No Skaven would ever respond to a request such as "where is the warpstone kept." Such information would only be given in person, either to a more powerful Skaven, or extracted by his assassins. It is believed that the question mark is not used because written requests are of no importance in Skaven society. No other punctuation is known to exist in the Skaven written language. When this symbol appears after a word, the word is always pronounced in a stuttering fashion, such as "Die-die" or "Hate-hate". Finally, the Skaven use a single punctuation symbol in their writings: the double scratch mark, or "//" symbol. Thus, a word like "water" will usually appear using the runic symbols for "W", "T" and "R" only. ![]() The vowels are often omitted in informal writing, as the Skaven vocabulary appears to be so limited as to have little need of them. ![]() In addition to their 19 letters, the Skaven alphabet contains 7 vowels. However when it appears with a group of other symbols it may also represent the "Wa" sound, or the letter "W". For example, the skaven symbol for the word "warpstone" may appear alone, and often does. In addition, however, the word or phrase associated with each symbol also represents a certain sound in the Skaven alphabet. These symbols, when appearing alone, have a distinct meaning within Skaven society. Each of the 19 letters takes the form of a runic symbol. There is no hard and fast rule concerning whether material is written from left to right, right to left or up and down. ![]() ![]() Only recently, through the interrogation of human cultists of the Horned Rat, and careful study of a few captured tattered pages of the "Liber Boubonicus" have the mysteries of the Skaven written language begun to unravel. In support of this theory, it was pointed out that Skaven battle standards are often written in the common tongue, bearing such epitaphs as "we shall inherit" and "wither and decay." However, we now know that the Skaven use the common tongue solely for their opponent's benefit - in an attempt to break enemy morale. For many decades, despite the appearance of skaven runic symbols on battlefields across the old world, it was believed that the Skaven lacked a written language of their own. LES RUNES SKAVEN INTRODUCTION Few humans have ever ventured into Skavenblight, and fewer still have ventured out.
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