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Official Corpus Cipher. As stated on the official Warframe website, the Corpus have no use the for letter "X" and "CH" is used in place of the letter "C". The only numbers present are 0 and 1.

The Corpus Language uses a set of modified Roman-number like letters with varied shape for distinctiveness. The speech heavily relies on consonants.

Earlier concepts for the Corpus alphabets were based on the shapes and general outline of late Nineteenth Century print advertisements. The first few drafts were a little more rounded letters, then blocky, as the refinement of Corpus shapes come together over time, the lettering became colder and less emotionally complex. Each icon becomes a Lettermark in its own way -- a symbol used for a definitive and effective purpose. The industrial packaging of Corpus print has all the individuality and personality of a die-cast metal stamp -- simple and direct, to be used as needed.[1]

Speech

Because of the Corpus having a relatively new language, the amount of audio heard in-game is limited. Lines heard in-game are sometimes heard when idle, but there is a notable difference between in-battle and idle sounds.

Speech and translations of Crewmen, Combas, and Scrambus, can be found here.

Pronunciation is based on English with an altered alphabet as shown below.[2] Because of this, it is possible to directly translate any word using the altered alphabet (for example: attack = appayk: a=a, t=p, c=y, k=k). This rule is applied to the spoken language. However, all writing in the Corpus font alphabet is written in correct English.

  • A = A
  • B = T
  • C = Y
  • D = P
  • E = E
  • F = T
  • G = J
  • H = K
  • I = I
  • J = T
  • K = K
  • L = P
  • M = S
  • N = T
  • O = O
  • P = K
  • Q = R
  • R = T
  • S = Y
  • T = P
  • U = U
  • V = T
  • W = J
  • X = K
  • Y = Y
  • Z = B


Phonetic audio

  • "Ji-ji peji!"
  • "Ji-ji kutpuhye!"
  • "Yuyui"
  • "Tje (or Pje) Yotkoyi"
  • "Kiu ypap"
  • "Tositap"
  • "Attiye" (or "Attiya")
  • "Takut (or Tekut) petish"
  • "Tje jeteh"
  • "Se popuy"
  • "Machepe"

Translation

As received from the DE members on the Warframe forum.

  • Attack! = Appayk!
  • Exterminate hostiles = Ekpetsitape koypipey
  • For the Corpus = Tot pke yotkuy
  • Assault = Ayyaupp
  • Warframes! = Jatttasey!
  • Engage battle mode = Etjaje tapppe sope

Trivia

  • The Corpus didn't have a language before Update 12.4, but rather a vocabulary of technological or mechanized sounds that were not pronounceable.
    • The old language was variously interpreted by players, with suggestions such as "goofsrababa00" or "who's the VaubanIcon272 Vauban".
  • Both the Corpus and the Grineer use the word "Attaf". Both mean "Attack". "Attaf" is pronounced longer than it is currently being spelled, both by Corpus and Grineer.
  • It is reasonable to assume that "Corpus LCorpus UCorpus SCorpus OCorpus R Luxor" is some sort of Corpus manufacturing corporation, while "Corpus BCorpus ECorpus ECorpus CCorpus LCorpus OCorpus UCorpus D Beecloud" is either a robotics programming group or a software, as both symbols, the circle-in-triangle-in-circle and the beehive respectively, are seen on many different items in-game.
    • Other recurring symbols are a pair of crossed keys, a star ("Corpus FCorpus OCorpus RCorpus TCorpus UCorpus NCorpus ACorpus TCorpus E         Corpus DCorpus ACorpus WCorpus N Fortunate Dawn"), and a pair of snakes entwined over a diamond shape with the letters O, K, L and U at its points.
  • Many of the regular Corpus talk the same, but the Corpus Tech talks with, what could be considered, an accent. Normal pronunciations differs slightly from regular Crewmen. For example, Techs say "Pje", where regular Crewmen say: "Tje", or "Tekut" instead of "Takut". They still speak at the same tone height.
    • This might be related to the Corpus Techs size, as they are notably taller than regular Crewmen.
  • The official Corpus cipher reveals that they don't have any use for the letter "X" (being substituted with "KS", as in Corpus TCorpus HCorpus E         Corpus ICorpus NCorpus DCorpus ECorpus KCorpus S The Index) and only have two numbers (0 and 1).[1]
    • This may reference the Corpus' preference in using Binary when indicating numbers.

Media

External links

  • TennoTyper, an English to Warframe text translator developed by Clarvel.[3]

References

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