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[befoulmetalroosa]

I...ah...I don't play Warhammer or other online games like it. I was just looking for a dark elven language, and this site popped up. I'm a fanfiction writer, and I've no doubt that I'll probably be drummed off the boards for it, but oh, well. I was wondering if the sentence structure of the Warhammer language is the same as normal English, i.e. subject, verb, prepositional phrase, direct object, indirect object, adverbs, adjectives, etc. I would like to use the language in my stories, when I have elves speaking that is, and I'd like to do it justice if at all possible. Thanks!!!

[Fey]

Nerd alert!

I too have written fan fiction. If I ever find it I'll post. As far as sentence structure, I haven't the foggiest. Other than the orc language I would have no idea how tyranids or vampire counts would speak. Cockeyed bad British would be my guess.

[Tyrodan]

While the lore around Warhammer Fantasy is certainly detailed and rich I don't think Games Workshop went into tolkienesque-levels of depth and worked out any language of the races there.

The common language in Warhammer Fantasy is called Reikspiel and it's basically just the readers language. The dwarves have their Khazalid, but it never got defined beyond a couple of important words, let alone some grammar for it. Occasionally one might find a full a sentence with a fixed meaning here and there in one of the lore books, but I don't think there's any structure or system behind it.

I venture the same is true for Elves. So I don't think any Warhammer lore enthusiast is going to begrudge you making up some elvish dialogue.

[Martok]

The entire Elf Language is detail in the appendices of Tolkien's work, as I recall. However the films provide fine examples.

For Example: In 'The Fellowship of the Ring' Celeborn says, quote, "tell me where is Gandalf, for I much desire to speak with him."

Instead of saying something like "I want to talk to Gandalf."

Elves are wordsmiths.

[Albais]

I was just looking for a dark elven language, and this site popped up.

The Dark Elves of Naggaroth speak Druhir:

Druhir Dictionary - Dark Elf Resource

https://warhammerfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Druhir