Tool to translate the Gerudo language from the Zelda video game universe (from Ocarina of Time then Twilight Princess and in Breath of the Wild)
Gerudo Language - dCode
Tag(s) : Symbol Substitution
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Gerudo Language
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Answers to Questions (FAQ)
How to write/encrypt using Gerudo language?
The Gerudo language was invented for the Zelda series, it is a substitution of the 26 letters of the Latin alphabet by 26 new symbols of the Gerudo alphabet.
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In Zelda games, messages in Gerudo are usually transcribed from English messages
How to translate/decrypt Gerudo messages?
The Gerudos symbols are replacements for the 26 Latin letters. The translation can be done via a correspondence table.
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is translated GERUDO.
How to recognize a Gerudo ciphertext?
The language of Gerudo is used by women warriors of the same name in the video game Zelda. Their people live near a desert and are ruled by a man Ganon/Ganondorf. Any reference to these elements is a clue.
The symbols are quite vertical, very rounded with long curves resembling commas/lines drawn with a brush.
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