Language

While playing Genshin Impact, players can find many different languages and scripts while exploring Teyvat, most of which are based on real-world languages. This article covers scripts which players can see while playing the game and is not necessarily comprehensive of all languages which exist in the world of Teyvat.
Aside from Hilichurlian and Ishine Script, all language names are unofficial.
==Teyvat Script==
==Hilichurlian==
==Liyue Script==
==Inazuman Script==
==Sumeru Script==
==Deshret Script==
==Fontaine Script==
==Latin-Based Language==
==Other Languages==
===Mondstadt Script===
Certain signs in Mondstadt appear to use a script that is not the Teyvat Script. These signs have words written using the with certain sections removed and the entire written item flipped horizontally. There is also variation between likely instances of the same letter.
Signs with this script:
* An emblem of the Mondstadt branch of the Adventurers' Guild emblem; likely reads "" ("")
* Logo of the Angel's Share; likely reads "" ("")
* Inn sign; likely reads "Inn" ("Inn")
===Enochian-Based Language===
Enochian Alphabet.png|Enochian alphabet letters found in-game with corresponding letters from the real-life Enochian alphabet.
Abyss Language.png|A Cryo Abyss Mage reciting an incantation (GGCBG in the Enochian alphabet)
enochian.gif|The real-life Enochian alphabet
The script for this language appears while Abyss Mages are chanting to regenerate their shields as well as over their heads when performing spells outside of combat, whether alone or in the company of hilichurls such as in the . This is likely the long-forgotten language mentioned in the Adventurer Handbook as what gives the Abyss Mages their magical power. The script is based on the alphabet, but attempts to decrypt it have only yielded unintelligible text, as the letter sequences appear to be randomly generated.
The script also appears in the yellow protective runes around the weak points of Automatons, where the mirrored glyphs for B, L, and G circle around the core. Ruin Guards are known to have been made by the people of Khaenri'ah, many of whom turned into "monsters of the Abyss," so this script was possibly used in Khaenri'ah as well.
There is only one instance of the Enochian-based language being transcribed into another discernible language: In the cinematic at the end of , the Hydro Abyss Mage says a line that is transcribed in the subtitles as "Gohus, Chiso Vonph" in the Roman alphabet, regardless of the player's set language. This translates from Enochian as something along the lines of "I say, they are angry." While the line itself does not appear otherwise, the Hydro Abyss Mage says the line while performing an animation similar to the shield regeneration animation, during which letters from the alphabet appear. The same line can also be heard by players in regular gameplay when Abyss Mages finish regenerating their shields.
===Runes===
Runes resembling runes can be seen in the Tutorial images for the Abyss Mages, seemingly when they are about to regenerate their shields. However, since Version 1.0, the symbols that appear around Abyss Mages are in the Enochian-based language instead.
===Adeptus Script===
This script has only been found on Adeptus Bridges. It is presumably used by the Adepti.
===Ishine Script===
The Ishine Script was only known by the priestly families in the civilization that once inhabited Tsurumi Island. The language of the script was used to name people, places, and other things on the island. This language is likely based on the in real life. For example, Kama means "a very big rock," which corresponds to the Ainu word , meaning "flat rock." However, the letters of the Ishine Script do not bear any obvious similarities to Ainu writing.
===Tanuki Language===
According to Ioroi, Tanuki can understand human speech by nature, but also possess their own language amongst themselves. Ioroi is able to prepare a magical food which allows the Traveler to understand some Tanuki speech, but much of it still comes out as gibberish, such as when Kichiboushi says "squelch squelch lavender melon." According to Ioroi, this confusion is caused by the Traveler having yet to be accustomed to Kichiboushi's aura, a statement which is supported by the fact that communication with Kichiboushi gets clearer throughout the journey with him.
===Aranara Language===
==Ciphers==
===Jade Chamber===
Deciphering the series of numbers in the Strange Notebook results in the message "The Fatui will strike the Golden House." The text can be deciphered by referring a book about Rex Lapis's death that can be found on Ningguang's desk. The code numbers are a modified , written in the format [sentence]:[word]:[letter]|[letter]. The letters from these codes will spell out the message.
===Cryptic Message in Dragonspine===
Nine Ruin Guards located throughout Dragonspine contain cryptic Record of Serial No. messages that can be deciphered to read "For the nation, we can't forgo this skyborne power, but we failed."
===Cryptic Message in Sumeru===
Five Ruin Guards located throughout Sumeru contain cryptic messages that can be deciphered to read "We Schwanenritters have fought to the last one."
==Real Life Languages==
So far, the following real life languages have been used extensively, although none appear in written form in the world of Genshin Impact as they do in real life:
Language	Primarily seen in relation to...
Ainu 	Tsurumi Island
Arabic 	Sumeru
Chinese 	Liyue
Egyptian	Great Red Sand (Sumeru)
English 	Mondstadt
French 	Fontaine
German 	Mondstadt
Greek 	Enkanomiya
Japanese	Inazuma
Latin 	Sea of Bygone Eras, Abyssal spells
Nahuatl 	Natlan
Persian 	Dharma Forest (Sumeru)
Russian 	Snezhnaya
Sanskrit	Dharma Forest (Sumeru)
Other real life languages that have been used include the following (examples are non-exhaustive):
*Corsican (Spina di Rosula)
*Dutch (Vermeer)
*Finnish (Ukko)
*Hebrew (Names of the Hypostases, Teyvat)
*Hindustani (Kaushik)
*Hungarian (Orban)
*Italian (Names of the Eleven Fatui Harbingers, Lisa Minci, Navia)
*Maori (Mavuika)
*Old Norse (Sal Vindagnyr, Imunlaukr, Gunnhildr, Ragnvindr, Ulfr, Ylgr)
*Old Slavic (Krsnik Noc)
*Spanish (Six-Fingered José)
*Tigrinya (Mersa)
*Tongan (Ahoeitu)
*Ukrainian (Names of some Fatui Pyro Agents)
*Romanian (Cosanzeana)
*Yoruba (Ayo)
==Manga-Only Scripts==
The Genshin Impact manga was published from 2018 to 2019, before the official global launch of the game.
===Common Script===
 An indecipherable script can be seen in papers throughout the manga, such as in the letter that Il Dottore receives from the Knights of Favonius in Chapter 9. It is likely a written lingua franca.
As this script has not been seen in official media since the game's launch and all instances of the script appear to be filler text due to repetition of the same lines, this script was likely a placeholder and ultimately scrapped.
===Prologue Script===
 In the manga's prologue, Venti arises from a magic circle with an unknown script within it.
This script has not been seen in-game or in official media since the game's launch. It may have been scrapped or updated.
===English===
 In Chapter 5 of the manga, there is a circular stamp reading "THE CHIVALRY OF THE WEST WIND - MONDE LIBRARY" in English.
The regular use of English as-is has likely been scrapped.
===Ancient Script===
 In the manga, there is a partially burned two-sided Fatui document about Crepus Ragnvindr's Delusion and the syringe that was used on Collei. The content pertaining to the Delusion was written in the common script, as it appears to use the same written script and Amber and Jean both read it, but the content pertaining to the syringe was written in an "ancient language." It has dots and a blocky style like the Deshret Script. The Liyue Script also has a similar blocky style but has no dots.
This script has not been seen in-game or in official media since the game's launch. It may have been scrapped or updated.
==Trivia==
*There are very few instances of any existing scripts on Earth appearing as-is in the world of Teyvat. The only known instances are:
**The Roman Alphabet
***Playing cards found on tables in Angel's Share
***Tattered Paper image, which appears to say "S to J" in the bottom right
*** Layla's List of Orders image, which may say "Quest!" on the first line
***Diona's collar with her initial written on the tag.
**Arabic numerals
***Found in the 2/4 asset along with other Western ; used in various musical contexts, including but not limited to:
****Barbara's Elemental Skill
****Speakerphones in the Veluriyam Mirage
****A panel at the top of Constellation Metropole
** Chinese characters
***The Unusual Hilichurl has a Simplified Chinese character on its mask as a reference to Liu Wei, one of HoYoverse's co-founders.
***The Balladeer has a stylized version of the kanji/hanzi character 惡, meaning "evil," on the veil of his hat.
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