Hylian Language (A Link Between Worlds)

The Hylian language is used in A Link Between Worlds but it was already present in Zelda games (Hyrule world), it is rather an evolution of the Hylian language. To write a message in Hylian, replacing each letter with its associated Hylian symbol.

Example: E becomes , F becomes , etc.

This alphabet contains duplicate symbols undifferentiated: D=G, E=W, F=R, J=T and O=Z.

There is no punctuation or difference between upper and lower case. For numbers, it is recommended to write the numbers in letters before translating.

Example: HYLIAN becomes

Each Hylian symbol is the equivalent of a letter of the alphabet, decode a slogan to translate the symbol by its letter.

The difficulty is to manage the symbols being worth 2 letters D = G, E = W, F = R, J = T and O = Z .

Example: translates ZELDA

The message is composed of rounded designs that may look like Latin characters. Any reference to Zelda's game or universe is a clue.

There exists multiple variations of the Hylian language that appears gradually with new Zelda games.

The hylian symbols in A Link Between Worlds are evolutions of Hylian Skyward Sword symbols themselves an evolution of hylian from Twilight Princess.