User:Locoman/Sandbox/Languages - Revision history

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Locoman: /* Beast Wars cartoon continuity */

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Beast Wars cartoon continuity

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	====''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity====		====''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity====
			{{main\|Cybertronix}}
	=====''Beast Wars'' cartoon=====		=====''Beast Wars'' cartoon=====
	=====2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity=====		[[Cybertronix]] is the primary written language on Cybertron by the era of the [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon (BW)\|Predacon]]s, although [[Autobot]] and [[Decepticon]] artifacts from well before [[Pax Cybertronia]] also display Cybertronix writing. {{storylink\|Nemesis Part 2}}

			=====2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity=====

	====2005 IDW continuity====		====2005 IDW continuity====
	====''Beast Wars: Uprising''====		====''Beast Wars: Uprising''====

Locoman: Grum moved page User:Grum/Sandbox/Langauges to User:Grum/Sandbox/Languages

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Locoman: /* Generation 1 cartoon continuity */

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Generation 1 cartoon continuity

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	The [[Thirteenth Legion]], who'd fled Cybertron during a prior war, used a written language that [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Starscream]] would later identify as "Ancient Autobot". {{storylink\|Cosmic Rust (episode)\|Cosmic Rust}}		The [[Thirteenth Legion]], who'd fled Cybertron during a prior war, used a written language that [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Starscream]] would later identify as "Ancient Autobot". {{storylink\|Cosmic Rust (episode)\|Cosmic Rust}}

	The [[Ark (G1)\|Ark]]'s [[Teletraan I]] supercomputer occasionally displayed snippets of Cybertronian writing, including what would presumably be a modern Autobot language.{{storylink\|More than Meets the Eye, Part 2}}		The [[Ark (G1)\|Ark]]'s [[Teletraan I]] supercomputer occasionally displayed [[:File:G1 cartoon Autobot letters.JPG\|snippets of Cybertronian writing]], including what would presumably be a modern Autobot language.{{storylink\|More than Meets the Eye, Part 2}}

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Locoman: /* Generation 1 continuity family */

2021-11-03T21:16:04Z

Generation 1 continuity family

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	===Generation 1 continuity family===		===Generation 1 continuity family===
	====Marvel Comics continuity====		====Marvel Comics continuity====
			[[File:DecepticonGraffiti wonderfully wicked.jpg\|thumb\|left\|200px]]

	[[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Jazz]] explained that his real name was unpronounceable in English. {{storylink\|Man of Iron (issue)\|Man of Iron}}		[[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Jazz]] explained that his real name was unpronounceable in English. {{storylink\|Man of Iron (issue)\|Man of Iron}}
	During a nation-wide vandalism spree, [[Runamuck (G1)\|Runamuck]] and [[Runabout (G1)\|Runabout]] sprayed Cybertronian graffiti across Earth monuments but eventually realized that humans couldn't understand their witty remarks. {{storylink\|Decepticon Graffiti!}}		During a nation-wide vandalism spree, [[Runamuck (G1)\|Runamuck]] and [[Runabout (G1)\|Runabout]] sprayed Cybertronian graffiti across Earth monuments but eventually realized that humans couldn't understand their witty remarks. {{storylink\|Decepticon Graffiti!}}

			{{--}}

	====Generation 1 cartoon continuity====		====Generation 1 cartoon continuity====
			[[File:CosmicRust-AncientAutobot.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|"He who is valiant, and pure of spirit, may find the Holy Grail in the castle of... aaaaargh?"]]

	The first language used by the Transformers was likely the [[Quintesson]] language inherited from their creators, a hieroglyph-like series of inscriptions present upon the walls of their dimensional transporter room. {{storylink\|Madman's Paradise}} The [[Plasma energy\|Plasma Energy Chamber]]'s control panel used "Ancient Cybertronian", which [[Spike Witwicky (G1)\|Spike Witwicky]] did not recognize but [[Cerebros (G1)\|Cerebros]] was able to read. {{storylink\|The Rebirth, Part 1}}		The first language used by the Transformers was likely the [[Quintesson]] language inherited from their creators, a hieroglyph-like series of inscriptions present upon the walls of their dimensional transporter room. {{storylink\|Madman's Paradise}} The [[Plasma energy\|Plasma Energy Chamber]]'s control panel used "Ancient Cybertronian", which [[Spike Witwicky (G1)\|Spike Witwicky]] did not recognize but [[Cerebros (G1)\|Cerebros]] was able to read. {{storylink\|The Rebirth, Part 1}}
	The [[Thirteenth Legion]], who'd fled Cybertron during a prior war, used a written language that [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Starscream]] would later identify as "Ancient Autobot". {{storylink\|Cosmic Rust (episode)\|Cosmic Rust}}
	The [[Ark (G1)\|Ark]]'s [[Teletraan-1]] supercomputer occasionally displayed snippets of Cybertronian writing, including what would presumably be a modern Autobot language.{{storylink\|More than Meets the Eye, Part 2}}		The [[Thirteenth Legion]], who'd fled Cybertron during a prior war, used a written language that [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Starscream]] would later identify as "Ancient Autobot". {{storylink\|Cosmic Rust (episode)\|Cosmic Rust}}

			The [[Ark (G1)\|Ark]]'s [[Teletraan I]] supercomputer occasionally displayed snippets of Cybertronian writing, including what would presumably be a modern Autobot language.{{storylink\|More than Meets the Eye, Part 2}}

			{{--}}

	====''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity====		====''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity====
	=====''Beast Wars'' cartoon=====		=====''Beast Wars'' cartoon=====
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	====''War for Cybertron Trilogy''====		====''War for Cybertron Trilogy''====
	====2021 ''Beast Wars'' comic====		====2021 ''Beast Wars'' comic====

	===Unicron Trilogy===		===Unicron Trilogy===
	====''Cybertron'' cartoon====		====''Cybertron'' cartoon====

Locoman: /* Cyberglyphics */

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Cyberglyphics

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	===Cyberglyphics===		===Cyberglyphics===
	Created for the ''[[Transformers (film)\|first live-action film]]'', the hieroglyph-like "cyberglyphics" featured prominently in both ''Transformers'' and [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)\|its immediate sequel]] as inscriptions on both the supernatural [[AllSpark]] artifact and the Transformers themselves. In addition to featuring prominently in marketing materials for both the first and second films, the font also saw use in IDW's [[2005 IDW continuity\|first ''Transformers'' continuity]] to represent a near-extinct dialect commonly known as "Ancient Cybertronian."		Created for the [[Transformers (film)\|first live-action film]], the hieroglyph-like "cyberglyphics" featured prominently in both ''Transformers'' and [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)\|its immediate sequel]] as inscriptions on both the supernatural [[AllSpark]] artifact and the Transformers themselves. In addition to featuring prominently in marketing materials for both the first and second films, the font also saw use in IDW's [[2005 IDW continuity\|first ''Transformers'' continuity]] to represent a near-extinct dialect commonly known as "Ancient Cybertronian."

	===High Moon font===		===High Moon font===

Locoman: /* Alphabets */

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Alphabets

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	==Alphabets==		==Alphabets==
	===Ancient Autobot===		===Ancient Autobot===
	Created by [[Jim Sorenson]] in the 1990s, based on symbols seen in the ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)\|The Transformers]]'' episode "[[Cosmic Rust (episode)\|Cosmic Rust]]." This font has seen particularly common use in official media, including "[[~~Allspark~~ Wars]]", Sorenson's own ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac\|AllSpark Almanac]]'' books, on Banzai-Tron's ''Timelines'' toy, in [[Burger King]]'s [[Transform Your Way]] promotion, as a part of the ''[[Around Cybertron]]'' news broadcast, on the cover to [[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron\|''All Hail Megatron'' volume 3]], in ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)\|Rescue Bots]]'', on [[Lockdown (ROTF)\|Lockdown]]'s HUD in ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)\|Age of Extinction]]'', both the [[2005 IDW continuity\|2005]] and [[2019 IDW continuity\|2019]] IDW comic universes, and extensively in the ''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (franchise)\|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]''.		[[File:Autobot Translations.jpg\|thumb\|right\|250px]]

			Created by [[Jim Sorenson]] in the 1990s, based on symbols seen in the ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)\|The Transformers]]'' episode "[[Cosmic Rust (episode)\|Cosmic Rust]]." This font has seen particularly common use in official media, including ''[[AllSpark Wars]]'', Sorenson's own ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac\|AllSpark Almanac]]'' books, on Banzai-Tron's ''Timelines'' toy, in [[Burger King]]'s [[Transform Your Way]] promotion, as a part of the ''[[Around Cybertron]]'' news broadcast, on the cover to [[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron\|''All Hail Megatron'' volume 3]], in ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)\|Rescue Bots]]'', on [[Lockdown (ROTF)\|Lockdown]]'s HUD in ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)\|Age of Extinction]]'', both the [[2005 IDW continuity\|2005]] and [[2019 IDW continuity\|2019]] IDW comic universes, and extensively in the ''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (franchise)\|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]''.

			{{--}}

	===Decepticon Graffiti===		===Decepticon Graffiti===
			[[File:Decepticon Translations.jpg\|thumb\|right\|250px]]

	Also created by Jim Sorenson in the '90s, based on the Cybertronian language graffitied on Earth landmarks by the [[Battlecharger]]s in [[Decepticon Graffiti!\|issue #23]] of the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|Generation 1 Marvel comic]]. This font was also used in the ''AllSpark Wars'' game, and in the [[Revenge of the Fallen (video games)\|''Revenge of the Fallen'' video game]].		Also created by Jim Sorenson in the '90s, based on the Cybertronian language graffitied on Earth landmarks by the [[Battlecharger]]s in [[Decepticon Graffiti!\|issue #23]] of the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|Generation 1 Marvel comic]]. This font was also used in the ''AllSpark Wars'' game, and in the [[Revenge of the Fallen (video games)\|''Revenge of the Fallen'' video game]].

			{{--}}

	===Maximal Cybertronix===		===Maximal Cybertronix===
			[[File:Maximal Language.jpg\|thumb\|right\|250px]]

	Created by [[Mainframe Entertainment]] and used in the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Wars]]'' and ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Machines]]'' cartoons for [[Maximal]] computer readouts.		Created by [[Mainframe Entertainment]] and used in the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Wars]]'' and ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Machines]]'' cartoons for [[Maximal]] computer readouts.

			{{--}}

	===Predacon Cybertronix===		===Predacon Cybertronix===
			[[File:Predacon Language.jpg\|thumb\|right\|250px]]

	Also created by Mainframe for [[Predacon (BW)\|Predacon]] computer readouts.		Also created by Mainframe for [[Predacon (BW)\|Predacon]] computer readouts.

			{{--}}

	===Cyberglyphics===		===Cyberglyphics===
	Created for the ''[[Transformers (film)\|first live-action film]]'', the hieroglyph-like "cyberglyphics" featured prominently in both ''Transformers'' and ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen\|its immediate sequel]] as inscriptions on both the supernatural [[AllSpark]] artifact and the Transformers themselves. In addition to featuring prominently in marketing materials for both the first and second films, the font also saw use in IDW's [[2005 IDW continuity\|first continuity]] to represent a near-extinct dialect commonly known as "Ancient Cybertronian."		Created for the ''[[Transformers (film)\|first live-action film]]'', the hieroglyph-like "cyberglyphics" featured prominently in both ''Transformers'' and [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)\|its immediate sequel]] as inscriptions on both the supernatural [[AllSpark]] artifact and the Transformers themselves. In addition to featuring prominently in marketing materials for both the first and second films, the font also saw use in IDW's [[2005 IDW continuity\|first ''Transformers'' continuity]] to represent a near-extinct dialect commonly known as "Ancient Cybertronian."

	===High Moon font===		===High Moon font===
			[[File:Aligned font.jpg\|thumb\|right\|250px]]

	Created by [[High Moon Studios]] for the ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)\|War for Cybertron]]'' video game, also loosed based on the "Ancient Autobot" symbols from "Cosmic Rust." It appears--stylized in various different ways--in assorted places through the game series, in the ''[[Transformers: Devastation\|Transformers: Devastation]]'' video game, in [[The Art of Transformers: Fall of Cybertron\|the ''Fall of Cybertron'' art book]], and on the [[Torchbearer]] toys.		Created by [[High Moon Studios]] for the ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)\|War for Cybertron]]'' video game, also loosed based on the "Ancient Autobot" symbols from "Cosmic Rust." It appears--stylized in various different ways--in assorted places through the game series, in the ''[[Transformers: Devastation\|Transformers: Devastation]]'' video game, in [[The Art of Transformers: Fall of Cybertron\|the ''Fall of Cybertron'' art book]], and on the [[Torchbearer]] toys.

			{{--}}

	==Fiction==		==Fiction==

Locoman at 21:05, 3 November 2021

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	===Ancient Autobot===		===Ancient Autobot===
	Created by [[Jim Sorenson]] in the 1990s, based on symbols seen in the ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)\|The Transformers]]'' episode "[[Cosmic Rust (episode)\|Cosmic Rust]]." This font has seen particularly common use in official media, including "[[Allspark Wars]]", Sorenson's own ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac\|AllSpark Almanac]]'' books, on Banzai-Tron's ''Timelines'' toy, in [[Burger King]]'s [[Transform Your Way]] promotion, as a part of the ''[[Around Cybertron]]'' news broadcast, on the cover to [[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron\|''All Hail Megatron'' volume 3]], in ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)\|Rescue Bots]]'', on [[Lockdown (ROTF)\|Lockdown]]'s HUD in ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)\|Age of Extinction]]'', both the [[2005 IDW continuity\|2005]] and [[2019 IDW continuity\|2019]] IDW comic universes, and extensively in the ''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (franchise)\|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]''.		Created by [[Jim Sorenson]] in the 1990s, based on symbols seen in the ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)\|The Transformers]]'' episode "[[Cosmic Rust (episode)\|Cosmic Rust]]." This font has seen particularly common use in official media, including "[[Allspark Wars]]", Sorenson's own ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac\|AllSpark Almanac]]'' books, on Banzai-Tron's ''Timelines'' toy, in [[Burger King]]'s [[Transform Your Way]] promotion, as a part of the ''[[Around Cybertron]]'' news broadcast, on the cover to [[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron\|''All Hail Megatron'' volume 3]], in ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)\|Rescue Bots]]'', on [[Lockdown (ROTF)\|Lockdown]]'s HUD in ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)\|Age of Extinction]]'', both the [[2005 IDW continuity\|2005]] and [[2019 IDW continuity\|2019]] IDW comic universes, and extensively in the ''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (franchise)\|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]''.
	===Decepticon Graffiti====		===Decepticon Graffiti===
	Also created by Jim Sorenson in the '90s, based on the Cybertronian language graffitied on Earth landmarks by the [[Battlecharger]]s in [[Decepticon Graffiti!\|issue #23]] of the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|Generation 1 Marvel comic]]. This font was also used in the ''AllSpark Wars'' game, and in the [[Revenge of the Fallen (video games)\|''Revenge of the Fallen'' video game]].		Also created by Jim Sorenson in the '90s, based on the Cybertronian language graffitied on Earth landmarks by the [[Battlecharger]]s in [[Decepticon Graffiti!\|issue #23]] of the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|Generation 1 Marvel comic]]. This font was also used in the ''AllSpark Wars'' game, and in the [[Revenge of the Fallen (video games)\|''Revenge of the Fallen'' video game]].
	===Maximal Cybertronix====		===Maximal Cybertronix===
	Created by [[Mainframe Entertainment]] and used in the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Wars]]'' and ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Machines]]'' cartoons for [[Maximal]] computer readouts.		Created by [[Mainframe Entertainment]] and used in the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Wars]]'' and ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Machines]]'' cartoons for [[Maximal]] computer readouts.
	===Predacon Cybertronix===		===Predacon Cybertronix===

Locoman: /* Marvel Comics continuity */

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Marvel Comics continuity

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	[[Jazz (G1)/Marvel ~~Comcis~~ continuity\|Jazz]] explained that his real name was unpronounceable in English. {{storylink\|Man of Iron (issue)\|Man of Iron}}		[[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Jazz]] explained that his real name was unpronounceable in English. {{storylink\|Man of Iron (issue)\|Man of Iron}}
	During a nation-wide vandalism spree, [[Runamuck (G1)\|Runamuck]] and [[Runabout (G1)\|Runabout]] sprayed Cybertronian graffiti across Earth monuments but eventually realized that humans couldn't understand their witty remarks. {{storylink\|Decepticon Graffiti!}}		During a nation-wide vandalism spree, [[Runamuck (G1)\|Runamuck]] and [[Runabout (G1)\|Runabout]] sprayed Cybertronian graffiti across Earth monuments but eventually realized that humans couldn't understand their witty remarks. {{storylink\|Decepticon Graffiti!}}

	====Generation 1 cartoon continuity====		====Generation 1 cartoon continuity====
	The first language used by the Transformers was likely the [[Quintesson]] language inherited from their creators, a hieroglyph-like series of inscriptions present upon the walls of their dimensional transporter room. {{storylink\|Madman's Paradise}} The [[Plasma energy\|Plasma Energy Chamber]]'s control panel used "Ancient Cybertronian", which [[Spike Witwicky (G1)\|Spike Witwicky]] did not recognize but [[Cerebros (G1)\|Cerebros]] was able to read. {{storylink\|The Rebirth, Part 1}}		The first language used by the Transformers was likely the [[Quintesson]] language inherited from their creators, a hieroglyph-like series of inscriptions present upon the walls of their dimensional transporter room. {{storylink\|Madman's Paradise}} The [[Plasma energy\|Plasma Energy Chamber]]'s control panel used "Ancient Cybertronian", which [[Spike Witwicky (G1)\|Spike Witwicky]] did not recognize but [[Cerebros (G1)\|Cerebros]] was able to read. {{storylink\|The Rebirth, Part 1}}

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	====''Devastation'''		====''Devastation'''====
	====2019 IDW continuity====		====2019 IDW continuity====
	====''War for Cybertron Trilogy''====		====''War for Cybertron Trilogy''====