The Undead Language

N’Qalit’xul - Language of the Dead

Forward

The undead have been considered a plague on many worlds. Throughout time they have developed their own means of communication between their own. It is a secret language that only now others are beginning to gain some grasp of. The cost to discover the meaning of this language has been high and many brave souls have gone to their final rest to bring this information to the public eye. Guard well this volume of text for it may be the key to understanding the most relentless of enemies.

Pronunciation Key

In the development of this language many words have been taken direct from the original Sumerian. Some of those words have been changed to allow for the lack of lips. Not all undead are so well preserved after all. Consonants and sounds such as B, V, P, W and M will not be found among this dictionary. When a sound such as OW comes up it sounds hollow since it is said further back in the throat. To speak the sound of the XH combination it is said in the back of the throat like the hard CH in the German Achtung when followed by a vowel only and like the SH sound when the vowel comes after a consonant. There are always exceptions to every language and when they occur, when possible there will be a separate pronunciation next to the world for clarity. When two vowels or two consonants are put together it simply extends the sound the exception being with E, which becomes the long sound.

Grammar is the same as English except when dealing with past tense. When using a verb in the past tense it will sit at the beginning of the phrase.

Tense Examples

  • Olokth Naskas Aklar! - The Blood War Begins!

To change the tense in the phrase above you would move the Aklar.

  • Aklar Olokth Naskas! - The Blood War has begun!

Plural Examples

Add ak for male plural and s for female plural

  • Elustak - Lords
  • Elustas - Ladies

Pronunciation Examples

ANI AH nee QAT KAHT
AUTA OW tah ZA ZAH
SUNNA SOO nah AXHUL AH shool
QUUL KOOL SACEN sĀSEn
TAXHUTU tah KHOO too ZUNSCH ZOON ch
KAZH KAHZSH RAOQ ROWK
SUNXUL sun ZOOL ENU EH noo
TALANU TAHL ahnoo TIANATU TEEAH nahtoo
ELERUINE ehleh ROO een AER AIR
NIEST nee EHST SZHERDAAN SHARE dawn
X’SCAL ehks SCAHL RAUL’HRAQ rowl HER ahk
NERIO NERH ee oh XAILAN zā LAHN
NEAU nee OW HACZATI hah SHATEE
LEETZ LĒTS ZOIRO zOYro

Dictionary

Conjunctions

A I
And NA
As (or Lik) KINA
As Much As NALA
But NAT
Either … Or … LU … LU …
From INAT
Him SUN
He SU
If SUNNA
In INA
Let LUNK
Like (or As) KINA
On INO
Of AN (Of is rarely used but is an ‘understood’ in most phrases)
Or U LU
That ATU
The N
They SUNU
This ATI
Through INAK
Thus KI’AN
To ZA
Unto ANNA
What QAT
Whatever KITTA
Where ASAR
Which SA’AT
Whichever AKISSA
Who QAS
Why AKSI

Numbers

Thanks to Groone for his work on this portion

One UN (oon)
Two ANI (ah-nee)
Three TIR (teer)
Four DAL
Five KAN
Six AXHUL
Seven QUUL (kwool)
Eight DALUK
Nine SACEN
Ten LUN
Eleven UNUNTI
Twelve UNANITI
Thirteen UNTIRTI
Fourteen UNDALTI
Fifteen UNKANTI
Sixteen UNAXHULTI
Seventeen UNQUULTI
Eighteen UNDALUKTI
Nineteen UNSACENTI
Twenty ANILUN
Sequence add the single digit names ANILUN + UN = ANILUNUN
Twenty One ANILUNUN
Twenty Two ANILUNANI
Twenty Three ANILUNTIR
Thirty TIRLUN
Fourty DALLUN
Fifty KANLUN
Sixty AXHULLUN
Seventy QUULLUN
Eighty DALUKLUN
Ninety SACENLUN

A

Abandon QUSSURU
Able LE’U
Abomination ANZILLU
Above ELENU
Abyss TIANATU
Accuse ELERU
Accuser ELERUINE (an accuser)
After ARKI
Afterwards ARKINUS
Against ELI
Aid TAXHUTU
All KALU
Alliance KATARU (to make an alliance)
Alone EDIS
Amen QUASIT
Anything GUNQA
Army AXHAN
Arms KHANEK
Arrive KASADU
Artisans UNNATI
Ashes DITALLU
Assembly DUHRUM
Attacker GUDANNA
At My Feet ANA SETIYA
Awake NEGELTU
Awesome KASHURRA
Axe AZUST

B

Back SERU
Bad LEDST
Badly LEDSTIS
Barely SHENK
Bat SUTINNU
Battle TAHAZU
Battle Line SIDRU
Battle INA QITRU TAHAZI (Battle Onslaught)
Bay DOZU
Be ASU
Bear NASU (verb, to bear)
Bed GISNA
Beer SIKARA
Before INA’ZUT
Begin AKLAR
Beginning AKLARSU
Behold ANNITU
Belly ZUNSCH
Belong ASU’NKA
Besieged ALKE
Bestow TALANU (to bestow on)
Bird ESSURU
Bird City ALU’ESS
Bite NASAKU
Black SALZUS
Black SALAZUSH (to become black)
Blood OLOKTH
Body OLONKA
Bond DU’ OKTH (Blood Bond)
Bone OSSID
Booty OLOONKA
Born ENINUST (one who was born)
Bow ISQASTU
Bowl KUNINU
Bracelet ZOIRO
Break KAZH
Break Out OKT’KAZH
Breast IRTU
Breather/Living One ENIR’AXHUT (The more vile/curse form is AXHUT)
Bridle RAOQ
Bright NEZHERU
Brightness NEZH’IR
Bring NADU
Bring to Naught (futile) NADU’ZAUL
Brother SUNXUL
Build TAONGAL
Burn XAZHUL
Buyer SAYYANUN

C

Cage QURRU
Calm Down NAHU
Came HIND’ZA
Campaign GIRRU
Carry AHALU
Change ENU
Changed ENUKT
Cheek LETU
Child DANKUT
Choice RESTU
City ALU
City Gate GAL’ALU
Claim LEQU’HAZAN (Take with Force)
Clay DUGGAK (lifeless mass of clay Insult)
Close QITRA (to draw near)
Clothed LAKASU (to Dress)
Clothes LAKAN
Coffin HARQENT
Come ALKA’ZA
Commands Loth
Commanded LOTH’OKA
Commanders GAUNTAR
Confine QASQUR
Conquered IKSUDA
Contract RIKISTU
Corpse ZAGRU
Council/Wisdom ILANI
Count ORDEN (to count)
Course ALAKTU
Crevice KIINDAR
Crossing NOCTRAN
Crown CRADAN
Cut AGRAZ
Curse EZERU
Cutting AGRAZAN

D

Daily UNISACE
Dangerous AKSU
Dark AUTA
Darkness AUTAN
Dawn SACEAK
Day SACE
Dead/Evil XUL
Dead Ones XULUN
Deeds DANQATI
Deep Water TIADOZH
Defeat DASHQAT
Demon/s DALKHU (evil spirits)
Desire/Wish SIKUTU
Destroy NAKU
Destruction/War NASKAS
Die ZALAKU TUN (to go one`s fate)
Difficult NANRASU
Diminish SEHERU
Direction GUG
Disease NURSU
District NAGU
Divide ZAZU
Dogs KALNI
Dog of Death KAL’XUL
Door DALTU
Down CRUNK
Dragon SAUKKU
Drink NAG
Dusk SACEASU
Dust ECLICH
Dwell ENUNTI
Dwell in Darkness INA ENUNTI AUTAN
Dwelling ENUNTISH

E

Ear AURUK
Earth KIA
Eat IKUL
Enemy GRAST
Enter AER
Entered AERUN
Envelope SAHATU (to envelope)
Escape ZASUDU
Equal INA SUNXUL (to make equal)
Ever ISTU
Evil Eye XUL’OTH
Eye OTH
Executed DAKU (to be executed)
Exit ASU
Extinguish KRAS

F

Face COUANA
Fall AUQATU
Far RUQU
False JHEEL
Fate SIKTUN
Father ADUN
Father of ASLI
Favorite NIEST
Fear ADARU
Female SINNIS
Flee ACRAT
Field EQLUN
Fire INLAST
Fish IKHAK
Food AKALUN
Foot GIR
Forbid KINCH
Forbidden KINCHAX
Force ENUQA (by force)
Forests SZHERDAAN
Forever DARISACE
Fort ARKH
Fortified ENKLUT
Fortification ARKH’ANAT
Fortresses ARKHAK
Fought SUNKAS
From INAT
Front ELLAN
Furious AULAK

G

Gate CRAU
Gatekeeper CRAUZAR
Guard NASARU
Gave (he gave) ISRUK
Gave SUKAN (he gave to me)
Ghosts XU’IDU
Gift IORIS
Give NADANU
Give (to pay) NADANU
Go ALAKU
God (a god) ILU
Goddess ILATI
Going SITU (going out)
Gold (money) GOROT
Good DANIQ
Glowing DIRGA
Great RAULUUK
Grave/Mound EDUKU

H

Hair NALU
Hand QIRAT
Hang CERQAN
Happy NETRU
Have ISU
Head CRAK
Hear NISH
Heart J’ZAX
Heavy KANITU
Help REZH
Herald NAGIRU
Hide NASKU
High UL
Hire AGARU
Hold KALU
Holy X’SCAL
Home SCRIE
Horn QANNU
Horned QANNUNT
Horse SISU
Hour KAS’AN
House HASQRAN
Hunter RAUL’HRAQ (supreme hunter)
Hurrah KARRA

I

Idea ZIKRU
Immediately HANTA
Impose ENEDU
Impregnate ERU
Imprison QURRU
Incantation NUSKU (incantation word, budding branch)
Innocent UTENKA
Inscribe SATARU (to have inscribed)
Instead KITA (instead of)
Interrupt IKLARU
Iron NERIO
Ivory SINNU

J

Joining ANKIDA
Joy HADJ
Joyfully HADJIS
Judge DAYYANU
Judges DAYYANAK

K

Kill DAKUL
Killing/Killed DAKULAN
King SARRUN
King of SAR
Kings (of) SARRU/I
Kingship SARRUTUN
Kiss NASAQU
Know IDU
Knows IDUSU
Knowledge IDUTU

L

Lack NAG’XAK
Lady ELUSTA
Land KUR
Language QALIT
Lay AKRAN
Lead (to lead) REDU
Learn LOADU
Leave EZEKU
Liar SARRU
Lie SAR (To tell a lie)
Lie Down AKRA’KRUNK
Life SHI
Light NURU
Lightning ARAQUN
Lip SANTU
Live ENIR
Living Ones ENIR’AXHUT
Lock SIKKURU
Look At XUL’OTH (evil eye)
Lord ELUST
Lord of ELU
Lose (to lose) HALQU
Lost HALQU
Love XA
Lower SAT
Luxurious ULASH (glittering)

M

Male ZIKAR
Man LU
Man (a man) ILU
Man of ILAN
March ALLIK (war march)
Message XA’URU (to send a person a message)
Messenger XAILAN
Metals ZAG
Middle NAEDA
Midsts NAEDAIN (in the middle/midst)
Mist SHUNTI
Month ARHUN
Moon INKRIA
Mother ULUUTH
Mound/Grave EDUKU
Mount SAHATU (to mount)
Mountain SHADU
Mountains SHADUAK
Mouth USTA
Murder NEZH’RAK

N

Name NADRA
Near QITRA (to draw near)
Netherworld ERSET LA TARI
NEW NEAU
Nose AKKU
No HS
Not UL
Nurse SUD

O

Oath ZAKRAN
Obey SENU
Oblivion UL’ANOK
Ocean (abyss) TIANAKA
Offerings NAKLU (burnt offerings)
Oil IAZU
Old RAGII
Open CETU
Open for Me CETU’A
Order TAN’AUK (To Order)
Over KASSAT
Overcome KASADU
Overlay KAS’AKRAN
Overturn NAXHALKUTU (remove)

P

Paid ILEQQE
Palace EKALLIN
Penalty ARNUN
Personality TEEZHA
Perfect AZU or IAZU
Pig SAHU
Pirate TAL’DALKHU (Literally means Sea Demon)
Place ASRU
Planet NUL AXHIN
Plow ERESU
Plumage SUKAT KAXHI
Plunge SALU
Poured SAKUHN (is poured)
Power ENUQ
Powerful SETZSU
Precious NISIQTU
Premature INA LA UNISU (prematurely)
Presence NAHRU
Priest ZAXHKI (of lamentation)
Primeval AXHZU (primeval source)
Prince NALKU or NAR SARRUN (son of the king)
Proceed XHANUNS
Property NAKKURUN
Prophet (seer) NAQZHU
Pull SATU
Pure EREJU (to be clean)
Purification by Fire SHURKUST
Put SAKANU

Q

Queen SARRATET
Quickly ARHIS
Quiet STEZH (to be quiet)

R

Race ARNKA (the four regions/races)
Raise Up ELU
Rags KARRU
Ramp ARANNU
Rare AQRU
Receive NEHERUS
Red SSANDU
Region SHULXHI
Rejoice HADU
Release IEAZUSS
Religion TARSU
Remove TETSU
Render KHARASU (to render a decision)
Reorganize ANA SORCHAT
Request ERESU
Rest SITTU
Return TARU
Rib TI
Ride RAKARK
Rider IDDUGGA (flowing leaden rider)
Righteous Ruler ENSI
Rings INSATIES
Rival SSARKATH
River NARSHIDDA (river of the night)
Road HARRANI
Roam NAGASU
Rob HACZATI
Rope ADSANU
Ruby ATYARAHHU
Ruin KARNU
Rush SATE’U (to dash out)

S

Safe SALACU (to be safe)
Sanctum CHARAG (inner sanctum)
Save ETERU
Saying IZZAKKARA
Sea TALTAS
Seal KADRAK
Seat KUSSUN
See NURU
Seed ZERU
Seer (prophet) NANKUT
Seller NADINUN
Sent ISHUR (he sent)
Serpent AZAG (great serpent)
Set SATINE
Settle SUXHTA
Shade SILLUS
Sharpen SELUTH
Shine ZAG (the shine of metals)
Ship NAGAURN
Show USI
Sick SHAROOS
Side INS
Seize SAYATU
Seized QATISU
Silent SUQASHEST
Sin (to sin) SHA HATTI
Since ISTU
Singer NARU
Single EDU
Sister AHATKI
Sit YASASTU
Skin NASKU
Skull AKRAZH
Slave CRAK
Small YASU (to be small)
Smite HROTH
Smiter HROTHAZ
Snake ENUSH
Soldier REDUN
Son ARUST
Sorcery KISHZU
Sorrow EXIH
Speak QALU
Spirit ZINI
Spirit World LA’ATZU
Splendor ALTUNJ
Spoil SALLATI
Spoke QALUST
Spread Out SUQARU
Sprinkle SALAHU
Stake GASISU
Stand UZUZZU
Steal/Stealer TAXHAUL
Steep ZAQRU
Stir JOSTE
Stole ISRIQ
Stone ANUTE
Stop ATILTU
Strike (hit) INHAS
Strong GUD
Stronghold GUD’TUKLATI
Subdue (sumbit) KANASU
Substitute RATI
Summons SISITU
Sun UTU
Supreme ILAT
Surround SAHARU
Suspend SUQALLULU
Sustenance YUYUTU
Swift/swiftness ENUSTAK
Sword SHUHADAKU

T

Tablets EDUSHA
Take LEQU
Take Away TAYALU
Tear DINTU
Tell UREST
Terrain EQEL
Territory ATU
Terror ZRAKATH
Testimony SIDART
There were JASA
Thief SARRAQUN
Thieves SARRAQUNAK
Thigh RENU
Thirst SENK (to lack)
Threshold ARANASKUATU
Throw/throwing TANADU
Time ADANNU
Tomb KISHAHH
Tower DILTAS
Treat ERESHU
Tremble ZARESH (to shake with fear)
Tribute LEETZ
True ALETE
Try DAN
Tunnel ILSU
Turbid DALHU
Turn ENU
Turned Into USENI

U

Unrivaled LAQAAR
Unsubmissive LANAGEER
Until ADI
Upper ELENU
Up to ADITI
Utensil UNUTU

V

Verdict DINUM
Vertical SU
Victory LYEZAN

W

Wait UNTUT
Wall DURU
Want YATALU
Wanted LEESEE
Warrior ETLU
Watcher NERGAL
Water AZU
Weak AK
Weapon ISKAKKU
Weep LAKU
Well DANQIS (the emotion)
Went USI
West ANURRU
Whatever NINKA
Wide NAZALKU
Wife ASHATI
Wild RIKANIS
Wind INHA
Wine ISKARANU
Wing KAXHU
Wise ENQU
With ITTI
Within INA
Without CRALU
Without Number LA NINAS
Witness SIRQUN
Wood ISU
Word ADATE
Worker ALEEL
Worry ADARU

Y

Year AKITU
Yes IE
Yoke NIRUS
Young SEHER

Z

Zenith ANRAH