Vanduul language

The Vanduul language is the language used by the Vanduul. Vanduul are capable of communicating verbally as well as visually through hand gestures and changing the colour of their bodies, and the Vanduul script has no correspondence to the spoken Vanduul language. The language will be fully integrated into the game - though the implications on the gameplay side are uncertain for the moment. It is developed by conlang artist Britton Watkins and the CIG writing team for Star Citizen and Squadron 42.

Writing

The Vanduul script started out with the equivalent of three fingers or claws. They sometimes used their claws to mark whoever their victim was. Each symbol was unique and over time they accumulated into a set of symbols that could be understood by many, just as the human language evolved. With the advancement of technology, it evolved to the point where it could be used on computers and other devices.

Orthography

CollapseThe Vanduul Orthography
Alphabet	Mid	UTF-8	Low	UTF-8	High	UTF-8	Rising	UTF-8	Creaky low	UTF-8
Vowels
a	a	a	a1	a1	a2	a2	a3	a3	a4	a4
aa	aa	aa	aa1	aa1	aa2	aa2	aa3	aa3	aa4	aa4
u	u	u	u1	u1	u2	u2	u3	u3	u4	uu4
uu	uu	uu	uu1	uu1	uu2	uu2	uu3	uu3	uu4	uu4
e	e	e	e1	e1	e2	e2	e3	e3	e4	e4
ey	ey	ey	ey1	ey1	ey2	ey2	ey3	ey3	ey4	ey4
o	o	o	o1	o1	o2	o2	o3	o3	o4	o4
ow	ow	ow	ow1	ow1	ow2	ow2	ow3	ow3	ow4	ow4
i	i	i	i1	i1	i2	i2	i3	i3	i4	i4
ii	ii	ii	ii1	ii1	ii2	ii2	ii3	ii3	ii4	ii4
Consonants
vw	vw	vw		p	p	p		sh	sh	sh
vr	vr	vr		b	b	b		shq	shq	shq
w	w	w		y	y	y		s	s	s
h	h	h		l	l	l		ss	ss	ss
x (-xh)	x	x		r	r	r		z	z	z
q	q	q		th	f	f		zz	zz	zz
qq	qq	qq		thy	thy	thy		m	m	m
qy	qy	qy		t	t	t		n	n	n
d	d	d		' (-?)	'	'		ng	ng	ng
dy	dy	dy

Trivia

• Britton Watkins put tinfoil over a pan, making shapes of what he could scratch. He even built claws to scratch that foil to create the letters.
• A choir learned how to speak Vanduul in order to record music for some scenes.

References

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