War is Human Nature, without War there cannot be peace, without peace there cannot be war.
Posted by: JDYeash937 MkII
Posted by: hannible II
Posted by: JDYeash937 MkII
The UNSC had no reliable translations for Covenant languages until after Reach fell, due to the events of First Strike. After this (ie: Halo 2), the UNSC had a comprehensive translation system for Sangheili. Since they would have been little used, I think that each species' native languages would actually still be untranslatable.
However, Sangheili is the primary language of all Covenant (especially the military), and Sangheili is supposed to be a Sangheili word, so would be heard as Sangheili.
Sangheili is a latin word meaning 'I honor my kin.'
EDIT: in retrospect, Jiralhanae is a Korean word meaning 'Crazy Agressive Lunatic.'I thought Jiralhanae was Sanskrit?
But anyway, yes the words for the species are all words from Earth languages (in the real world), but (in the Haloverse) they are all taken from the Sangheili language.
Unggoy, Sangheili, Jiralhanae, Kig-Yar, Yan-mee[sp?] are all words from the Sangheili language, as all the Covenant (with the probable exception of the San-Shy'uum[sp?]) are required to speak Sangheili, at least when in the military.
The San-Shy'uum and Sangheili either share a language, or their languages are very similar.
hell, when ya think about it... Sangheili culture and the culture of Feudal Japan are very similar as well. they both value swordsmanship, they both have a very strict code of honor and discipline. just about the same in most aspects.