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Faceless is the presumed language of the faceless one race.

Faceless primer

Official Translations

• "Shgla'yos plahf mh'naus" = "They who dine on lost souls know only hunger."
• "Gul'kafh an'shel. Yoq'al shn ky ywaq nuul." = "Gaze into the void. It is the perpetuity in which they dwell."
• "Ywaq puul skshgn: on'ma yeh'glu zuq." = "They drink your fear: it is the blood of life."
• "Ywaq ma phgwa'cul hnakf." = "They are the whisper on the shivering wind."
• "Ywaq maq oou; ywaq maq ssaggh. Ywaq ma shg'fhn." = "They do not die; they do not live. They are outside the cycle."
• "Iilth vwah, uhn'agth fhssh za." = "Where one falls, many shall take its place."

Untranslated Words or Phrases

• "Shur'nab... shur'nab... Yogg-Saron!"
• "Yrr n'lyeth... shuul anagg!"
• "Uulwi ifis halahs gag erh'ongg w'ssh."
• "F'lakh ghet."

Speculative Single-Word Translation

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Words

• "An'shel" = void
• "Ma" = are
• "Oou" = die
• "Puul" = drink
• "Skshgn" = fear
• "Ssaggh" = live
• "Ywaq" = they
• "Yeh'glu" = blood
• "Zuq" = life

Conjunctions

• "Gul'kafh" = Conjunction meaning "gaze into"
• "Maq" = Conjunction meaning "do not" (Equal to English "Don't")
• "On'ma" = Conjunction meaning "It is" (Equal to English "It's")
• "Shg'fhn" = Conjunction meaning "Outside the cycle"

Notes

• It is quite possible that the language is not original to the faceless ones, but rather the Old Gods, or just Yogg-Saron himself, as during the encounter in Ulduar, he roars two lines which follow the same language pattern.

Trivia

• The language bears a striking resemblance to, and is no doubt inspired by, the language that the Cult of Cthulhu chants from the H.P. Lovecraft works.

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