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 Gerudo culture based on?

The Gerudo themselves are modeled after the Amazons, an all-female warrior race that existed in the old legends of Greece. This legend grew into the time of the middle ages, where it became a sort of “enticing” myth.
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Is Gerudo language real?

The Gerudo script is a Latin cipher that based on the english version of this alphabet. Despite having their own language in-universe, every piece of written Gerudo text is written in actual english as no complete spoken Gerudo language exist.
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What does Sav Aaq mean?

"Sav'aaq" "Good day"
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Is Gerudo Arab?

The fact they live in the west side of the world. 6. Physical qualities such as the skin color and the large noses that Gerudo's have that are common among arabian people.
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What ethnicity are the Gerudo?

Whereas most of the other races and cultures present in the series are drawn from western European fantasy, the Gerudo are based on real-life cultures. Almost all of the Gerudo have light-brown skin (some have darker olive skin), yellow eyes, red hair, and a large nose.
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What race are the Gerudo?

The Gerudo are a recurring race in the The Legend of Zelda series. They are a reclusive tribe of humanoids that consists almost entirely of women; however, every hundred years, a man who is destined to be their king is born. This has seemingly changed at some time though, at least in the Child Timeline.
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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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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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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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What does Vai mean in Gerudo?

↑ "Vai is a word in the Gerudo language that means "woman."" — Merina (Breath of the Wild)
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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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Is Gerudo a human?

Human can describe all of Hylian, Gerudo, and Sheikah. Also, anything that looks human and has rounded ears is considered human, but there are different names.
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What are the Goron based on?

Biology. Gorons are physically imposing, as the height and sheer size of the average Goron are almost double that of an average human in certain games. They are presumably silicon-based due to a strict diet of rocks and, possibly as a result, they develop rocky growths on their backs as they age.
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Is RIJU Ganon's daughter?

Makeela Riju is the only true-born daughter of Emperor Ganondorf and his wife Nabooru, his legal heir, and half-sister of Urbosa, she has a bodyguard named Buliara.
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Is Ganon always a Gerudo?

He is reborn in Four Swords Adventures, where although he is still a Gerudo, he is not the king.
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What is Link's full name?

According to Miyamoto, it's “Link.” Yes, the hero of time's official full name is Link Link.
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Why isn't the Triforce in Breath of the Wild?

It's not a surprise that Nintendo didn't put the Triforce in Breath of the Wild because Nintendo wrote a plot that didn't really need the Triforce. Even so, the Triforce clearly isn't lost to history in Breath of the Wild, since the image of the Triforce appears in various places in Breath of the Wild.
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Are there female Gorons?

No. There are no female Gorons. As stated in the game itself, the Goron tribe is a male-only tribe that ever existed in the series.
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Why are Gorons allowed in Gerudo Town?

This might mean that Goron are genderless creatures and are thought of to be male as they have no female body parts. As they are not really male, they are therefore aloud in Gerudo Town.
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Are Gorons genderless?

So, the Japanese version basically says that Gorons are considered women by Gerudo standards, but the English version has rewritten this detail. Notably, the English version also has Traisy emphasize that these Gorons are “male”, which is actually not directly stated in Japanese here.
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How do Gorons reproduce?

The first (one I personally thought of) is that they are born directly from magma and are subsequently adopted by another Goron. The second (one I've heard on this sub) is that they reproduce asexually, with the rocks on their back bulging and splitting off into a new, baby Goron.
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Is Vilia a male Gerudo?

Vilia, on top of the Kara Kara Bazaar who you talk with to get the Gerudo Vai clothes. She is only ever referenced as female and gets mad when you call her a man. However she has very masculine feature hinting she is a man by the game.
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Are all Gerudo half hylian?

There are no such things as a "half gerudo" or a "hylian of gerudo descent" and it simply cannot happen.. All of this is dictated by their "curse".
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