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Hylian Language (Twilight Princess)
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What is the Hylian language from Twilight Princess? (Definition)
Hylian in Twilight Princess is a fictional writing system (an alphabet) created by Nintendo to visually represent the language of Hyrule in the game.
Technically, it is a monoalphabetic substitution cipher: each letter of the Latin alphabet corresponds to a single Hylian glyph.
Hylian is not a constructed language (it has neither its own grammar nor vocabulary), but a graphic representation of the Latin alphabet.
Other Zelda games use other, distinct Hylian alphabets.
How to write in Hylian, as in Zelda Twilight Princess?
To write in Hylian Twilight Princess, use letter-for-letter substitution: each letter A-Z is replaced by a unique Hylian glyph.
Spaces between words are preserved. There is no distinction between uppercase and lowercase letters.
Example:
| Letter | Hylian Symbol | Letter | Hylian Symbol | Letter | Hylian Symbol |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | .png) | B | .png) | C | .png) |
| D | .png) | E | .png) | F | .png) |
| G | .png) | H | .png) | I | .png) |
| J | .png) | K | .png) | L | .png) |
| M | .png) | N | .png) | O | .png) |
| P | .png) | Q | .png) | R | .png) |
| S | .png) | T | .png) | U | .png) |
| V | .png) | W | .png) | X | .png) |
| Y | .png) | Z | .png) | ||
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Example: HYLIAN becomes
On Wii, the game is completely reversed horizontally: the same glyphs appear mirrored.
| Letter | Hylian Symbol | Letter | Hylian Symbol | Letter | Hylian Symbol |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | .png) | b | .png) | c | .png) |
| d | .png) | e | .png) | f | .png) |
| g | .png) | h | .png) | i | .png) |
| j | .png) | k | .png) | l | .png) |
| m | .png) | n | .png) | o | .png) |
| p | .png) | q | .png) | r | .png) |
| s | .png) | t | .png) | u | .png) |
| v | .png) | w | .png) | x | .png) |
| y | .png) | z | .png) | ||
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There is no number system in Hylian Twilight Princess; to write numbers or digits, the user must first write them out in words.
How to decrypt Hylian from Zelda Twilight Princess?
Decoding Hylian involves applying the inverse operation of substitution: each glyph is replaced by its corresponding Latin letter.
Example: translates ZELDA
How to recognize an Hylian Twilight Princess ciphertext?
The message is composed of rounded symbols, sometimes accompanied by a dot or a triangle.
Any reference to Link character, to the Twilight Princess game or Zelda universe is a clue.
In the game, the hylian symbols appear mainly on the signs and maps.
With each new Zelda game, the Hylian language has undergone variations.
What are the variants of the Hylian Twilight Princess cipher?
On the Nintendo Wii console, the symbols appear in mirror writing compared to the Nintendo GameCube version.
This version of the Hylian language appears in Twilight Princess but also a little bit in Skyward Sword (although the majority of the symbols in this other game use a dedicated Hylian Skyward Sword alphabet).
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- Hylian Decoder (Twilight Princess)
- Hylian (Twilight Princess) Encoder
- What is the Hylian language from Twilight Princess? (Definition)
- How to write in Hylian, as in Zelda Twilight Princess?
- How to decrypt Hylian from Zelda Twilight Princess?
- How to recognize an Hylian Twilight Princess ciphertext?
- What are the variants of the Hylian Twilight Princess cipher?
