Why do the banished speak English Halo?

In the Halo Universe
Covenant language translation software intercepted human COM transmissions after The Battle of Harvest, and thus the Covenant learned English quickly.
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Why does the Covenant not speak English in Halo Reach?

The faction of covenant we face in Halo 4 are called the "Storm" covenant, a faction that still religiously follows the old ways of the covenent and thus have not learned English and treat the human race as their enemies.
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What language do the aliens speak in Halo?

Sangheili (language) - Halopedia, the Halo wiki.
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Do the Elites speak English?

In the first Halo game, the Elites can be heard speaking their native tongue for a mission or two, then we start hearing them speaking English, and they continue to speak English for all of the other Halo games.
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What language do the Covenant speak in TV show?

The direction of season 1 also demanded that Kane and his team expand the Sangheili language that the Covenant aliens speak. The Covenant themselves are a group of aliens, not a singular race. They're bonded as religious zealots, worshiping a mysterious group of god-like figures called Forerunners and the Prophets.
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Halo 4 - Does the Covenant Speak English?



Why do Halo aliens speak English?

In the Halo Universe

Covenant language translation software intercepted human COM transmissions after The Battle of Harvest, and thus the Covenant learned English quickly.
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How do elites talk Halo?

In Halo 2, their words are translated for the convenience of the player. Elites in Halo: CE spoke a deep, warbling tongue. This was achieved by reversing the voice acting of David Scully. The ever popular "Wort, wort, wort!" shouted by many Elites during gameplay is actually "Go, go, go!" reversed and sped up.
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Why do grunts speak English in Halo CE?

Welcome to Halo 101: The covenent needed to learn human language and so they assigned the learning of english to their unholiest member, the Grunt. The grunts learned the human language and soon the covenent made traslators, exept for the grunts that learned english.
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Are the Prophets extinct Halo?

San'Shyuum (Latin Perfidia vermis, meaning "worms of treachery"), also known as Prophets by many individuals, are a near-extinct sapient species native to Janjur Qom.
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Do the Covenant actually speak English?

The Covenant DONT speak english... at least alot. In the book, the Fall of Reach, the Covenant are described as only talking english as a curse on planets that they are about to glass, and in the book Ghosts of Onyx the grunts (Unggoy) are described as being translators for english and other human languages.
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Can Lekgolo speak?

For inter-species communications, Mgalekgolo are capable of speaking at least the Sangheili language, and are not known to interact with any other sapient species. Individual Lekgolo also occasionally make vaguely insectile clicking and chittering noises.
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What do the Elites say in Halo 1?

Halo: Combat Evolved

"WORT, WORT, WORT!" - Elite saying meaning "Go, go, go!" "Ahhh, lohbaba!" - Noticing an enemy. "Urrggh!!"- When an Elite is stuck by a Anskum-pattern plasma grenade. "Hahahahahahahaha" - When an Elite kills the Master Chief or another human.
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Why do grunts wear masks?

Grunts have average eyesight and hearing, and seem to have a very well developed sense of smell, sometimes sniffing the air to detect traces of foes or hidden enemies. This is facilitated through the olfactory membranes installed in their masks.
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Why do the Covenant want to activate Halo?

A human ship fleeing the battle discovers a Forerunner ringworld, Halo. The Covenant believe the activation of these rings are key to bringing about salvation, but the ring is destroyed by the human supersoldier Master Chief.
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Why does the Covenant glass planets?

The Covenant simply cleansed them with holy fire. They finally got comfortable in the seats on their ship and were going to binge watch media content but they had to exterminate humanity but they didn't want to get out of their comfy seats. So glassing the planet was just easier.
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Who is the strongest elite in Halo?

Imperial Admiral elite...the strongest elite to ever live.
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Are there any San Shyuum left?

As revealed in Halo: Contact Harvest, the San'Shyuum left their homeworld, Janjur Qom, with only about one thousand in their population due to a brutal civil war on their home planet.
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What happened to the engineer in Halo ODST?

Halo 3: ODST

Vergil the Friendly Engineer was sent to New Mombasa on Earth and downloaded the city's main AI. He later went to help a girl known as Sadie Endesha to look for family and escape from the Covenant. Vergil later went into hiding from the Brutes after they betrayed the Elites.
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Are humans more advanced than the Covenant?

The Covenant is much more technologically advanced than humans, as well as being larger in number. If it wasn't for the divisions among their own ranks, humans would have never stood a chance.
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Was the Covenant stronger than the UNSC?

With superior firepower, numbers and technology, the Covenant would repeatedly overpower the UNSC across hundreds of human-inhabited worlds, including the heavily defended strongholds of Reach and Earth.
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What Elites call Master Chief?

Halo's Master Chief Petty Officer John-117 has been given a much different name by humanity's alien rivals known as the Covenant: "The Demon".
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What do Halo Grunts say?

"Grunts first! We're smaller!" "Not me!" - As it runs away. "Get out of my face!"
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Who created Sangheili language?

Peterson, the creator of the show's Sangheili language, may have revealed the identity of the Brute in the 5th episode.
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