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- This analysis is based on all named Materials that appear up to the end of Volume 3. Both English (from the translations by js06) and Japanese (from https://www12.atwiki.jp/index-index/pages/3410.html) names were used.
- The Summon Language will be referred to as Summonese from this point on so I don't have to type that whole phrase out everytime.
- Basic rules:
- -) Each block of the Summonese name is a single word and can be from 1 to 4 characters long. Average length in the base data is almost exactly 2 (2.01903009688724).
- -) Grammar seems similar to the Japanese language and contains particles that function exactly like "の" and "を". However, certain Summonese names contain more of these particles than their Japanese equivalents, which suggests that there's at least some difference in either grammar or wording between the two languages.
- -) Words are usually in the same order as in the Japanese names, with notable exceptions being Materials like "DEC Tentacle (DECテンタクル)" or "SSC for Puppet #2000 (SSCforパペット#2000)", whose Summonese name describes their traits instead.
- -) Words remain unaltered no matter what grammatical role they take on, presumably because any rules for that kind of thing would limit the space of possible <=4-letter words too much.
- -) There's no evident system behind what letters make up what word. One possible hint is that "kub" (Purple) contains both "k" (Green) and "b" (Red), but the only mention of red and green making purple I can find is one thread in some painting forum, so it's probably just a coincidence.
- Quasi-certain translations (backed up by multiple names, sentence structure, or surrounding translated words):
- b => Red
- k => Green
- s => Yellow
- a => Genitive particle (の)
- ei => Object marker (を)
- lvz => to eat
- fd => Wings
- kub => Purple
- miq => Electricity
- wm => Demon
- va => Wind
- sx => Vortex
- km => Obstacle
- ox => to crush
- oq => Doll
- mel => Pitiful
- wzb => Fire
- j => Flower
- tix => Heaven
- yw => to rule
- wuh => Sword
- vjz => King
- pl => Woman
- cb => Fish
- nh => to ram
- du => Eye
- cuw => Enemy
- weq => Human
- bih => Blood
- dp => to pursue
- tq => Spear
- nal => Sharp
- lu => Void
- hf => Ocean
- tok => to swim
- enl => Shark
- za => Spirit
- icg => Stuffed Animal
- iu => Black/Evil
- eu => White/Good
- bf => All
- yx => Serpent
- yi => Insect
- zi => Spider
- hatl => Calamity
- fb => Truth
- Speculative translations:
- -) "o": Mostly appears in names that don't translate straight between Summonese and Japanese. My guess that it's some sort of particle to attach adjectives to nouns (similar to な) is best supported by the name "Ugly and Pitiful Insect Swollen with Tragedy that Eats into the Void (虚空を蚀む悲剧に膨れた丑く哀れな虫/lu-ei-map-ab-ou-od-nu-mel-o-yi)". The Japanese ending "な虫" would perfectly match the Summonese "o-yi" with this assumed translation.
- -) "ao": I assume this simply means "and", but it only appears in "The Lady of "Purple Lightning" that Separates Good from Evil" and "The "Red-Eyed" Lady who Sees Through all Sin and Calamity". The first one doesn't even contain the word "and" in the English version and the Japanese names have some fancy kanji bullshit I can't interpret with enough certainty to be sure of this translation.
- -) "re": Shared by DEC Tentacle (whose tentacles are chains) and Bound Armor, so "Chain" seems reasonable.
- -) "nu": At first I thought this is some sort of negation based on its position in "iu-nu-fb-a-wuh" (Evil-nu-Truth-の-Sword, referring to the White Queen's Sword of Unsullied Truth), but other uses don't really match that.
- Another interesting finding:
- The reason Divine-class Materials are only described and never named in any language appears to be that their mythological name equals their proper summon name. The horned celtic god of hunting Kyousuke summons in Volume 3 is called "Cernunnos", which fits the described cost of 9 and middle sound range. The same is true for Adam's first wife summoned in Volume 4 ("Lilith", Sound Range: Middle, Cost: 6). This implies that important gods with short names like Zeus and Odin are pretty shit-tier Materials and that others, like Thor (1 low, middle, and high sound), can't even be summoned without breaking the ceremony's rules. Then again, most mythologies probably have some long-winded alternative names for their gods hidden away somewhere, so I doubt it's an actual problem.
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