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I finally had an opportunity to play G&K, and when I played against Dido I noticed that the devs really messed up her lines.... She says "tam" (perfect) as a greeting, and she agrees to a trade proposal by saying "bal" (no)... Obviously, most people won't notice this, but for me it's kind of...

Yes, I already installed Phoenician input on my PC (this is how I made the inscription above). But as I said, there is no easy way to post it here in a way that everyone will be able to see it without installing additional fonts, languages and programs. Using Wikipedia's images is also...

I found something already, here's Dido's intro: What do you think? The whole process is rather cumbersome though, so I'll try to do the rest later...

Errr... I can read and write in Phoenician alphabet, but there is no easy way to input that into a computer I'm afraid... (write it down and then scan it?) I'll also try looking if there maybe is a font for Hebrew that uses the original Canaanite letters instead of Aramaic ones (but even then...

Perhaps sukritact is right, and the civ community could probably do a better job with the translations than that studio that Firaxis used... But then again, maybe not that many people care about, for instance, what that "Mexican chic" Isabella I of Castile actually says... @Morningcalm Sorry...

@Morningcalm I updated my posts with the translations of Darius and Dido, can you please update their posts on the first page too? Also; Igor, Slvynn and anyone else who has any experience with Hebrew can you try and help me with the missing parts? Perhaps Attila's lines sound so awkward to...

I have trouble with DidoPeaceful, it's difficult to understand what she's saying both because of the problematic reconstruction of Phoenician/Punic phonology and because of the VA's accent. Some guesses might be "You lied. You were after my gift without arousing suspicion. Your hatred is without...

I will update my post with transcriptions. Very interesting... Maybe the "Gdadon" is a word for a warship or something of the like... I didn't translate "DidoPeaceful" yet, but she does mention lies there, so it seems they got mixed up with the translations in the XML and the actual sound files...

I translated it myself; I'm studying classical Hebrew, which is also a Canaanite language. Actually, Hebrew used to be a Canaanite dialect which only at later stages would be classified as a separate language. Major divergence in these languages occured when the speakers started using Aramaic...

Thanks EulerMcE, Dido is very... interesting.... She speaks Canaaninte/Phoenician, with modern Israeli accent (but this is not Hebrew, not modern and not classical). I really like her "declares war" line. Here is what I could make out after listening to the sound files, I will update it if I...

Wow, you are fast! It hasn't even been released yet! Thanks for your contributions everybody, this is very interesting! @EulerMcE: I can translate Dido, can you please upload her lines as well?

As for Dido, she speaks some sort of Canaanite/Phoenician (the word 'nk/אנכ is a proof for that), I doubt it's Punic since not much is known about that later variety of this language. And besides, Dido herself came from Tyre so Canaanite/Phoenician would suit her more than the...

A small update: DariusHateHearIt1: Go on! (lit. go!) זל! zal! DariusHateHearIt2: I'm listening (lit. I hear/listen) שמענא sham'na DariusHateYes2: Agreed (lit. it has become agreeable) השתווא hishtawe DariusNeutralNo...

Yeah, when I first heard it, I also thought he said "donkey"... In his written messages he keeps going on what a great and faultless king he is, and how everybody else is so completely incompetent ("I think you misunderstand the situation: I am the great Darius, king of Persia, and you are a...

Could be, but I doubt it... His pronunciation seems accurate, but it does seem Arabized a bit. He does pronounce the pronouns differently from what I'd expect (entu instead of ant/antun, eneḥa instead of anaḥnen/naḥnen) Also from what I know, in classical Aramaic king Darius...

He clearly pronounces it "ḥammar" (חַמָּר), including the geminated מּ. Thus, it's a donkey driver and not a donkey which would be pronounced "ḥəmar/ḥəmor"

First of all I have to say that I was very excited when I saw this thread. I was very curious about what the leaders are saying, which languages they're using, and I'm glad that I'm not alone... I'd like to contribute some of Darius' phrases. The VA seems to be speaking some sort of modern...