The Al Bhed language is a fictional language from the role-playing video game Final Fantasy X and its sequel Final Fantasy X-2. During the game, apart from the main protagonist who may learn it, the language is spoken only by the Al Bhed people themselves. Although it seems at first like a foreign language, it is actually a simple substitution cipher, a system of transposing certain letters for others. It shares the same syntax and grammar of English. Some authors use fictional languages as a device to underline differences in culture, by having their characters communicate in a fashion which is both alien and dislocated. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Final Fantasy X ) is a role-playing video game developed and published by Square Enix. ... Final Fantasy X-2 ) is a role-playing video game developed and published by Square Enix. ... // This is a list of the particularly intelligent races found in the Final Fantasy series of games. ... In cryptography, a substitution cipher is a method of encryption by which units of plaintext are substituted with ciphertext according to a regular system; the units may be single letters (the most common), pairs of letters, triplets of letters, mixtures of the above, and so forth. ... For other uses, see Syntax (disambiguation). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

Certain keywords are not translated into Al Bhed in the game. Most keywords are proper nouns, but some common nouns also are not translated, such as "fiend" ("Y fiend! Eh risyh teckieca!" / A fiend! In human disguise!), "magic" ("Ouin bnaleuic magic yht Aeons yna caymat" / Your precious magic and Aeons are sealed), and "airship". A noun, or noun substantive, is a word or phrase that refers to a person, place, thing, event, substance or quality. ... A noun, or noun substantive, is a word or phrase that refers to a person, place, thing, event, substance or quality. ...

In the game, Al Bhed words are differentiated from the common language of Spira by being printed in blue text (for non-translated words) or pink text (for translated words, represented here in bold). The player can learn the Al Bhed language by picking up items called Al Bhed Primers. Each Primer translates a single letter of the alphabet. This sometimes results in bizarre statements mixing English and Al Bhed in the same word. Go here for a list of where you can find all the primers. Map of Spira The fictional events of the Square Enix role-playing video games Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2 take place in a world called Spira ). As befitting its name, Spira is characterized by cycles and repetition, such as the spiral of death that the world endures... Primer can refer to: Look up primer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Al Bhed Translation

Al Bhed Tribe

Here is how to convert English to Al Bhed: Image File history File links Download high resolution version (556x700, 61 KB) This work is copyrighted. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (556x700, 61 KB) This work is copyrighted. ...

For example, "you" in English is rendered as "oui" in sex Al Bhed:

• Y → O
• O → U
• U → I

Al Bhed in Japanese

The original Japanese version of the cipher uses the syllable-based kana system of writing where each symbol represents a combination of "consonant + vowel" (or simply a vowel). In general, each symbol is mapped to another with the same vowel, but a different consonant. A syllable (Ancient Greek: ) is a unit of organization for a sequence of speech sounds. ... Japanese writing Kanji 漢字 Kana 仮名 Hiragana 平仮名 Katakana 片仮名 Manyogana 万葉仮名 Uses Furigana 振り仮名 Okurigana 送り仮名 Rōmaji ローマ字 For other meanings of Kana, see Kana (disambiguation). ...

For example, "sa" maps to "ra", "se" maps to "he", and "na" maps to "ha". The word "sayōnara" (goodbye) maps thus:

"sa-yo-na-ra" to "ra-fu-ha-na".

"サ-ヨ-ナ-ラ" to "ラ-フ-ハ-ナ."

As with the English version, proper nouns and game-specific concepts are not translated. Al Bhed is written in katakana. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Deciphering Al Bhed without a primer

The player does not necessarily need to decipher the Al Bhed language during the game, as the many Al Bhed primers found or given as gifts to the playable characters will do the translating. However, to decipher it without the benefit of a code book, one could use frequency analysis, the method used by Sherlock Holmes to decipher the Dancing Man code. [1]. In mathematics, physics and signal processing, frequency analysis is a method to decompose a function, wave, or signal into its frequency components so that it is possible to have the frequency spectrum. ... Sherlock Holmes as imagined by the seminal Holmesian artist, Sidney Paget, in The Strand magazine. ... The Adventure of the Dancing Men, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as The Return of Sherlock Holmes. ...

See also

• Other Fictional Languages
• Ciphers

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External links

• English to Al Bhed/Al Bhed to English translator (with phonetics)
• Simple substitution cipher generator preloaded with Al Bhed.