Is Hylian a real language?

The Hylian written language is derived from Japanese hiragana, katakana, rōmaji, and sometimes English. The script is syllabic (or, more precisely, moraic), and each symbol represents either a vowel, consonant-vowel combination, or a syllable-final n.
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Is there a Hylian language?

Hylian is the main language used in Hyrule. Throughout the Timeline, many forms and iterations of both written and spoken Hylian have appeared, sometimes being interwoven and revived across whole eras.
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What language are they speaking in Skyward Sword?

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword introduces a new form of Hylian text that is a cipher based on the Latin alphabet. It translates directly to English.
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What race is Hylian?

ən/ HY-lee-ən)[citation needed] are a recurring race of Humans in The Legend of Zelda series. They are from the countries of Skyloft, Hyrule and the latter's flooded counterpart, the Great Sea.
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Why is Link so short?

Link is only 17 so he's still just a pup and yes he's short he's always been short. He's typically shorter than adults and any non-humans but as taller if not taller than people his own age. Hylians are shorter than the other races.
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King Daphnes Speaks a REAL HYLIAN LANGUAGE?! (Zelda Theory)



Why is Link mute in Botw?

Link is mute for gamer immersion. To link the player into the game. There was an interview with one of the creators that said link is intentionally androgynous and gender neutral presenting in botw so all players can relate to him, which also gets tied into the fact he doesn't have dialogue.
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What language does fi speak?

Personality. Fi's voice is made up of gibberish with a synthesized tone, emulating a real language.
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What is the gerudo language based on?

Gerudo is the written and spoken language of the Gerudo. It was first confirmed as such in the Hyrule Historia, though it first appeared in Ocarina of Time. Consisting of 26 different characters, it is directly based on the modern Latin alphabet.
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What is Hylian text?

The First Hylian Script is the name given to the script found in The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. Unlike the other scripts, it is utterly nonsensical and is composed of three symbols (six in the Japanese version) that are arranged randomly in strings.
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Is Link a kokiri or a Hylian?

Over the course of the game, however, players learn that Link is in fact Hylian, and was brought to Kokiri Forest under dire circumstances.
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Who is taller Link or Zelda?

With the notable exception of Skyward Sword and Breath of the Wild, Princess Zelda is always taller than Link.
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Why does Link have pointy ears?

Hylians are said to have pointy ears in order to hear messages from the gods. Hylians are known to be a religious and spiritual people who worship Hylia, the Golden Goddesses, the Light Spirits, and other deities.
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Can you write in hylian?

Because Hylian has no numerical set of numbers, all numbers must be spelled out as words. "10," for example, would be written as "ten." For the text to appear as it did in the Wii version of Twilight Princess, the text must be flipped horizontally.
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How do I speak gerudo?

Primer
  1. Sarqso: Thank you.
  2. Sav'otta: Good morning.
  3. Sav'aaq: Good day.
  4. Sav'orq: Good-bye.
  5. Sav'orr: Unknown, most likely "Good night"
  6. Sav'saaba: Good evening.
  7. Vasaaq: Welcome.
  8. Vaba: Grandmother.
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Why are there no male Gerudo?

Due to a unique biological quirk, the race consists almost solely of females. A single male Gerudo is born into the tribe every hundred years. This male is destined by Gerudo law to become their king. Ganondorf is the only Gerudo male to have appeared in the series.
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How do Gerudo reproduce?

In order for the Gerudo race to continue to exist, Gerudo genes must remain dominant during the 100 year time period between the birth of Gerudo males. Since Gerudo reproduce by pairing with Hylian males, their offspring are heterozygous, with dominant Gerudo genes.
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What's the password Greta Zelda?

Link can learn that the password is "GSC♦" during this Side Quest by eavesdropping on a group of Gerudo in The Noble Canteen. The manager of the Club, Greta, will allow Link to enter with this password. Upon entering and speaking to Greta, she notices that she hasn't seen Link before and welcomes him as a member.
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How do you pronounce Fi in Zelda?

According to Nintendo (so, canonically), it's pronounced /faɪ/ — as in it rhymes with 'high' or 'sky' or 'fly'. All handy words when discussing Skyward Sword, in fact. It makes sense, really. The 'Fi' bit of 'wifi', 'hifi' and 'sci-fi' all rhyme with 'five', at least in English.
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Is Skyward Sword in Japanese?

The second two, the Hylian alphabet (Twilight Princess), and the new Hylian alphabet (Skyward Sword), are just fonts for English. All the text in the game is written in Japanese or English using these fonts. In Skyward Sword all the signs are written in English, or English-derived gibberish like 'mnop qrstu'.
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Why is Link hair pink?

User Snarwin claims the pink hair is a result of the Dark World turning Link into a bunny, and thus there wasn't room in Link's limited, 16-bit color palette for his traditional hair color with the bunny pink taking up a slot.
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Why does Link turn into a wolf?

In Twilight Princess, Wolf Link is the divine beast that Midna explains the Twili have long believed would free them. Link is transformed into this form due to the influence of the Twilight covering Hyrule.
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Does Paya have a crush on Link?

Eventually, Paya and Impa talk about her feelings and she realizes that she is in fact in love with Link. Although she realizes it is likely to remain unrequited, Paya is happy just to know what it feels like to be in love and is grateful to Link for giving her this new emotion.
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