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[[File:Warmind-cabal-language.jpg|thumb|"Push, you dogs! Put your backs into it."<br>"Whatever secrets, whatever power is hidden within this ice, belongs to the Red Legion."]] | [[File:Warmind-cabal-language.jpg|thumb|"Push, you dogs! Put your backs into it."<br>"Whatever secrets, whatever power is hidden within this ice, belongs to the Red Legion."]] | ||
The Cabal language is Ulurant. It has been described as "grunting" and "moronic", lacking in subtlety. <ref>'''Bungie (2014/12/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Dark Below]] - [[Grimoire:Allies/Rasputin|Rasputin]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/Rasputin#Ghost Fragment: Rasputin 2|Ghost Fragment: Rasputin 2]]''</ref><ref name="Dunemarchers"/> Nevertheless, the City has yet to fully translate it or its various dialects.<ref name = 'Acrius'/> The Cabal are confused by the term "[[Ghost]]", translating it as "Dead Person",<ref name="GF:C4"/> though this may be a simple error in semantics as the word "ghost" indeed exists in the Cabal vocabulary. <ref name="Ghost Primus"/> They do not appear to have a word for "hubris" <ref name = 'Acrius'/> or "retreat"; conversely, they have six words for "advance".<ref name="Shield"/> In the ''Warmind'' comic, it is written using a heavily distorted English alphabet, with each word flipped upside down and reversed. When speaking to [[Uldren Sov]] in the Black Garden, a legionary's speech is transcribed with the tone of a stereotypical London accent.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Lore:The Forsaken Prince|The Forsaken Prince]]: [[Lore:The Forsaken Prince#On the Hunt|On the Hunt]]''</ref> | The Cabal language is Ulurant. It has been described as "grunting" and "moronic", lacking in subtlety.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/12/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Dark Below]] - [[Grimoire:Allies/Rasputin|Rasputin]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/Rasputin#Ghost Fragment: Rasputin 2|Ghost Fragment: Rasputin 2]]''</ref><ref name="Dunemarchers"/> Nevertheless, the City has yet to fully translate it or its various dialects.<ref name = 'Acrius'/> The Cabal are confused by the term "[[Ghost]]", translating it as "Dead Person",<ref name="GF:C4"/> though this may be a simple error in semantics as the word "ghost" indeed exists in the Cabal vocabulary.<ref name="Ghost Primus"/> They do not appear to have a word for "hubris"<ref name = 'Acrius'/> or "retreat"; conversely, they have six words for "advance".<ref name="Shield"/> In the ''[[Destiny: Warmind (comic)|Warmind]]'' comic, it is written using a heavily distorted English alphabet, with each word flipped upside down and reversed. When speaking to [[Uldren Sov]] in the Black Garden, a legionary's speech is transcribed with the tone of a stereotypical London accent.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Lore:The Forsaken Prince|The Forsaken Prince]]: [[Lore:The Forsaken Prince#On the Hunt|On the Hunt]]''</ref> | ||
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