The Sumeru Language typically does not use spaces, capitalization, or punctuation. These have been added to many of the deciphered texts below for legibility. Note that most of the text in the Sumeru Language do not match the official English transcriptions, if any exist.
For texts with unclear letters, the deciphered text includes educated guesses based on clearly distinguishable letters, the general shapes of unclear letters, and context.
Open World[]
| Image | Source | Deciphered Text | Interpreted Text |
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Lambad's Tavern | KB | |
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Shamshir's Smithy | AG[Note 1] | Likely ahangar (Persian: آهنگر "blacksmith") |
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Sumeru General Goods | FRG | |
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Puspa Café | QK | |
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Bimarstan | DS | Possibly Dar al-Shifa (Arabic: دار الشفاء "house of healing") |
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Menakeri's Treasure Shop | MK | Likely Menakeri |
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Elham (Tailor) | AS | |
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Bulletin Board | GLM KBZ DS SUQ | |
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Dar Al-Shifa | Do not panic Do not panic Do not panic You Greater than the sandstorm Brighter than the sunlight Cease the temptation | |
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Dar Al-Shifa | You Greater than the sandstorm Brighter than the sunlight Cease the |
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Dar Al-Shifa | God forgives all God forgives all God forgives all God forgives all God forgives all |
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Dar Al-Shifa | Do not panic
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Dar Al-Shifa | You Greater than the sandstorm Brighter than the sunlight Cease the temptation | |
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Layla's idle | Alharakat alsamawiya wajawami ilmalnujum | Scrambled form of Kitab jawami' 'ilm al-nujum wa usul al-harakat al-samawiya (Arabic: کتاب جوامع علم النجوم والحركات السماوية "Book of Generalities of Astronomy and Bases of Celestial Motions") |
| Faruzan's idle | Hisab walmuqabala Aljam waltafriq hisab |
Incomplete forms of Hisab al-jabr w'al-muqabala (Arabic: حساب الجبر والمقابلة "The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing")
and Kitab al-jam' w'al-Tafriq al-hisab al-hindi (Arabic: کتاب الجمع والتفريق الحساب الهندي "Addition and subtraction in Indian arithmetic")[Note 2] | |
| Alhaitham's Elemental Burst, Particular Field: Fetters of Phenomena | OUSIA ERGON TELOS HULE THEORIA KINOUN |
Ousia (Ancient Greek: οὐσία "immutable reality, substance")
Ergon (Ancient Greek: ἔργον "work, labour, task") Telos (Ancient Greek: τέλος "end, finish, completion") Hule (Ancient Greek: ὕλη "wood, substance, matter") Theoria (Ancient Greek: θεωρία "theorise") Kinoun (Ancient Greek: κινούν "to set in motion")[Note 3] | |
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Monument from World Quest Monumental Study in Series Monumental Study | Anirodham Anutpadam Anucchedam Asasvatam |
Non-cessation non-origination non-destruction non-permanence[Note 4] |
Items[]
| Image | Source | Deciphered Text |
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Letter to Haypasia | Haypasia, I have received your letter thus I sent the Traveler and Paimon to help you. |
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Unsealed Parchment Guiding Parchment Whispering Parchment Mysterious Parchment |
That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons even death may die. |
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Group Photo From an Unknown Time | You two should get along well as siblings. |
Others[]
| Image | Source | Deciphered Text | Interpreted Text |
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Dori's coin | DORI | |
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Akasha Terminal Interface - Panah | Panah Akademiya | |
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Akasha Terminal Interface - Layth | Layth Corps of Thirty | |
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Akasha Terminal Interface - Alhaitham | Alhaitham Scribe Haravatat Akademiya | |
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Cyno's Story Quest | ABC | |
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Version 3.1 Trailer[1] | I see you. | |
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Nahida Character Teaser[2] | The flower carriage rocked. Nahida opened her eyes. Said she just dreamed a dream. Dreamed of the day that she was born. Dreamed of the day that the sages found her. Alas, but where had Lord Rukkhadevata gone to? We all [sic] eager to meet her once again. Realizing the Lord had perished, around her they gathered. To tears, they were dashed. In the end, Nahida was locked in by the devout. In the end, to no one could Nahida reach out. | |
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Jnagarbha Day | Ban on all public performances in Sumeru... Lord Kusanali has escaped from Surasthana. Seek and capture immediately. | |
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Where the Boat of Consciousness Lies | Such an absurd decision. You must be in jest! Foolish choice! How could I be so foolish then! For someone who can even betray himself... Whatever. Let's hope that you are worthy of such a choice. Wait! Not like this! This will not be the end of it... I shall seek revenge. You will regret this! | |
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Faruzan Character Demo (Timestamps: 24s and 39s) |
Text combines into "hisab al-jabr w'al-muqabala" | Hisab al-jabr w'al-muqabala (Arabic: حساب الجبر والمقابلة "The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing") |
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Alhaitham's Splash Art | TELOS HULE DUNAMIS |
Telos (Ancient Greek: τέλος "end, finish, completion")
Hule (Ancient Greek: ὕλη "wood, substance, matter") Dunamis (Ancient Greek: δύναμις "power, potential, value, ability") |
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A Parade of Providence | Tournament of Darshans | |
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World-Order Narration | Farewell, Atossa. I apologize for making you know me unwillingly. Still, I don't wish you to forget me. | |
Notes[]
- ↑ This sign is mirrored.
- ↑ Both titles reference works by Al-Khwarizimi, a Persian polymath commonly credited as the founder of algebra.
- ↑ Most of the above terms have dual uses in Aristotle's philosophy, from which Alhaitham takes inspiration.
- ↑ This text taken from the opening lines of Mūlamadhyamakakārikā, a foundational text of Mahayana Buddhism.
References[]
- ↑ YouTube: Version 3.1 "King Deshret and the Three Magi" Trailer (Timestamp: 3m10s)
- ↑ YouTube: Character Teaser - "Nahida: Happy Birthday" (Timestamp: 1m39s)
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