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Chieftain
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I agree that there are languages they can't make, because they have no living speakers. In the expansions, for example, imagine trying to reconstruct punic for carthage or celtic for the celts
Anyone notice that we have Augustus Caesar, supposedly speaking latin?
A language which no one knows how to speak correctly.
Anyone notice that we have Augustus Caesar, supposedly speaking latin?
A language which no one knows how to speak correctly.
How do you know that is European based? It sounds like you are simply guessing. If you study foreign languages you will find that there are a good number of faux amis.From the official site you could hear what Montezuma calls himself something like "Imperorin" - clearly a european-based word. I understand what modern nahuatl has a lot of European adoptions, but I'd prefer to hear more native even if less precise words.
Puff Daddy speaks fine.I can understand that for the average American gamer accuracy in foreign languages is not so important - as long as you do not yourself understand that language. Just imagine if George Washington spoke kids' slang of the Bronx or sounded like PuffDaddy. So I can relate to someone who says - hey, I can understand this language and it just doesn't seem right. But overall I agree - it's only minor issue.
Because there aren't very many of them. Very few people in Africa speak with clicks, and none of those cultures are represented in Civ. Ethiopia and Mali don't use it. The click languages are almost completely confined to southern Africa.One thing I want to see is a leader from Africa, one of thier tougne clicking languages, or indeed any civlisation with interesting speech paterns like that. Can anyone tell me if any of the Civilisations will speek like that? IF NOT WHY NOT!
How do you know that is European based? It sounds like you are simply guessing. If you study foreign languages you will find that there are a good number of faux amis.
The closest Nahuatl term is Uey Tlatoani, but it means something more like President than emperor (elected by the nobles, literally translates as "Revered Speaker").
Why the hell would they want to reconstruct etruscan?
Anyone notice that we have Augustus Caesar, supposedly speaking latin?
A language which no one knows how to speak correctly.
I agree that there are languages they can't make, because they have no living speakers. In the expansions, for example, imagine trying to reconstruct punic for carthage or celtic for the celts
The thing that bugs me the most TBH, is the HORRIBLE accent they gave Moctezuma