The Devotees

The first people the player meets are the Devotees. This group of people is seeking God, who they believe can be found at the top of the tower. Their most important symbol is the symbol for "God":

Grammar

The Devotees' language uses the SVO word order. To express plural form, a word is repeated once - "key key" becomes "keys", "me me" becomes "us", etc. This means that the Devotees' language has an exclusive and inclusive version of "we": Saying "me me" excludes the person being spoken to while "me you" includes the speaker.

Example:

" " -> "Me me go church" -> "we are going to the church" (excluding person spoken to)

" " -> "me you like music" -> "we like music" (including person spoken to)


Glyphs

The script of the Devotees' language is likely inspired by the Ge'ez script.

People Places Actions Objects Other
Devotee Abbey Close Door Death/Dead
Human Cemetery Find Instrument Free
Me Church Go/Pass Key God
Preacher Garden Help Lens Greetings
Warrior Love/Like Pot Music
You Make/Create Potion Not
Open Plant
See/Look Up/Great
Talk
Want/Seek

Examples

"I'm going to the garden"

"God sees us"

"We love music"

Here are some untranslated ones, in case you want to try translating yourself:


Further reading

"Tome I: Devotees' language" on the Chants of Sennaar Wiki