Alternian Language - Blog Posts

You did it! And yes of course you get a cookie, as promised!

I made them with my mom! We used Martha Stewart's recipe for "old fashioned sugar cookies". It says "well done" if you can't tell. That stuff is pretty hard to write with! We even ate it for you!

Whoever can translate the Alternian into english gets a cookie!

[text source: mattdavelewis on twitter]

i was so ready to be the one to translate the alternian, ive been reading and writing it for like 7 years, I've trained for this day etc etc 😤 only to find out they changed it for hiveswap and my beloved daedric alternian is nowhere to be found!!! kids these days with their newfangled non-copywrite-stricken Modern Alternian, i tell u what

I've been meaning to look into OG Alternian. But if you're interested in learning Hiveswap Alternian, the way I learned it was through the character select cards at the start of each volume in Friendsim. It had the characters' names written in both english and Alternian, and between all of them, I was able to find the symbols for every letter and the question mark. I also found the Alternian exclamation point and period from background posters and stuff.

Azdaja and Chahut's cards helped me the most. I can't look at their cards without remembering how they taught me the ABCs!

Well anyway, I appreciate your enthusiasm! Maybe one day, I'll learn old Alternian and write something that you can translate! But for now, here's a cookie for your effort!

It took me a while to respond because I needed to wait for an opportunity to make some! My little brother wrote the message, in english, for convenience (it says "nice try" if you can't tell. that stuff is pretty hard to write with)!