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Origin Linguistic Studies (Languages in Origin Cave) - Carni - Dec 21 2017

So we've seen quite a few different dialects pop up in the caves.

Officially, there are;
- Common Speech (plain 'english' amongst the greater gembound)
- Sea Speech (clicky, squealy language of the aquatic gembound)
- Lesser Speech (regular animal vocalizations)

We have a thread for Sea Speech, and Lesser Speech doesn't need much explanation. So here's a thread dedicated to Common Speech, or more specifically, the vernacular used exclusively by gembound in Origin Cave.
Terms and Phrases
These are general terms, phrases or common sayings used by Greater Gembound.
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    Unique Words
  • Ancients - Refers to any Gembound born before The Great Awakening.
  • Gemling - Sometimes also referred to as Hatchlings, these are gembound in their first cycle.
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    Grammar Differences
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    Events & Locations
  • The Great Awakening - Refers to when the game started and characters began waking up in the caves.
  • The Time of Great Noise - Referenced by the Lorekeeper as a time before modern gembound when other creatures roamed the caves.
  • The Quiet - Referenced by the Lorekeeper as a period of time between the Time of Great Noise and The Great Awakening, when the Ancients roamed the caves.


  • RE: Origin Linguistic Studies (Languages in Origin Cave) - Quintus - Dec 21 2017

    ooo, i can def help with making up some neat gembound lingo :0

    RE: Origin Linguistic Studies (Languages in Origin Cave) - Game Master Talamasca - Dec 22 2017

    I've picked up a habit with my characters (through Navi i think? Or maybe you Alm!) of referring to newborn gembounds as gemlings! That's a thing now I guess? I dunno.

    RE: Origin Linguistic Studies (Languages in Origin Cave) - Livius - Feb 24 2018

    Oh yeah,
    I’ve recently realized that I’ve been using ‘Stonegiver’ and ‘Lifegiver’ instead of mother and father for characters that use pronouns other than he/she, so that seems like it’d make sense!