Kalimag





Kalimag is the standard language spoken by all elementals. Kalimag is an obscure tongue spoken only by a few scholars, for the native speakers (elementals) are rarely encountered in any sort of friendly capacity.

Kalimag appears to have several dialects including Ignan (fire), Aquan (water), Terran (earth), and Auran (air). One dialect exists for each elemental type living on the Elemental Plane. Elemental conglomerates are known to speak two or more of these dialects depending on elements they are made from.

The Frostmourne Pedestal (seen in WCIII) had Kalimag written on the dais. Apparantly, Muradin Bronzebeard can read Kalimag.

Sample Kalimag
Note: Phrases originate from the in-game parser system (see below) but represent some of the only use of "Kalimag" in game.
 * T ma toro nuk krast'ven fmerk --Wayward Fire Elemental, an objective of the quest Ice and Fire''
 * Kranu sto aer'rohgmar --Captured Water Spirit, during the quest Escape from Coilskar Cistern
 * Ma reth bromo zoln kilagrin dra ma zoern tu ko fraht ka tadrom Ma krin drinor zaln dirnor Ma krin kan aasrugel korsul --Manifestation of Water
 * Reth Reth Reth --Living Fire (NPC) and Sho'ravon, Greatstaff of Annihilation - Possibly means "Burn Burn Burn" given the nature of the elemental who says this. A member of the German localization team confirmed the equivalent in the German client, Dratir, means "Brennt" = "burn" (imperative plural)
 * T ma suz'ahn reth T ma fiilrok tadrom dra T krin os nuk talsa reth krin shone sto toro tu ko zoln reth -- Minor Manifestation of Fire

The names of the runes of warding in Molten Core (Kress, Mohn, Blaz, Zeth, Mazj, Koro and Theri) may also be Kalimag (more specifically Ignan).

Sample Words (speculation)
This is the list of words created by the in-game language parser for the Kalimag language, and is listed as language number twelve (word range 1029-1150) in the Language text file.

Note: The language algorithm used by the in-game "translator" merely makes the words look like "Kalimag". It does not actually translate words. Therefore, translated in-game speech isn't true "Kalimag".

Word & Phrase List (speculation)

 * Reth Reth Reth = May mean "Burn Burn Burn" or perhaps "Fire Fire Fire". However, this word also appears in text of Manifestation of Water - then again, both occurrences are within the game, created with the game's limited vocabulary. They likely mean different words, which are then 'translated' into the same 4-letter word.