Pygmy (language)

Pygmy is the presumed main language of the pygmies.

There was once a great leader of the pygmies whose name translates as "Dark Tan Helmet". The titan symbols covering the Ornate Tablet Fragments are noted to be far too elaborate for pygmy scrawl.

Untranslated words or phrases

• Echuta, gobin! = Said by Yngwie
• Eekum Bokum! = Said by the Pygmy Witchdoctor
• F'dun ta gobins ta da Beeg Badda! = Said by Yngwie
• GOBIN!!! = Said by Yngwie
• Gobin ookum ta z'mbee! = Said by Yngwie
• Killum gobins! Na cayno da BOOM! = Said by Yngwie
• Meesa na watun ta longa! = Said by Yngwie
• Oomlot = Pygmy tribe on the Lost Isles. Also the name of their home village.
• Oostan = Pygmy village on the Lost Isles
  • Nord = Northern subregion of Oostan
  • Ost = Eastern subregion of Oostan
  • Sor = Southern subregion of Oostan
• Skarf = Hyena mount of Sultan Oogah
• Tay'kn gobins! = Said by Yngwie
• Volcanoth = Fire turtle worshipped as a god by the pygmies

Speculation

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The pygmy language may or may not be related to the goblin language, given that goblins and pygmies are said to share an unknown common ancestor.

Translation speculation

• "Gobin" = "Goblin"

Aside from the obvious similarities of the two words (the pygmy word only lacking a single "l"), Yngwie says GOBIN!!! when aggroed by goblin players, and many of the phrases he yell out seem to be orders to kill, capture and/or sacrifice the captured inhabitants of the Town-In-A-Box.

• Nord = "North"
• Ost = "East"
• Sor = "South"