Macrovolute Communication

> "We can't speak in a way that you would understand." - Gregorsa
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Macrovolutes don't speak in a way that we can hear or understand them, because of how they speak to each other. They have a smell based communication system with pheromones unlike our sound based languages. How they use it is also quite different. Macrovolutes exchange "3D" information in short bursts that are similarly inexplicable to us. Additionally, our brains would not be able to detect the pheromones that macrovolutes use to communicate. Due to vertebrates not being able to control how we smell, our sense of communication is deemed "brainless and basic" to macrovolutes, even though we have very nuanced languages.

All of the macrovolutes share what is called a "core language" which covers all the basic concepts like eating or sleeping. This allows consistent communication for macrovolutes no matter where they are or who is speaking. Beyond this is a "meta language" which differs based on the culture, lineage and location of where the macrovolute is.

They tend to give whole sentences and paragraphs all at once, and then wait for a bit for the pheromones to dissipate or else their communication gets cluttered. They do this because they cannot comprehend long strings of communication.

Ants are particularly hard to comprehend and understand what they are saying due to how much information they burst out and how fast they communicate to each other, Most of their communications come off as a jumbled mess of overlapping voices all talking at once.

As Gregorsa states, "So, I've been translating. And for some things, I've had to take some pretty big liberties." All of the language we experience in Humans-B-Gone! has gone under the translation and bias of Gregorsa, like many of the other aspects of the show.

### Titles and Naming Conventions

This comes into play because macrovolutes don't speak their names normally, they wear specific scents called "titles" and they tell the other macrovolutes a lot of information about who they are talking to.

It tells them:

* Their name
* Where they live
* What job they have
* What gender they are

Instead of making an introduction, it's traditional to mention that you smelled the other party's name accurately. It's actually more polite the more uncertain you are.

Naming is particularly complex, because what is deemed a "adult name" and a "child name" vary from the true insects and the arachnids. Insects and arachnids both have child and adult names, but what is deemed a child name and what is deemed a adult name is widely different.

#### Insects

Insect child names are usually based on plants or describes them, where the adult names identifies the species, come from a mentor or are unique. These adult names tend to be quite showy and complex in general.

#### Arachnids

Arachnid child names are usually just referred to general type and who is raising them. (A example of this that Rose's child name was "Harvey's Little Tarantula" and Harvey is also currently taking care of "Harvey's Sleepy Little Tarantula" and "Harvey's Watchful Little Tarantula." at the moment.) When Arachnids become adults though, they arachnid names are usually plain and kind of cute.

Due to the divide in names, there tend to be name disconnects for arachnids and insects. Insects dislike the vague nature of the arachnids name and the fact they don't have any focus on species, tutorage or lineage.

Gregorsa also translates the Ant's name to hex codes because that is the closest equivalent that we have to that naming convention.

### Measurement

Their measurement method is actually very different from ours. For instance, they usually use the same unit to measure volume, movement vector, speed, and distance (omitting dimensions of the measurement where irrelevant). It flows more easily in their language. It is also aimed toward covering greater distances than mere feet or meters. Gregorsa translated this to a scheme we understand using the measurement of "Feet".

### Taxonomy

Their taxonomic method is not the same as ours. It's not explained at all, but Gregorsa also translated that as well.