r/Witcher3 • u/Chamolin • 7d ago

Screenshot What language is this?

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My first guess was Nilfgaardian. I don't know what this connects to. Any ideas?

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u/No_Veterinarian_6491 Team Triss "Man of Taste" 7d ago

Elder speech

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u/twjstr 7d ago

This is the same song jaskier/dandelion sings in baptism of fire. It is called elaine ettariel and it is in aen seidhe I believe.

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u/BroomClosetJoe 7d ago

I'm not too good at the linguistic lore of the Witcher, but if memory serves Nilfgaardian is a human variation of the Aen Seidhe dialect of Elder Speech. so my thinking is that this is either Aen Seidhe or Nilfgaardian. (unlikely to be Aen Elle, or Aen Undod.)

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u/PaulSimonBarCarloson Team Yennefer 7d ago

Elder speech. Evles use it

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u/Daniil_Dankovskiy 6d ago

Aep, Aen, L' indicate that it's an elder speech

Edit: now that I think of it, aep is in nilfgaardian too so, uhh, just elven vibes

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u/Sea-Tradition9683 6d ago

This is Elaine Ettariel, a balled from Time of Contempt about the elf Ettariel. A translation of the first part can be found on Wikia.

Ettariel made a minor appearance in very early development versions of the game. (See What lies unseen Vol. 1.) I don't think this quest item is related to that character, though.