Cybertronian language

2007-07-10T19:23:51Z

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It should be little surprise, given a moment's thought, that distinct '''Cybertronian languages''' exist. The [[Transformers]] did not go about speaking English or any other known [[Earth]] language long ages ago on their [[Cybertron (planet)|distant metal world]]. Though the records of such conversations are frequently translated for us, we should not forget that these conversations originally flowed in odd electronic sylables past strange metalic lips, or were etched by alien hands long eons before the first humans painted muddy shapes upon dark cave stone.

==Generation 1==

===Marvel Comics===

[[Runamuck (G1)]] and [[Runabout]] sprayed Cybertronian grafitti across Earth monuments.

===Animated series===

[[Image:Quintesson_Writing.jpg|right|thumb|160px|So it's true. The Pyramids were built by aliens.]]

The first language used by the Transformers was likely the '''Quintesson language''' inherited from their former masters. It can be seen upon the walls of the [[Quintesson]] dimensional transporter room. It rather resembles Egyptian heiroglyphs. {{storylink|Madman's Paradise}}

[[Image:AncientAuto.gif|right|thumb|200px|Ancient Autobot, on the other hand, eschewed pictures of birdies]]

'''Ancient Autobot''' was the language used by the ancient Autobot colonists that fled Cybertron in the distant past. Most modern transformers could not read it. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust}}

The controls of the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]] were labeled in '''Ancient Cybertronian''', which [[Spike Witwicky]] did not recognize but [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]] was able to read. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}}

===Beast Wars===

'''Cybertronix''' is the name of the modern written language of the [[Maximals]] during the [[Beast Era]]. Whether this is the same language spoken on Cybertron durring earlier portions of the Generation 1 continuity or at all similar to that written and spoken aloud in the live action Transformers Movie is unknown. As it is specifically refered to as the "modern written language," it seems likely that there were other Cybertronian languages, with other names, at some point in the past. The computers on the [[Chromia 10]] label displayed planets in Cybertronix. {{storylink|Razor's Edge}}

:''('''NOTE:''' Although the name was never given canonicaly until [[Razor's Edge]], Cybertronix was the name [[Larry DiTillio]] and/or [[Bob Forward]] gave to the language used by their characters in ''[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'', as first stated in a post to [[alt.toys.transformers]] on January 1, 1997 [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/0c30e7a9c7c7becb?dmode=source&output=gplain]. This post indicates that Cybertronix is the name of the spoken language as well as the written, and that both the Maximals and Predacons speak it.)''

===Beast Machines===
While in the [[Grand Mal|big floating head]], [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] took to addressing people as a [[hologram]] composed of Cybertronian symbols, possibly Cybertronix. The symbols took the form of a big floating head.

==Transformers (2007) movie==

The Decepticons communicate in actual Cybertronian when speaking among themselves.

The written version of Cybertronian appears now and again throughout the film, most obviously during Decepticon dialogue, where the subtitles will be written in Cybertronian briefly before translating to English.

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