Metax Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 Hey all! So, after lego revealed the mask of creation and the "Mask Pillars", one of my immediate thoughts (Being a linguist) is "What does that writing say? Is that matoran?" Anyway, at the time, there wasn't much content revealed so I wasn't able to formulate any theories on it. But now that the sets and more photos have been released, I've been able to go over what we have and come up with some theories/ideas. First off, here: http://i.imgur.com/WOLeVdN.png is an image created by someone on the BZP Facebook page, which I then expanded upon. This is the progress I've made on this so far: https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t31.0-8/10608193_10205641432139749_5542409021014727866_o.jpg So far, I have cataloged 24 letters. The two remaining letters I've yet to find. I personally think that the 5 straight line characters (The ' | || 二 and 三) are the 5 vowels. And the very wide M and W looking characters are M and W (Which would make sense, lol). Anyway, this topic is mainly for research and theories about this new bionicle writing system. I myself cannot read the original matoran by memory, but those of you who can might be able to draw similarities between this font and the original. Alright, now that my progress is out of the way, let the translation begin! -TheAkihabara Hi, I'm Metax. BS01's Lead Programmer and Longtime Bionicle Fan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitoshura Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 This is really cool, like I never noticed these before. One thing I can say is that these don't look too much like the original Matoran alphabet to me, but some kind of do. So from what I see, this is something completely new. Like "Creation" would be: in Old Matoran. Or this could be a primitive version of matoran... profiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurora the cat Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 Great. We have to decode it all... There isn't even a key this time. I liked the last version better. -Insert deep message to prove I am alive here- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeb Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 This is really cool, like I never noticed these before. One thing I can say is that these don't look too much like the original Matoran alphabet to me, but some kind of do. So from what I see, this is something completely new. Like "Creation" would be: in Old Matoran. Or this could be a primitive version of matoran...You forgot the E in Creation. Great. We have to decode it all... There isn't even a key this time. I liked the last version better.Bionicle 2015 hasn't even had its sets officially released. You can't possibly expect there to be a decoder anywhere yet. Wait until the website gets updated when the sets come out, and then we'll see... The artist formerly known as ŜﮞρЄЯ־GЄNіﮞŜ־CЯЄ▲Ŧ۞Я BBC#69 Entry: Roodaka - Master of Manipulation BFTGM entries: Zigben · Ventox · Deflecto “Hail Denmark.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 1st Shadow Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 Isn't this basically the same thing as the discussion going in in this pre-existing topic? 2 ~Your friendly, neighborhood Shadow ~Credit for Avatar and Banner goes to NickonAquaMagna~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeb Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 Hey all! So, after lego revealed the mask of creation and the "Mask Pillars", one of my immediate thoughts (Being a linguist) is "What does that writing say? Is that matoran?" Anyway, at the time, there wasn't much content revealed so I wasn't able to formulate any theories on it. But now that the sets and more photos have been released, I've been able to go over what we have and come up with some theories/ideas. First off, here: http://i.imgur.com/WOLeVdN.png is an image created by someone on the BZP Facebook page, which I then expanded upon. This is the progress I've made on this so far: https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t31.0-8/10608193_10205641432139749_5542409021014727866_o.jpg So far, I have cataloged 24 letters. The two remaining letters I've yet to find. I personally think that the 5 straight line characters (The ' | || 二 and 三) are the 5 vowels. And the very wide M and W looking characters are M and W (Which would make sense, lol). Anyway, this topic is mainly for research and theories about this new bionicle writing system. I myself cannot read the original matoran by memory, but those of you who can might be able to draw similarities between this font and the original. Alright, now that my progress is out of the way, let the translation begin! -TheAkihabaraWell done! But did it occur to you that it might not actually be a language and it's just a bunch of repeated symbols in a random order? (That would be disappointing, but it's posssible.) The artist formerly known as ŜﮞρЄЯ־GЄNіﮞŜ־CЯЄ▲Ŧ۞Я BBC#69 Entry: Roodaka - Master of Manipulation BFTGM entries: Zigben · Ventox · Deflecto “Hail Denmark.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metax Posted November 7, 2014 Author Share Posted November 7, 2014 Isn't this basically the same thing as the discussion going in in this pre-existing topic? Oh, never knew that existed. Ah well. Hey all! So, after lego revealed the mask of creation and the "Mask Pillars", one of my immediate thoughts (Being a linguist) is "What does that writing say? Is that matoran?" Anyway, at the time, there wasn't much content revealed so I wasn't able to formulate any theories on it. But now that the sets and more photos have been released, I've been able to go over what we have and come up with some theories/ideas. First off, here: http://i.imgur.com/WOLeVdN.png is an image created by someone on the BZP Facebook page, which I then expanded upon. This is the progress I've made on this so far: https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t31.0-8/10608193_10205641432139749_5542409021014727866_o.jpg So far, I have cataloged 24 letters. The two remaining letters I've yet to find. I personally think that the 5 straight line characters (The ' | || 二 and 三) are the 5 vowels. And the very wide M and W looking characters are M and W (Which would make sense, lol). Anyway, this topic is mainly for research and theories about this new bionicle writing system. I myself cannot read the original matoran by memory, but those of you who can might be able to draw similarities between this font and the original. Alright, now that my progress is out of the way, let the translation begin! -TheAkihabaraWell done! But did it occur to you that it might not actually be a language and it's just a bunch of repeated symbols in a random order? (That would be disappointing, but it's posssible.) Thanks! It did occur to me, yes. But lego has been known for developing written languages and such in the past for their stuff. So it wouldn't be far fetched to assume that this is also a complete system. Hi, I'm Metax. BS01's Lead Programmer and Longtime Bionicle Fan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeb Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 Isn't this basically the same thing as the discussion going in in this pre-existing topic? Oh, never knew that existed. Ah well. Hey all! So, after lego revealed the mask of creation and the "Mask Pillars", one of my immediate thoughts (Being a linguist) is "What does that writing say? Is that matoran?" Anyway, at the time, there wasn't much content revealed so I wasn't able to formulate any theories on it. But now that the sets and more photos have been released, I've been able to go over what we have and come up with some theories/ideas. First off, here: http://i.imgur.com/WOLeVdN.png is an image created by someone on the BZP Facebook page, which I then expanded upon. This is the progress I've made on this so far: https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t31.0-8/10608193_10205641432139749_5542409021014727866_o.jpg So far, I have cataloged 24 letters. The two remaining letters I've yet to find. I personally think that the 5 straight line characters (The ' | || 二 and 三) are the 5 vowels. And the very wide M and W looking characters are M and W (Which would make sense, lol). Anyway, this topic is mainly for research and theories about this new bionicle writing system. I myself cannot read the original matoran by memory, but those of you who can might be able to draw similarities between this font and the original. Alright, now that my progress is out of the way, let the translation begin! -TheAkihabaraWell done! But did it occur to you that it might not actually be a language and it's just a bunch of repeated symbols in a random order? (That would be disappointing, but it's posssible.) Thanks! It did occur to me, yes. But lego has been known for developing written languages and such in the past for their stuff. So it wouldn't be far fetched to assume that this is also a complete system. So, I'm a bit confused. Do you think the symbols on the MoCr spell out CREATION? Because that doesn't seem to align with your vowels theory. Do you have any idea what any of the symbols are for sure? The artist formerly known as ŜﮞρЄЯ־GЄNіﮞŜ־CЯЄ▲Ŧ۞Я BBC#69 Entry: Roodaka - Master of Manipulation BFTGM entries: Zigben · Ventox · Deflecto “Hail Denmark.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metax Posted November 7, 2014 Author Share Posted November 7, 2014 Isn't this basically the same thing as the discussion going in in this pre-existing topic? Oh, never knew that existed. Ah well. Hey all! So, after lego revealed the mask of creation and the "Mask Pillars", one of my immediate thoughts (Being a linguist) is "What does that writing say? Is that matoran?" Anyway, at the time, there wasn't much content revealed so I wasn't able to formulate any theories on it. But now that the sets and more photos have been released, I've been able to go over what we have and come up with some theories/ideas. First off, here: http://i.imgur.com/WOLeVdN.png is an image created by someone on the BZP Facebook page, which I then expanded upon. This is the progress I've made on this so far: https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t31.0-8/10608193_10205641432139749_5542409021014727866_o.jpg So far, I have cataloged 24 letters. The two remaining letters I've yet to find. I personally think that the 5 straight line characters (The ' | || 二 and 三) are the 5 vowels. And the very wide M and W looking characters are M and W (Which would make sense, lol). Anyway, this topic is mainly for research and theories about this new bionicle writing system. I myself cannot read the original matoran by memory, but those of you who can might be able to draw similarities between this font and the original. Alright, now that my progress is out of the way, let the translation begin! -TheAkihabaraWell done! But did it occur to you that it might not actually be a language and it's just a bunch of repeated symbols in a random order? (That would be disappointing, but it's posssible.) Thanks! It did occur to me, yes. But lego has been known for developing written languages and such in the past for their stuff. So it wouldn't be far fetched to assume that this is also a complete system. So, I'm a bit confused. Do you think the symbols on the MoCr spell out CREATION? Because that doesn't seem to align with your vowels theory. Do you have any idea what any of the symbols are for sure? Oh, sorry, the vowel theory came after I wrote the "creation" underneath the writing. Most of the image is just me recording and expanding upon the original posters image. Hi, I'm Metax. BS01's Lead Programmer and Longtime Bionicle Fan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Windrider- Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 Isn't this basically the same thing as the discussion going in in this pre-existing topic? Closed in favor of the above topic! I suppose just copy/paste the opening post into there, if you'd like. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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