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AzimuthAcolyte: Alpha Trion (Animated) -> Alpha Trion update

2025-05-14T01:52:17Z

Alpha Trion (Animated) -> Alpha Trion update

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	===''Animated'' alphabets===		===''Animated'' alphabets===
	===="Greco-Sol" Grecian====		===="Greco-Sol" Grecian====
	An (incomplete) Substitution Alphabet created to represent ever-prominent Greek letters (from [[~~Alpha Trion (Animated)\|~~Alpha Trion]] to [[Omega Supreme (Animated)\|Omega Supreme]]) rather than the usual Latin Alphabet substitute, "Greco-Sol" first appeared in the [[2010]] ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II]]'' book, used to label Omega Supreme and his comrades.		An (incomplete) Substitution Alphabet created to represent ever-prominent Greek letters (from [[Alpha Trion]] to [[Omega Supreme (Animated)\|Omega Supreme]]) rather than the usual Latin Alphabet substitute, "Greco-Sol" first appeared in the [[2010]] ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II]]'' book, used to label Omega Supreme and his comrades.
	This alphabet lacks an official designation. Its unofficial placeholder name "Greco-Sol" ''could'' mean Grecian-by-way-of-Sol (the human Solar System) but it's ''really'' a corruption of the phrase ''"I'''t's all Greek''' to me!"''		This alphabet lacks an official designation. Its unofficial placeholder name "Greco-Sol" ''could'' mean Grecian-by-way-of-Sol (the human Solar System) but it's ''really'' a corruption of the phrase ''"I'''t's all Greek''' to me!"''
	[[Image:Greco-sol.png\|600px\|center]]		[[Image:Greco-sol.png\|600px\|center]]

Fanofcoolstuff27: /* List of alphabets */

2024-05-06T04:12:38Z

List of alphabets

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	====Autobot script====		====Autobot script====
	Originally based on samples of Autobot writing from the [[1986]] ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)\|Transformers ]]'' episode "[[Cosmic Rust (episode)\|Cosmic Rust]]" and [[1987]] ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)\|The Headmasters]]''<nowiki></nowiki>'s "[[I Risk My Life for Earth]]" which represented '''[[Cybertronian language\|Ancient Autobot]]''', a script no longer in common usage on Cybertron, but still used on colony worlds such as [[Antilla]] and [[Master (planet)\|Master]].		Originally based on samples of Autobot writing from the [[1986]] ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)\|Transformers ]]'' episode "[[Cosmic Rust (episode)\|Cosmic Rust]]" and [[1987]] ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)\|The Headmasters]]''<nowiki></nowiki>'s "[[I Risk My Life for Earth]]" which represented '''[[Cybertronian language\|Ancient Autobot]]''', a script no longer in common usage on Cybertron, but still used on colony worlds such as [[Antilla]] and [[Master (planet)\|Master]].

			Since (roughly) the inception of the ''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (franchise)\|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' franchise to present, the Ancient Autobot script has been utilized more frequently as the default Cybertronian language, and can often be found in fiction, on toy packaging, and in various pieces of marketing material, even for the Decepticons.
	[[Image:Autobot_Translations.jpg\|600px\|center]]		[[Image:Autobot_Translations.jpg\|600px\|center]]

Vampyricon: Fixed: Chinese is not a language and Mandarin is not a script

2022-05-02T18:42:24Z

Fixed: Chinese is not a language and Mandarin is not a script

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	* English is written in the Latin Alphabet		* English is written in the Latin Alphabet
	* ~~Chinese~~ is written in the ~~Mandarin~~ Logography		* Mandarin is written in the Chinese Logography
	* Japanese can be written in the {{w\|hiragana}} syllabary		* Japanese can be written in the {{w\|hiragana}} syllabary

Iacon0: /* "Greco-Sol" Grecian */ This is even better.

2022-04-01T04:20:01Z

"Greco-Sol" Grecian: This is even better.

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	An (incomplete) Substitution Alphabet created to represent ever-prominent Greek letters (from [[Alpha Trion (Animated)\|Alpha Trion]] to [[Omega Supreme (Animated)\|Omega Supreme]]) rather than the usual Latin Alphabet substitute, "Greco-Sol" first appeared in the [[2010]] ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II]]'' book, used to label Omega Supreme and his comrades.		An (incomplete) Substitution Alphabet created to represent ever-prominent Greek letters (from [[Alpha Trion (Animated)\|Alpha Trion]] to [[Omega Supreme (Animated)\|Omega Supreme]]) rather than the usual Latin Alphabet substitute, "Greco-Sol" first appeared in the [[2010]] ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II]]'' book, used to label Omega Supreme and his comrades.
	This alphabet lacks an official designation. Its unofficial placeholder name "Greco-Sol" ''could'' mean Grecian-by-way-of-Sol (the human Solar System) but it's ''really'' a corruption of the phrase ''"I'''t's all Greek''' to me!"''		This alphabet lacks an official designation. Its unofficial placeholder name "Greco-Sol" ''could'' mean Grecian-by-way-of-Sol (the human Solar System) but it's ''really'' a corruption of the phrase ''"I'''t's all Greek''' to me!"''
	~~{{-}}~~		[[Image:Greco-sol.png\|600px\|center]]
	[[Image:Greco-sol.png\|600px]]

	===Other alphabets===		===Other alphabets===

Iacon0: /* "Greco-Sol" Grecian */ Spacing error.

2022-03-30T23:47:14Z

"Greco-Sol" Grecian: Spacing error.

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	===="Greco-Sol" Grecian====		===="Greco-Sol" Grecian====
	An (incomplete) Substitution Alphabet created to represent ever-prominent Greek letters (from [[Alpha Trion (Animated)\|Alpha Trion]] to [[Omega Supreme (Animated)\|Omega Supreme]]) rather than the usual Latin Alphabet substitute, "Greco-Sol" first appeared in the [[2010]] ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II]]'' book, used to label Omega Supreme and his comrades.		An (incomplete) Substitution Alphabet created to represent ever-prominent Greek letters (from [[Alpha Trion (Animated)\|Alpha Trion]] to [[Omega Supreme (Animated)\|Omega Supreme]]) rather than the usual Latin Alphabet substitute, "Greco-Sol" first appeared in the [[2010]] ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II]]'' book, used to label Omega Supreme and his comrades.
			This alphabet lacks an official designation. Its unofficial placeholder name "Greco-Sol" ''could'' mean Grecian-by-way-of-Sol (the human Solar System) but it's ''really'' a corruption of the phrase ''"I'''t's all Greek''' to me!"''
			{{-}}
	[[Image:Greco-sol.png\|600px]]		[[Image:Greco-sol.png\|600px]]

	This alphabet lacks an official designation. Its unofficial placeholder name "Greco-Sol" ''could'' mean Grecian-by-way-of-Sol (the human Solar System) but it's ''really'' a corruption of the phrase ''"I'''t's all Greek''' to me!"''

	===Other alphabets===		===Other alphabets===

Cyberlink420 at 23:51, 12 November 2021

2021-11-12T23:51:01Z

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	Both these alphabets are nominally held to represent [[Cybertronix]] the common spoken language used by both [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon (BW)\|Predacon]]s in the 23rd century.		Both these alphabets are nominally held to represent [[Cybertronix]] the common spoken language used by both [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon (BW)\|Predacon]]s in the 23rd century.
	====Maximal alphabet====		====Maximal alphabet====
			[[Image:Maximal Language.jpg\|600px\|center]]

	====Predacon alphabet====		====Predacon alphabet====
			[[Image:Predacon Language.jpg\|600px\|center]]

	===Live-Action series alphabets===		===Live-Action series alphabets===

Boingus: suggested this a while back

2021-06-23T22:25:48Z

suggested this a while back

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	{{disambig3\|Languages}}		{{disambig3\|Languages}}
	{{bigthumb\|Alphabeta greco-sol.png\|200px\|''Alpha Beta'' as written in an unnamed Cybertronian script.}}		{{bigthumb\|Alphabeta greco-sol.png\|200px\|''Alpha Beta'' as written in an unnamed Cybertronian script.}}
			{{merge\|Cybertronian language\|Extremely similar information, and both pages lack important information that is featured on the other page.}}
	An '''alphabet''' (from the Greek Αλφάβητος, "alpha beta") is a collection of written characters used to represent sounds or graphemes. Alphabets differ from ''logographies'' where each character represents a word or idea and ''syllabaries'' where characters represent syllables.		An '''alphabet''' (from the Greek Αλφάβητος, "alpha beta") is a collection of written characters used to represent sounds or graphemes. Alphabets differ from ''logographies'' where each character represents a word or idea and ''syllabaries'' where characters represent syllables.

NexusShard17 at 14:54, 25 August 2020

2020-08-25T14:54:24Z

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	* Japanese can be written in the {{w\|hiragana}} syllabary		* Japanese can be written in the {{w\|hiragana}} syllabary

	''See also: [[Cybertronian ~~languages~~]]''		''See also: [[Cybertronian language]]''

	==Alphabets and Transformers==		==Alphabets and Transformers==

NexusShard17 at 14:54, 25 August 2020

2020-08-25T14:54:11Z

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	* Japanese can be written in the {{w\|hiragana}} syllabary		* Japanese can be written in the {{w\|hiragana}} syllabary

	''See also: [[Cybertronian languages~~]], [[Cybertronian argot~~]]''		''See also: [[Cybertronian languages]]''

	==Alphabets and Transformers==		==Alphabets and Transformers==
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	A fan-font based on this script was used by the [[AllSpark Wars]] "mini-ARG" in [[2007]] <small>(again associated with an Autobot colony, and not the 'main' Transformer language)</small> and its use has since proliferated as a de-facto 'default' Autobot written language. Generally carries a slight ethnocentric connotation.		A fan-font based on this script was used by the [[AllSpark Wars]] "mini-ARG" in [[2007]] <small>(again associated with an Autobot colony, and not the 'main' Transformer language)</small> and its use has since proliferated as a de-facto 'default' Autobot written language. Generally carries a slight ethnocentric connotation.

	With the release of [[~~War for Cybertron: Earthrise (toyline)\|~~War for Cybertron: Earthrise]], numbers were used in the [[Tech Spec]] section of the instructions of the figures. Those numbers were, again, based on fan-made material.		With the release of ''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise]]'', numbers were used in the [[Tech Spec]] section of the instructions of the figures. Those numbers were, again, based on fan-made material.
	[[Image:Earth-rise-numbers.png\|600px\|center]]		[[Image:Earth-rise-numbers.png\|600px\|center]]

Aristiana: /* Autobot script */

2020-08-05T03:50:35Z

Autobot script

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	A fan-font based on this script was used by the [[AllSpark Wars]] "mini-ARG" in [[2007]] <small>(again associated with an Autobot colony, and not the 'main' Transformer language)</small> and its use has since proliferated as a de-facto 'default' Autobot written language. Generally carries a slight ethnocentric connotation.		A fan-font based on this script was used by the [[AllSpark Wars]] "mini-ARG" in [[2007]] <small>(again associated with an Autobot colony, and not the 'main' Transformer language)</small> and its use has since proliferated as a de-facto 'default' Autobot written language. Generally carries a slight ethnocentric connotation.

	With the release of [[War for Cybertron: Earthrise (toyline)]], numbers were used in the [[Tech ~~spec~~]] section of the instructions of the figures. Those numbers were, again, based on fan-made material.		With the release of [[War for Cybertron: Earthrise (toyline)\|War for Cybertron: Earthrise]], numbers were used in the [[Tech Spec]] section of the instructions of the figures. Those numbers were, again, based on fan-made material.
	[[Image:Earth-rise-numbers.png\|600px\|center]]		[[Image:Earth-rise-numbers.png\|600px\|center]]