User:Oponyxal43019/Darnassian Language Society

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The Darnassian language Society is an attempt to complete the Darnassian Language. We have already translated and desciphered some phrases and words in order to get a more direct meaning. This will hopefully allow us to make a complete dictionary from all Darnassian words that exist for now; thus also giving us the room to provide the language with (a whole lot of) new words - so that it can be used as an ordinary language.

We will of course also work on grammar.

This is a fan-based language, not officially endorsed by Blizzard, and not in any way official or canon.

Translations

Here follows the words and phrases - as seen in the official Darnassian page:

Word list

These are the words we know of at the moment.

Darnassian	English	Used in:
Ana / Anu	For	Ana'duna falore, iszera duna bantallas Ana'duna thera Anu'dora Anu'dorini talah Anu therador mali
Asha	?	Asha'falah
Bantallas	Primitive	Ana'duna falore, iszera duna bantallas
Dalah	My/mine??	Az'thero'dalah'dor
Delar	Ancient Keepers	Lok'delar Rhok'delar
Do	?	Shan'do
Dor/Dora	Truth/is/our(s)	Andu falah dor Anu'dora Anu'dorini talah Anu therador mali Ashte rudanador Enu thora'serador Kalimdor Thara dormil dorah Thor falah nor dora
Dorei	Borne	Kaldorei Sin'dorei Quel'dorei
Duna	Truth/is/our(s)	Ana'duna falore, iszera duna bantallas Ana'duna thera
Enshu (En'shu?)	?	Enshu'falah'nah
Falah	?	Andu falah dor Thor falah nor dora En'shu falah-nah Asha'falah
Falore	Sister	Ana'duna falore, iszera duna bantallas
Fanass	Indeed	Ashte'rodne fanass
Ilisar	Enemie(s)	Tor ilisar'thera'nal Ashte'rodne fanass
Ishnu	Luck	Ishnu'alah Ishnu'dal'dieb Shal myrinon ishnu daldorah
Izsera	Green	Ana'duna falore, iszera duna bantallas
Kal	Star	Kaldorei Kalidar Kalimdor
Kaldorei	Starborne/Children of the stars
Lok	Stave	Lok'delar
Mush'a	Hunter
Nah	?	Enshu'falah'nah
Nal	Feel/know	Tor ilisar'thera'nal
Nor	Sky/heavens	Nordrassil
Nordrassil	Crown of the sky
Quel	High	Quel'dorei Quel’serrar Quel'thalas
Rhok	Longbow	Rhok'delar
Serrar	Blade	Quel’serrar
Shan	Learn?	Shan'do Thero'shan
Sin	Blood	Sin'dorei
Talah	Survival	Anu'dorini talah
Thalas	Kingdom or homeland	Eldre'thalas Quel'thalas
Thera	Revenge/war/...	Ana'duna thera Anu therador mali Tor ilisar'thera'nal
Thero	?	Ash-thero-sauguine! ba'anthalso-dorei! Az'thero'dalah'dor Thero’shan
Tor	Let	Tor ilisar'thera'nal
Xaxas	Elemental fury, chaos, catastrophe, also a name for Neltharion.
Zaram	Blade
Zin	Glory	Zin’Azshari

Phrases

Darnassian	English	Direct meaning
Farewells
Ande'thoras'ethil	May your troubles be diminished	(?)(?)(?)
Asha'falah	?	(?)(?)
Enshu'falah'nah	?	(?)(?)(?)
War cries
Ana'duna thera	Revenge will be ours	For our revenge
Andu'falah'dor!	Let balance be restored!	(?)(?) for
Anu'dorini talah	For nature's survival	For nature's survival
Bandu Thoribas!	Prepare to fight!	fight prepare
Endu'di Rifa	A war cry (Kill the defilers?)	(?)(?)
Thor falah nor dora	A war cry (said by druids)	(?)(?) Sky/heavens truth/is/our
Tor ilisar'thera'nal!	Let our enemies beware!	Let enemies revenge feel
Greetings
Alah darnana dor	Formal Greeting	(?)(?) truth/is
Ishnu'alah	Good fortune to you (typically used by males)	Luck you
Ishnu'dal'dieb	Good fortune to your family (typically used by females)	Luck your family
Agreement
Anu'dora	Yes/It's true	For truth
Az'thero'dalah'dor	?	(?)(honor?) my/mine for
Disagreement
Anu therador mali	?	for (bad?)truth (?)
Questions
Ashra thoraman?	What is it?	(?)(?)
Fandu'dath'belore?	Who goes there?	(?)(?) light/sun
Other phrases
Ana'duna falore, iszera duna bantallas	Yes sister, the green(skins) are primitive	For truth sister, (the) green(s) are primitive
Ana'tole na Dure	I will do it for nature (Druid's pledge of agreement)	for (?)(?)(?)
Arauk-nashal	Unknown	(?)(?)
Ash Karath!	Do it!	(?)(?)
Ashta'rodne	Very ugly	Very ugly
Ashta'rodne fanass	Yes, very ugly	Very ugly indeed
Ash'thero'sauguine! Ba'anthalso'dorei!	Unknown (Are ba'anthalso-dorei naga? Sea-borne or something?)	(?)(honor?)(?)! (?)(?)(?)
Dorani'ka	Unknown	(?)(?)
Elune'Adore	Elune be with you	Elune watch(es)
Enu thora'serador	Unknown	(?)(?)(?)
Enu thora'serador thora dormil dora	Unknown	(?)(?)(?)(?)(?)(for)
Lok'delar	Stave of the ancient keepers	Stave Ancient keepers
Quel'dorei	Highborne	High borne
Quel'thalas	The high kingdom	High kingdom
Quel'serrar	The high blade	High Blade
Rhok'delar	Longbow of the ancient keepers	Bow Ancient keepers
Sael'ah	You're welcome	(?)(?)
Shal myrinon ishnu dal'dora	Unknown	(?)(?) luck (my/mine?) is/truth/our(s)
Shan'do	(Honored) teacher	(?)(?)
Thera dormil dora	Unknown	(?)(?) is/truth/our(s)
Thero'shan	(Honored) student	(?)(?)
Zin’Azshari	Glory of Azshara	Glory Azshara's

And for comparison, here follows the Thalassian list, as seen in the Thalassian Sandbox - taken from Warcraft Encyclopedia (US) or Warcraft Encyclopedia (EU).

Thalassian Word list

These are the official words in the Thalassian tongue.

Thalassian	Translation	Usage and Context
Al diel shala.	Safe travels.	A farewell.
Anar'alah belore.	By the light of the sun.	Used as either a battle cry or a vow.
Anaria shola.	Speak your business.	A greeting often used in a businesslike context.
Anu belore dela'na.	The sun guides us.	A greeting exchanged only with blood elves or high elves. Note that greeting a night elf with this phrase would not be particularly wise.
Bal'a dash, malanore.	Greetings, traveler.	A greeting.
Bash'a no falor talah!	Taste the chill of true death!	Not a widespread expression or battle cry. It seems reasonably clear, however, that the speaker is directing this threat against a group of undead.
Doral ana'diel?	How fare you?	A greeting.
medivh	keeper of secrets	When used as a proper noun, Medivh refers to the last Guardian of Tirisfal.
Selama ashal'anore.	Justice for our people.	Used as either a vow or a farewell.
Shindu fallah na!	They're breaking through!	No meaning beyond the obvious: a warning that the enemy has breached the defenses.
Shorel'aran.	Farewell.	A farewell.
sin'dorei	children of the blood	Can also be interpreted as "people of the bloodline". Typically used to refer to blood elves.
Sinu a'manore.	Well met.	A greeting.
sunstrider	he who walks the day	When used as a proper noun, Sunstrider is the family name of the high elves' royal bloodline, the last scion of which is Prince Kael'thas Sunstrider.

Grammar rules

Yet to come...

Related Languages

Both the Naga, High Elves, and the Blood Elves speak languages derived from Darnassian. The Naga, once night elves themselves, now twisted by the terrible powers of the Old Gods, speak their Nazja, which is as corrupted as the creatures who speak it. The language of the High elves, who were exiled from Kalimdor, changed into what is now known as Thalassian. This also appears to be the language of the Blood Elves, though it was earlier known as Sindassi.

Darnassian, Thalassian, and Najza seem to have many common phrases, as is evidenced by Prince Kael'Thas' use of "Ishnu'alah", Lady Vashj's "Ishnu'dal'dieb", as well as the names of the different elf subtypes, the Kaldorei, Quel'dorei, and Sin'dorei. The high elves have very long life spans compared to humans, so Thalassian might be so similar to Darnassian that it would be more correct to call it a dialect, rather than a separate language.