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Post by *PINHEAD* » Sat Mar 26, 2005 4:38 pm

Gah, what have I done...

Now, has there ever been mention of the Saiyan language, or is it basically the...um..."basic" DB language?
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Post by Chibi Mystic Gohan » Sat Mar 26, 2005 5:06 pm

Japanese is the basic language. Stated by Freeza.
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Post by Mike » Sat Mar 26, 2005 5:30 pm

I'm not sure if it's the official Saiyan language, but the letters and numbers on the scouters aren't English or Japanese. In the Saiyan Saga Bulma was able to modify the scouter so that it was understandable. Maybe someone here can do something similar. :lol:
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Post by Chibi Mystic Gohan » Sat Mar 26, 2005 7:17 pm

It's not the Saiyan language, it's the basic language in the galaxy.
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Post by askani son » Sat Mar 26, 2005 7:51 pm

Where can I find these boards on Saiyan/Namekian language.
PS. Trying not to completely go off topic (though I am kinda late there) What are the people of Namek called? Nameks (I remember Freeza with that one) or Namekians(which everyone else calls them.
This could just be me being really stupid or the fault of the dub but any thoughts?
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Post by tealsmith » Sat Mar 26, 2005 8:11 pm

askani son wrote:Where can I find these boards on Saiyan/Namekian language.
PS. Trying not to completely go off topic (though I am kinda late there) What are the people of Namek called? Nameks (I remember Freeza with that one) or Namekians(which everyone else calls them.
This could just be me being really stupid or the fault of the dub but any thoughts?
I have some scans from a Daizenshuu of that racial group, and they're referred to as 'Nemeccian'.
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Post by askani son » Sat Mar 26, 2005 8:44 pm

I have some scans from a Daizenshuu of that racial group, and they're referred to as 'Nemeccian'.
Nemeccian? I am guessing that aint a typo...so...damn DB is random sometimes. Thanks for the info though :D
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Post by SpaceKappa » Sat Mar 26, 2005 8:49 pm

The Daizenshuu are in Japanese, so "Nameccian" is accurate.
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Post by tealsmith » Sat Mar 26, 2005 9:07 pm

Mizugi wrote:The Daizenshuu are in Japanese, so "Nameccian" is accurate.
Indeed. Brought over to english I'm pretty sure we could safely say it's the same, only with k's instead for the usual 'Namekian' (or 'Namekkian').
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Post by askani son » Sat Mar 26, 2005 9:35 pm

Yeah I guess,
I wrote: Nemeccian? I am guessing that aint a typo...so...damn DB is random sometimes.
was a pretty dumb statement. You can see what I mean though. DB in general has waaaay to many dubs which, in turn, means many different spellings, or even entirely new words and names in some cases.
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Post by Chibi Mystic Gohan » Sun Mar 27, 2005 12:45 am

Namekkusei-jin. Which could pretty much mean Namekian.
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Post by SpaceKappa » Sun Mar 27, 2005 1:14 am

Namek-sei-jin literally means "People of Planet Namek."
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Post by TripleRach » Sun Mar 27, 2005 1:59 am

Err, where are you guys getting the basic language line from? All Freeza says in Japanese is:

ナメック語ではなく わたしたちにもわかることばでおしゃべりなさい 話せることは知ってるんですよ

Meaning "Speak in words that we understand, not Namekkian. Because I know that you can."
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Post by tealsmith » Sun Mar 27, 2005 2:01 am

Mizugi wrote:Namek-sei-jin literally means "People of Planet Namek."
'Jin' just means 'People' or 'Persons', right?
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Post by Chibi Mystic Gohan » Sun Mar 27, 2005 2:07 am

<_< I swear I saw a translation saying "speak in the normal language" or something. I think it was VIZ's, though it might have been a fanslation.
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Post by SpaceKappa » Sun Mar 27, 2005 2:55 am

tealsmith wrote:
Mizugi wrote:Namek-sei-jin literally means "People of Planet Namek."
'Jin' just means 'People' or 'Persons', right?
Right. 'Sei' meaning planet, coupled with Namek and the suffix 'jin' gets you 'people of planet Namek.'
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Post by Domon » Sun Mar 27, 2005 2:10 pm

Chibi Mystic Gohan wrote:<_< I swear I saw a translation saying "speak in the normal language" or something. I think it was VIZ's, though it might have been a fanslation.
Viz has Freeza saying "Please speak in a tougue that we understand, not Namekian. We know that you can speak our language."
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