

Heat Pyro, fire the sun (typically celi upa) May also mean "to mark" or be used to otherwise indicate a specific thing. May also mean "nothing" in some contexts. The phrase upa sada means that you are prepared to do something. Good/very good, affirmation, very (emphasis) You, your (register unknown, friendly or formal) However, it still connotes condescension by implying that the addressee is of a lower social standing and socially impermissible usages of the pronoun should be understood as a sign of contempt. May be similar to Japanese お前 or Korean 너 where it does not express pure condescension, but can imply closeness to the addressee. You, your (register unknown, possibly condescending or informal) The Abyss Mages are capable of speaking fluent Hilichurlian.Ī list of known common words of Hilichurlian. However, it may have dubious accuracy when it comes to the exact nuances of Hilichurlian due to Ella's own errors in the language as well as any errors in understanding that the original author had. The HHH can be treated as generally correct as the Traveler will not run into issues when using the HHH as a guide.

Ī major source of information on Hilichurlian is the Handy Handbook of Hilichurlian (HHH), written by Ella Musk's grandfather, who may be Jacob Musk or an entirely different person in the Musk family. Quests in which the Traveler attempts to converse with Hilichurls include Lionfang's Legacy in which they attempt to retrieve a shield and Language Exchange and Poetry Exchange in which Ella Musk attempts to further human-hilichurl relations.Ī key part of understanding the language comes from the second episode of the official Chinese livestream "Mondstadt Tea Party," which gives two translated phrases: Mosi mita and Mosi gusha, which literally mean "eat meat" and "eat vegetables" respectively, and are used figuratively as expressions of happiness and sadness, respectively. It is unknown whether they have been reviewed by other scholars of Hilichurlian linguistics or if there ever were other such scholars besides Ella. He is not known to have worked with anyone, and his materials are currently uncontested. However, materials with the Hilichurl language are scarce, and the current major reference materials were written by the same person, Jacob Musk. Hilichurls take their language seriously and take the words/phrases quite literally a single mistake can often result in them becoming aggressive in an instant, regardless of the speaker's Hilichurlian proficiency. Hilichurlian is transcribed using human languages both in Genshin Impact and in real life it is unknown if hilichurls have their own writing system for Hilichurlian. Unlike most other languages in Teyvat, which are real life languages such as English and Latin written with a custom alphabet, Hilichurlian is a constructed language and is therefore linguistically distinct, with distinct phonology, words, phrases, and grammar.Īttempts to fully decipher the language of the Hilichurls have been made using a combination of sources including the official manga (Part 4 Chapter 5), Hilichurl Ballad Selection, Hilichurl Cultural Customs, and the quests involving Ella Musk. Hilichurlian is the most understood distinct language of Teyvat.
