Goblin language

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Greyhawk Language
Goblin language
Spoken in: Pomarj, Empire of Iuz, Bone March, Geoff, Rovers of the Barrens, Tenh, various goblin tribal areas
Spoken by: Various types of goblinoids
Script: Dwarven]
Language family: Goblinoid

Goblin is a language spoken by goblins, hobgoblins, bugbears, norkers, and xvarts. It uses the same script as the Dwarven language.

Selected glossary

Goblin to English

  • Bree-Yark: Hey, rube![1] (The Keep on the Borderlands) This is falsely believed by some to mean "We surrender!"[2]
  • Doum: Drum (DRA 309)
  • Durbuluk: Dominators (The Sunless Citadel)
  • Guthash: Bloated One (The Sunless Citadel)
  • Guul: War (MMIV)
  • Guulvorg: War worg (MMIV)
  • Hrun: War (DRA 309)
  • Hrun'doum: War drum (DRA 309)
  • Ken: Female (added to the end of a female name in hobgoblin culture) (DRA 309)
  • Kon: Male (added to the end of a male name in hobgoblin culture) (DRA 309)
  • P'doum: Talking drum (DRA 309)
  • Vorg: Worg (MMIV)

English to Goblin

  • Bloated One: Guthash (The Sunless Citadel)
  • Dominators: Durbuluk (The Sunless Citadel)
  • Drum: Doum (DRA 309)
  • Talking drum: P'doum (DRA 309)
  • War: Hrun (DRA 309), Guul (MMIV)
  • War drum: Hrun'doum (DRA 309)
  • War worg: Guulvorg (MMIV)
  • Hey, Rube: Bree-yark[1] (The Keep on the Borderlands) This is falsely believed by some to mean "We surrender!"[2]
  • Worg: Vorg (MMIV)

References

Notes

Citations

  1. a b B2 The Keep on the Borderlands (1980), p.16.
  2. a b B2 The Keep on the Borderlands (1980), p.7.

Bibliography

  • Cordell, Bruce R.. The Sunless Citadel. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000.
  • Edwards, Terry. "Paragons of War: The Ecology of the Hobgoblin." Dragon #309. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2003.
  • Gygax, Gary. The Keep on the Borderlands. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1979.
  • Kestral, Gwendolyn. Monster Manual IV. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2006.