn and order: Vowel sound are often built into consonants. Examples. Oro, aco, ata, umo etc.. for Compound vowels this is also true. So Oalo, Altua, Uocae,

Most words end in a vowel (if feminine) or a compound consonant (if masculine). i.e. tl, chtl, ect… C is an exception to this and may end a masculine word.

Full words are usually (not always) three syllabi. Iccia. " Eye’Sse’a."

Two syllables words do not usually exist alone and have a, three letter word adjacent to them or merged into them. i.e Kaiya-oto. Kai’Yah Oto. Two letter words are adverbs or adjectives. (like Japanese use of –san)

The language is broken into three syllable words, two syllable words, and five syllable words. Typically a single thought takes about twelve syllables.
“Kaiya-oto iccia, ohomoc-ata uotaca.”

Punctuation: Never use an apostrophe ‘. For longer words use a – if needed.

Vowels: “Ao” does not exist. Use “Oa” instead
“Ea” does not exist. Use “Ae” or “æ” instead. “E” letter does not exist. Replace with “AE” or ii (Sean = Siian) “X” sound does not exist.
“Er” sound does not exist. “Ir” sound does not exist. “Ou” do not exist. Replace with “ua” or “u” (out = uat
OO does not exist, except at the end of feminine words. (boot = Buot / ) (Llatoo ) “AI” sound very rare. Do not use this sound most times. “AS” does not exist and is not used. “Y” is only used at the beginning of a word for the “eye” I sound.

Consonants: “K” is replaced by C “M” is only used next to vowels and is never the beginning or end of a word. “S” is replaced by C. The S sound does not exist. “T” is never alone. Add another consonant. Tl, Tl, Tc, t… “Th” sound does not exist. Do not use this sound. “H” is never used alone. (hr , htl etc..) “U” can be used as vowel or as consonant for V “L” is never alone (The “L” sound is always long. IF using L Add another consonant
Ll, tl, lw, lc, ul, etc..) “Sh” does not exist and is not used. “V” letter does not exist. For sound replace with U. Be aware and avoid direct use of of Tl, Tc, cll, Chtl, Ythl, etc…

Some Random words: Xaiv Yurochtl Oqul Illuora Illuka Iwtia Ictae Guyra Kaiya Ioelu Atha Octala Qo-a xoas Xoas Qo-a Yegu Sa’eu Tua Qo-uto Ibuhr Vae-a Poao Opochtli Colotl Yaotl Coatl Otomoc Tlaco Nlaepin Xoco Rava Ocllo Yutu Curi Bauhro Laidahcii

  1. Bradhuc Ladcii
  2. Bru-ahcci Lahdi
  3. Burahdatc Lacbi
  4. Buahdacci
  5. Buara Dalii
  6. Ctamacihtol
  7. Altoc
  8. Althabo
  9. Abulaccanii
  10. Ucanu
  11. Chodatc
  12. Buzulduac
  13. Yuotldii Lahyi
  14. Arzintli Qaoc
  15. Lcaoc
  16. Aocarzintli
  17. Opochtli
  18. Oalhauchtli
  19. Qoachitli
  20. Yulutl
  21. Ubrucii
  22. Qoasotl
  23. Ozoac
  24. Uqioc
  25. Ohlaoc
  26. Ulioc
  27. Yaotl (enemy) Modify to Yaotli
  28. Arzintli (water sacred)
  29. Qaoc Cuatl
  30. Qtocaotl
  31. Owaimoc
  32. Uwan Yaowc (Oo’wan Shaos)
  33. Illaoi
  34. Illuka
  35. Guhra Ctaoc (Gow’ rah Shaos)
  36. Xaoc Guhra
  37. Kaiha
  38. Ioilu
  39. Ata
  40. Sa-iu
  41. Tua
  42. Oto
  43. Omu
  44. Vaia
  45. Upali
  46. Opochtli
  47. Qalotl
  48. Cuatl
  49. Caolz
  50. Ozomoc
  51. Tlaco
  52. Taepl
  53. Zocua
  54. Rava Ucllo
  55. Yutu
  56. Curi
  57. Octulu
  58. Ghiara
  59. Nura
  60. Tlatha
  61. Yuralha
  62. Tjorrah
  63. Yllacta
  64. Tuamaz
Spideraxe1 votes

Have you or any of the people who worked with this language ever tried talking sentences with these to your coworkers

SkyblazeHydraX31 votes

Related via languages but not related to Buhru; what are some Demacian (-sounding) names?

michelangelo0151 votes

Rito pls, you cant say Aboriginal Australian... Every seperate indigenous "tribe" have their own dialects, which are basically different languages!

Ebonmaw Dragon2 votes

{quoted}

Vowels: “Y” is only used at the beginning of a word for the “eye” I sound.

Consonants: “K” is replaced by C

Rammus Oca

This confirms that Rammus cant be Vastaya

DeathBurst1 votes

It's the language from Illaoi's Islands, not from Vastayas ;)

Ebonmaw Dragon1 votes

{quoted}

It's the language from Illaoi's Islands, not from Vastayas ;)

Well, then we know that he is not from the islands of Illaoi

JacobusSimon1 votes

Rammus Oqæ

Riveh1 votes

Adding this to my arsenal for languages to use in D&D.

JacobusSimon1 votes

I'm not sure I understand this. Got a few questions.

Is "Eye’Sse’a" meant as a pronunciation guide of "Iccia"? If so, why does it include "s" if that sound doesn't exist?

Also, which sound are you referring to when you say that "“X” sound does not exist?" "X" can mean two different things in English orthography (/ks/, as in "fix", or /z/ as in "xylophone"). And neither of those involve vowels, so why is it in that section? I'm particularly confused since the letter shows up in example word #36.

What are the bracketed bits after numbers 32 and 35? I'm inclined to say they're meant to indicate pronunciation, but one of them starts with "oo", which is stated to be impossible. This also raises the question of what sound "u" is actually supposed to make, as it shows up all over the place.

What sound does "q" represent? It's usually a /k/ in English, but since "K" is supposed to be replaced with "c", I wanted to make sure.

Number 62 includes the letter "j". Which sound does that indicate? The three most common ones would be /j/, /ʒ/, and /d͡ʒ/. The last seems pretty unlikely with the sequential stops, but the other two seem possible enough.

I could probably think of more, but those are the first things that come to mind.

RiotWAAARGHbobo3 votes

The most import is the first one.

"Buhru Language Guidelines (not rules):"

Based on previous language worldbuilding I've done (on other properties) --my general rule is.... every rule must also be broken --infrequently.

This is because real languages don't exist in a bubble-- they are affected by their surroundings and change over time. A little variation creates a sense of depth-- implies the history of a place (and opens that up for exploration later) --When possible these variations should tie into other world building in flight-- but even then some instances should occur for future exploration.

For instance Vastayan has a relationship to Ionian (and is some of places where Ionian breaks its own guidlines-- it will be an example of modern Ionians are using a vastayan word. (probably incorrectly)

Modern shuriman's relationship to ancient shuriman and noxian would be a similar example.

Chromatic Eagle1 votes

What happened to your red?

RiotWAAARGHbobo2 votes

Wait what? Ah crap.
Thanks, I hadn't noticed it.
Now, I get to wander over to the IT department and see wtf happened.

TheOnlyRen2 votes

Bobo, I could kiss you.

[zombie-nunu-hearts]

For an additional shot in the dark here, how would you say words like "Thank you", "Goodbye", "Hello/Greetings/Welcome"? Gimme this and I'll be happy forever.

flarble1 votes

Yes, pleasE!

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