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Re: Garlean RPers, question about Garlemald dialect... |
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10-06-2011, 07:01 AM
Okay, here's what I mean...

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SpoilerCid for example is Garlean as we learn. During one of the storylines for the Ul'dah GC quest you have to track down a Garlean spy who was working for the Garlond Ironworks. As Cid is conversing with him, they speak common Eorzean dialect here. In fact if I recall the entire Garlond Ironworks are from Garlemald. Additionally, another Grand Company quest that takes place you gain a radio-like transceiver from one of the soldiers. The Immortal Flame quest giver in the Hall of Flames states how they've been trying to get one of those to decode the cryptic messages from the Empire. No mention however has been made that they speak a foreign tongue, the Empire merely encrypts their messages to prevent their plans from being revealed.

And then there's the several instances you run into Garlean soldiers during the main storyline quests like Futures Perfect. I can chalk some of that up to likely being the fact your character has the Echo ability after all. As they say in the Level 18 story quest, the Echo allows you to understand all dialect from beasts, to moogles, to other languages. But there's also the fact that even NPCs seem to understand Garleans without trouble.

It could just be said that Garleans speak both the common tongue (Eorzean or in this case, likely Hydaelyn) and their own language. The point I'm trying to get at however is where is it that Garlemald citizens are said to have their own dialect? As it's understood, Eorzea is part of the "Three Great Continents" according to the Lodestone. All but Eorzea were conquered by Garlemald and thus converted into a single realm ruled by the Imperials. I'm not going as far to state that it's impossible for them to have their own language, but merely understand as to where it came from is all. So far I haven't found anything that hints they do, but more evidence pointing towards that they all share the same language.

As more lore is revealed to us I'm simply wondering as well how that will be handled if it is revealed that Garlemald commonly speaks the same tongue as found in Eorzea.

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Garlean RPers, question about Garlemald dialect... - by SamusKnight2K - 10-05-2011, 06:14 AM
Re: Garlean RPers, question about Garlemald dialect... - by Smiling River - 10-05-2011, 11:57 AM
Re: Garlean RPers, question about Garlemald dialect... - by SamusKnight2K - 10-06-2011, 07:01 AM
Re: Garlean RPers, question about Garlemald dialect... - by Smiling River - 10-06-2011, 09:52 AM
Re: Garlean RPers, question about Garlemald dialect... - by Merri - 10-06-2011, 03:33 PM

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