LE races speak different languages but with english subtitles

[RaktoastTheSandwichTopper]

so yeah i was thinking could someone use the preexisting languages to each race but keep the English subtitles

 

here's what i was thinking:

nords: Swedish/Danish/Norwegian

imperials: German

Elves (maybe all of them): French

Khajeet: Spanish/Egyptian/Cantonese/

Argonian: Italian

Breton: English/Gaelic

Orc: Swedish/Danish/Norwegian

Redguard: Arabic/an African language

[zacisboss]

that would be alright but why not make up a lnaguage. concidering that they arn't human why should hey have to sppek a human language. also Skyrim and the elder scrolls are baed in a completly different universe shown by the galax at night and the two moons.

[Myuym]

I agree that this idea is awesome, I have thought about this too. problem. there are not enough languages.

 

You could only use japanese english german italian spanish and french

I know this because I wanted to give Dunmer korean and altmer Japanese language

So unless you are happy with a lot less fitting languages it will not work.

 

Also imperials are like the old rome and should speak italian

and brettons be french and stuff

 

So

Nords German

Orcs German

Dunmer Japanese

Altmer Japanese

Kahjiit Spanish

Argonian spanish?

Redguard french

Breton french

Imperials Italian

Bosmer Spanish

 

But because French, Italian and spanish all sound the same you might want to change some of them to english.

 

Edit- Also there is russian just found that out. And polish

Edited June 21, 2012 by Myuym

[tetradite]

French Italian and Spanish all sound the same? Eh???

[Myuym]

French Italian and Spanish all sound the same? Eh???

 

They all come from a Latin base. Meaning that the words quite sound like another. For example English, German, Japanese, Russian, All sound really different.

Spanish italian and French don't. Though of course they are different. it just isn't as clear a distinction from other languages.

[tetradite]

French Italian and Spanish all sound the same? Eh???

 

They all come from a Latin base. Meaning that the words quite sound like another. For example English, German, Japanese, Russian, All sound really different.

Spanish italian and French don't. Though of course they are different. it just isn't as clear a distinction from other languages.

 

I'm glad you do appreciate that they are different, (especially French which I'd argue departs more from the Latin origin than Spanish & Italian do).

 

This is a GOOD thing for the mod idea though, not a bad thing IMO. E.g you could make the 3 elven races have these 3 languages (as surely there would be such commonalities and similarities between their languages in Skyrim?).

 

Or, even better IMO:

 

Imperial - Italian

Breton - French

Redguard - Spanish

Nord - German

 

Which would highlight the similarity/commonality between human "races" in Skyrim, while marking the Nords as more seperate, which would kinda suit the story.

 

This way also fits with:

 

- Imperials being "Roman" (Latin to Italian etc)

- Bretons being, well, Bretons/Normans as they clearly are

- Redguard being N. African/Arabic (considering how long Spain was under N. African/Moorish control) this does make sense

 

I think you can turn the similarity into a positive advantage.

[RaktoastTheSandwichTopper]

yeas spansih italian and french are somwhat similar but there is more then enough of a difference to tell them apart

 

and as for the language choices i chose the ones that were already made because i thought they would be a lot less work

[RaktoastTheSandwichTopper]

but if some one so happens to speak this xhosa i think it would fit well with the argonians: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_l7ty_MH_Y

[gigabitemon]

Great idea! However, I would probably use the languages already in the game... Steam tells me I can play the game in english, french, italian, german, spanish, japanese, and chinese.

That way, making the mod would only require that you have all the language files and it may be able to read them...? I've never made a mod, but I think that making another language would require a lot of work...

Anyways, back to your suggestions for languages,

I think that the imperials should speak Italian. They rule over a vast empire, and they're foreign in skyrim. everything about them reminds me of holy rome.

nords could speak german, as people in iceland (where I think nords would be from) would speak a language similar to swedish or danish, a northern germanic language.

The kahjiit come from eslewhere, and I sense a thick spanish accent in some of them (or it could be some other language) They could possibly speak spanish for that reason alone.

The argonians and dark elves come from a swampy area, villed with volcanic ash. Hawaii is in the pacific, and so is Japan. The argonians and dark elves could speak japanese.

The high elves live on islands. They also conquered a part of a rainforest (africa). This sounds a lot like britain. The high elves could speak english, and the wood elves (who lived in valenwood, the rainforest), could also apeak english because they were conquered by an english speaking people.

the redguard come from a desert and wear desert attire. nevertheless, there are no arabic languages. the redguards also are occasionally cold blooded killers. this reminds me of those chinese villains in the movies that are very sinister. the redguard could speak chinese.

the bretons could possibly speak french, because they exhibit signs of rebellion, and those who tried to oppose were throttled mercilessly. this reminds me of napoleon, as the bretons have their fair share of war heroes, and after the great battles of breton commanders, the empire quarantined high rock to stop future uprisings, much like napoleon's vast empire taken over by the rest of europe.

orcs have been dispersed among the lands of tamriel after their failures in battle. they live in tribes, and that reminds me of mongolian. they are fierce warriors, and mongolia is near china, so i think that the orcs could speak chinese.

 

for a summary:

 

imperials italian

nords german

kahjiit spanish

argonians/dunmer japanese

high elves/wood elves english

redguard chinese

bretons french

orcs chinese

 

these languages are all thought of logically and for a reason, while still keeping the original language packs available in the game.

however, keeping english subs would be a great idea. that way, I don't need to know all of the languages to play the game.

[Timarot]

Steam tell me that I can play game in 9 languages) Additional ones are Russian, Czech and Polish but no chinese)) And I think there are more))


About language choise

I think it's better to choose it depending on race culture. Nord are clearly german, well, they could also be considered Russian, since Russian culture took many things from Varangians. Through german language in not fully german game may create not very good parallel with Nazis and Stormcloaks(yes, I know about that particular book but still).

I don't think argonians or dunmers should be japanese. If someone has culture which remind some part of japanese history it is Orcs. Highly militaristic race with warrior cult, which consider death in battlefield an honor. And morrowind orcish armor was really look like japanese samurai armor))

 

And dunmers based on there homeland are clearly based on some near east cultures. Ashlanders as beduins while civilised one has something arabic

Edited June 22, 2014 by Timarot