Multiple Races and Languages? Options

[The Angel of Dea...]

So... In Demon Dawn: The Last Demon, if you have played it, you will realize that there is more than one Language, The Main Character speaks English, but there are others who speak Japanese, Elven, and a language for a race made specifically for the game, Azteian, the game comes with translators for Elven and Azteian, and only one person speaks japanese, and his Spells and Weapons are Japanese as well, so I wondered, Should I take out the Multiple Languages?

[Guinevere]

Can your audience read other languages?

[The Angel of Dea...]

With the Translators provided yes.

[Rob_Riv]

The Main Character speaks English, but there are others who speak Japanese, Elven, and a language for a race made specifically for the game, Azteian

So was the language Elven made specifically for this game?

Are Elven and Azteian fully developed languages?

[Kread-EX]

Coming from somebody who's trying to learn (and kinda fails because Cuneiform writing is headache) the old Akkadian language for his game needs, don't thread this path if you are not prepared to spend a huge amount of time developing it. Creating a brand-new language is difficult and can divert your efforts from more important parts of your game. At the very least you could try to implement a alphabet-shifting system (think the Al-Behd language in FFX) but creating several languages like this is a bit risky.

If your mind is set, and if you need help to create a language, you can take Esperanto as a model for the process (if I recall, Rob_Riv speaks Esperanto, so maybe he could enlighten you further). Also, you should probably read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructed_language.

[The Angel of Dea...]

Okay, But yes, both languages were constructed for the game, by using basic sounds.

[Rob_Riv]

Okay, But yes, both languages were constructed for the game, by using basic sounds.

Interesting. Could you translate the follow phrases into both languages?

"Hello, my name is Ralph."

"How are you?"

"Let's kill the monster so that we can claim the reward money."

[The Angel of Dea...]

K.
Phrase 1, Azteian: Hioeczcpa, arye otaiaroe Iipai Oraaiczushi.
Phrase 1, Elven: Haerlalaoni, beryer nalazberer iinsea Renazlaporaha.
Phrase 2, Azteian: Hipame aioraoe yepai?
Phrase 2, Elven: Haoniwen azrener yeroniuua?
Phrase 3, Azteian: Czoetu'pai jaiiczc tuhioe arpaotpaituoeora paipa tuhiaitu meoe eiaiot eiczaiiiar tuoraoe oraoemeaioraox arpaoeye.
Phrase 3, Elven: Laertal'sea keriinlala talazer Beroninalseatalerren seaoni wener coaznal colaaziinber talhaer Renerwenazrenda beronieryer.
Edit:
Did I mention its Optional too translate all the words?

[Rob_Riv]

How come the words are so long when compared to English? Also, have you got a pronunciation chart of the alphabets, as some of the words seem hard to pronounce?

[The Angel of Dea...]

Because it uses Sounds, not letters.
The Translator comes with the Game download.

[Rob_Riv]

Because it uses Sounds, not letters.
The Translator comes with the Game download.

Okay, but how are those sounds pronounced?

jaiiczc meoe eiaiot eiczaiiiar - All of those words seem very difficult to pronounce.

[The Angel of Dea...]

OH!
Jah-ee-czk me-oh I-ae-oat Eck-zai-iar
That would be how, it depends on what sound, or letter is being said in the word.

[Shocky]

Just by looking at your translations, it seems like you've just translated the words from one language to another. But other languages would probably have different syntax and grammar as well (genders, plurals, conjugations, etc.), so you would have to spend a lot of time developing the rules of the language as well as just the words.

As for my general opinion on multiple languages: I don't mind them as long as they aren't there simply for the sake of having another language. For a language to work, it needs to be consistent. The sounds and spellings should be stylistically similar.

[dashanova]

Everyone understands the universal language of love.

[The Angel of Dea...]

Ignoring Dash...
@Sparky, Their there to present challenge, the Main Character, Zack, must learn these languages too help him in his quest.

[heisenman]

I think creating a whole new syntax would be too time consuming if you want it to be good, using an already existing one and modifing it would be more feasible.

[The Angel of Dea...]

But it already works!

[Shocky]

...Sparky? Like, did you legit just...? -.-

Okay, Angel of Dope - my point was that your language is very similiar to English in terms of its syntax, which just doesn't seem very realistic. A language isn't just words - it's a way of speaking. You shouldn't take the easy route just because it works. Heisenmann's suggestion seems the best - take the structure of a language like German or Latin and use that in combination with your new words.

[Guinevere]

Maybe you could base your's on latin?
Many of the actual languages are based on latin, and are therefore very similar.

[heisenman]

But it already works!

You already have the syntax? Then all it's left are the words.
The hard job is done


Side note: latin suck, don't be fooled by cool catchphrase like cogito ergo sum, veni vidi vici etc.