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Could this be a Rosetta Stone for the phyrexian language?

EliShffrn

Posted 6 years, 2 months ago (Source)

May I ask who created it? Was it done internally or did you hire a conlanger (e.g. through the language construction society)?

I wasn't in-house when this all began; I know we hired someone, but I don't know who.
EliShffrn
Posted 6 years, 2 months ago (Source)
Do we know which of these categories Phyrexian falls into?

A constructed language (entirely novel grammar and vocabulary, not necessarily related to or inspired by any existing language, see /r/conlangs for more info)

A relex (words have different forms than in English, but the grammar closely mirrors that of English, e.g. the dragon language from Skyrim)

A cipher (it’s actually straight up English but hidden behind an obfuscating writing system and possibly some substitution rules)
We've made public that it's the first - this is a fully realized conlang with grammar and syntax that's miles away from English.

Now, the exact rules of that grammar and syntax... that's for you all to decipher. :)

#WotCStaff

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    <div class="md"><p>May I ask who created it? Was it done internally or did you hire a conlanger (e.g. through the language construction society)?</p>
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<div class="md"><p>I wasn't in-house when this all began; I know we hired someone, but I don't know who.</p>
</div> (<a href="https://i.redd.it/wuyljgyo5jx31.jpgf6zsdgl">EliShffrn</a>)
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    <div class="md"><p>Do we know which of these categories Phyrexian falls into?</p>

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<li>A constructed language (entirely novel grammar and vocabulary, not necessarily related to or inspired by any existing language, see <a href="/r/conlangs">/r/conlangs</a> for more info)</li>
<li>A relex (words have different forms than in English, but the grammar closely mirrors that of English, e.g. the dragon language from Skyrim)</li>
<li>A cipher (it’s actually straight up English but hidden behind an obfuscating writing system and possibly some substitution rules)</li>
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<div class="md"><p>We've made public that it's the first - this is a fully realized conlang with grammar and syntax that's miles away from English.</p>

<p>Now, the exact rules of that grammar and syntax... that's for you all to decipher. :)</p>

<p>#WotCStaff</p>
</div> (<a href="https://i.redd.it/wuyljgyo5jx31.jpgf6zjd3w">EliShffrn</a>)
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