![]() ![]() Such words are often placed first out of respect and then again in their proper place later on, for example "the king - I went to see the king." When repeated words are written or carved, they commonly appear as individual runes at the start of a sentence and klinkarhun elsewhere. In other cases, the importance of a particular word can demand that it be placed first in the sentence. Theoretically, and in general, Khazalid places the subject before the verb and the object afterwards, but emphasis of pronunciation alone can sometimes determine a word's position within the structure of a sentence. Whilst Khazalid undoubtedly has a formal grammatical structure, as an outsider, it can be very hard to discover what that might be. Runes in use among the Chaos Dwarfs it is unknown if they are shared by the other Dwarfs as even the Chaos Dwarfs' language has been corrupted by their devotion to Chaos. A Human who knows the Khazalid spoken during the time of Sigmar could make himself understood in the present-day version of the language to a Dwarf. ![]() Īs Dwarfs experience the passing of time differently, linguistic shifts in Khazalid are slower than in most Human languages. It was passed down to some of the next generation in the Empire, and is now widespread in the Sigmarite Church. According to a text known as the Unfinished Book, Sigmar himself knew Khazalid. Īlthough present-day Khazalid is seldom spoken by Men, an archaic form is known in the Cult of Sigmar. Those in the western Dwarf Holds of the Old World also commonly understand Bretonnian or even a smattering of Tilean. Most Dwarfs can converse in Reikspiel, for contact between them and their Imperial allies are frequent in these troubled times. Its written form is called the Klinkarhun, a runic alphabet designed to be easily chiselled into rock or metal. ![]() The language reflects particularly Dwarfish passions and contains hundreds of words describing different types of rock, tunnels, and gold. It is a hard, forceful, and sometimes guttural sound. Dwarfs naturally have loud, rumbling voices, and when they speak Khazalid, their speech is like thunder rolling amidst the mountains or the scraping of rock against rock. They seldom speak this ancient tongue before other peoples, deeming outsiders unworthy to hear it. Khazalid is known widely as the secretive high language of the Dwarfs. The runes of the Klinkarhun, the written form of the ancient Dwarf language of Khazalid. ![]()
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