What language do the Deathless Ones speak?

[Ocelote.12]

What language do the immortal guardians of Kitezh speak?
Maybe Latin? Greek? Or really some gibberish?

P.S. Baba Yaga's "magic" incantaions are surely not in Russian or any other Slavic language.

[kbmodigity]

Inuit

[LivixPrimeval]

You actually paid attention to what kind of language they spoke??? I was too busy desperately trying to kill them before they killed me.

[Bootlegger_1920]

Greek of course!

[Bowmangr]

They speak Greek and very good Greek I must say. Usually when a non-Greek movie/tv show/game tries to portray a Greek character they do a very bad job with the spoken language and it's cringeworthy most of the time.

The Greek language the Deathless speak is very clear, very precise and makes actual sense in regard to what is happening in the game. It also sounds really cool and definitely not cringeworthy for a change.

PS. It's not Ancient Greek, it's modern Greek btw

[Ocelote.12]

Originally posted by Bowmangr:

They speak Greek and very good Greek I must say.

Thanks a lot!

[Whiplash27]

Devs really missed a chance to make use of the language proficiency in the game. They should have made it that you get subtitles on the bottom of your screen when the Deathless Ones speak. The higher your Greek proficiency the more you understand. If you're just level 1, you may get a word here and there. If you're maxed out, you understand everything. They could have used this in various different ways throughout the game (maybe with Russian), but didn't.

[dchneric]

It sounds really fluent, and phonetically balanced, so I guess definitely not some randomly constructed artificial language. And I know it's not turkish or russian. Guess it's greek and it sounds about right after checking with language samples on youtube.

Another undocumented language I noticed in the game is chinese, which is surprising. 2 chinese characters (meaning 'suffering') are carved on the gravestone in Geothermal Valley where you complete Paying Respects Achievement. You'll need to set Graphics level to highest in order to see it.

[costas]

#improudtobegreek Not many games mention anything about Greek history/mythology. Fortunately, RotTR does and that is why I like the game. Agree?

[Pujii]

Originally posted by whiplash27:

Devs really missed a chance to make use of the language proficiency in the game. They should have made it that you get subtitles on the bottom of your screen when the Deathless Ones speak. The higher your Greek proficiency the more you understand. If you're just level 1, you may get a word here and there. If you're maxed out, you understand everything. They could have used this in various different ways throughout the game (maybe with Russian), but didn't.

I was very disappointed there were no subs for the Deathless, they sounded as cool and fearsome as can be.

But this idea is awesome, and I agree that it was a missed opportunity. Hopefully some other games can implement it, if none have already.

[Hyperion]

The narrators are probably Greek speakers because the pronunciation is very typical of a modern Greek one although one would expect them to speak the "Koine" which was the byzantine Greek of that time (they are isolated descendants after all) or at least some form of an evolution of it.

some of the quotes:

"Εκεί είναι" - sounds like "ehkee ineh" = There she(or they) is (are).
"Οπλισθείτε" - "oplish-theehteh" = Arm yourselves
"Ο εχθρός" - "ο ehcthros" = the enemy
"Προσοχή" - "Prosohee" = Attention
"Κυκλώστε" - "ki-klosteh" - Circle (around)
"Την βρήκα" - "Tin Vreeka" - I found her
"Σκοτώστε την" - "scotosteh tin" - Kill her

[kbmodigity]

Who cares,, its a video game and instead of trying to talk to them you are trying to kill them.

[Rakszas]

What language does Baba Yaga speak?

[Saint.Million]

Originally posted by Rakszas:

What language does Baba Yaga speak?

Idk, but I would assume Russian, based on her geopolitical location.

Although her real name (Serafina) is of Italian/Spanish origin.

[Ocelote.12]

Originally posted by Saint.Million:

Originally posted by Rakszas:

What language does Baba Yaga speak?

Idk, but I would assume Russian, based on her geopolitical location.

It's not Russian. I said that in the first post.

Originally posted by Ocelote.12:

P.S. Baba Yaga's "magic" incantaions are surely not in Russian or any other Slavic language.

Originally posted by Saint.Million:

Although her real name (Serafina) is of Italian/Spanish origin.

"Serafima" was a popular name in Russia before the Bolshevik Revolution and some time after. It's etymology takes it roots from a name of an angelic rank in Hebrew -- the Seraph.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seraph

[Witcher]

Is there a story how Greeks become the Deathless?