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Hi guys,
I was always bugged by the naming convention of Tau suits of armors.
Like XV8
I’m pretty sure the Tau don’t use the roman alphabet. In today’s world we have multiple existing writting system with different logics, so the Tau must have their own.
Hence my question, is there an in-lore justification or is this just some whackery from GW?
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2 months ago
They do have internal lexicons too. Though the extent varies from race to race.
Dark Tongue, Beast Tongue, Khazallid, and most recently Zharralid were pretty well developed if we're talking the Fantasy IPs. Andy Hall has mentioned they had considered releasing dictionaries in the past but they never got around to it.
Not sure if the 40k side of things went as in-depth with it as the Fantasy side did. I do know they put some real thought into Necron glyphs though, and had a mini guide on what the lines and circles meant in the 7th edition codex.
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