![]() ![]() Some linguist experts believe speech recognition is a bimodal process, with speech requiring both aural and visual cues to accurately comprehend. Tiny differences in this movement can dramatically change how a sound is perceived, but that isn’t the whole story. This is a type of sound that is produced by stopping the airflow via the use of the lips, teeth, or palate, followed by a sudden burst of air. ![]() “Ta”, “ka”, “da”, “pa”, “ga” and “ba” are all examples of what is known as plosive speech. The explanation has to do with how mouths shape the sounds of speech. To aide with my original research, I had looked into standard pronunciation and reference charts, spending much time thereafter growing to comprehend reasons for the similarity of a “ta”, “ka”, or “da”, but I could still occasionally mishear one for another. We were contextualizing what we were hearing with different vowels and consonants, and I wanted to understand why that was. This was formative for my future revisions it struck me as likely that our variations may have had roots set in that field. Melonnaise was the first to attempt to analyse grammar and tenses, taking an interest in the structure of sentences. Such a wide discrepancy made it clear that it would take cross-referencing a much wider array of quotes if we were to move closer towards a final lexicon. Your browser does not support the audio element. Our widely differing phonetic interpretations inspired me to think about how accurately my own ears were interpreting. A year later, another Guardian by the name of Melonnaise, published their own findings based on my initial attempts. Shortly after I published my initial report, a Guardian by the alias Wheatwarrior, published their own interpretation of Skolas’s barks. In this report, I aim to provide an outline of the groundwork used to unlock the secrets of the Eliksni language, with the hope that any future research in similar fields can utilize similar techniques. Over the years, Variks has let slip enough idiomatic translations of Eliksnian that we can begin to phoneticize and comprehend their guttural barks. It is dangerous to fight wars through a filtered tap of intelligence, so it is vital that we equip Guardians with basic Fallen comprehension. Although his assistance in events leading to the Age of Triumph were invaluable, he has been reserved in sharing much regarding his own kind ensuring his indispensability and continued survival. A traitor to what he considers a nu-Eliksni mindset, Variks makes continuous effort to understand us our language, culture, biology, and homeworld. We would be without this knowledge if not for a single Fallen individual, known as Variks, of House Judgment. As one Dreg-the lowest class of Fallen society-revealed in a damaged Ghost’s recovered memory, ‘ I respect what I cannot steal from’. ![]() As a consequence, Fallen hierarchies devolved into a pecking order wherein strength was valued above all else. Before the Fall, they were known as the Eliksni, and lived ‘ as Kings’, until an event they refer to as ‘ the Whirlwind’ culminated in both the Traveler’s departure, and the devastation of their homeworld. ![]() However, faced with an enemy completely foreign to you-not only in language, but culture, biology, and even homeworld-it becomes necessary to do more than simply communicate it becomes necessary to research and analyse.Įnter the Fallen, the last of an extrasolar alien species, once blessed by the Traveler’s Light as we were at the height of our Golden Age. This is a straightforward task to accomplish when that enemy shares the same basic attributes as yourself. Listen closely, understand what ails them, so that the volley of fire and sharp tongue that accompanies their insight no longer seems unjustified. It is therefore impossible to understand an enemy without first attempting to communicate with them. Fire may win battles, but knowledge can end war. Beyond tactics and arsenal, beyond the mask and the smoke: what motivates them? Their desires, beliefs, frustrations. They say that to destroy an enemy, you should understand them as they do. ![]()
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