Editing Kig-Yar language

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[[File:Speaking Jackal.jpg|thumb|A Kig-Yar speaks its native tongue.]]
{{Quote|It's an abuseful language, isn't it?|[[Black-Box]]<ref>'''[[Hunt the Truth Season 2]]''', ''Episode 04: JACKALS''</ref>}}
The '''language''' spoken by the [[Kig-Yar]] seems to consist of a range of hisses, growls, screeches, snarls, and squawks, though it is intelligible to other members of the [[Covenant]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'''</ref><ref name="H2">'''[[Halo 2]]'''</ref><ref name="H3">'''[[Halo 3]]'''</ref><ref name="Contact">'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'''</ref> The Kig-Yar written language was similar to Sangheili,<ref>'''[[Halo: Uprising]]'''</ref> with symbols representing words.<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''', "[[Blunt Instruments]]", ''page 208''</ref>

The Kig-Yar are capable of speaking [[Sangheili (language)|Sangheili]], which serves as the ''lingua franca'' to the Covenant. In addition, Kig-Yar are also capable of speaking the human [[English|English language]] in a rasped manner.<ref>'''[[Halo: Glasslands]]''', ''page 156-157''</ref> However, most Kig-Yar are unable to form a proper "f" sound in speech.<ref>'''[[Halo: Mortal Dictata]]''', ''page 394''</ref> After the [[Human-Covenant War]], some Kig-Yar often spoke amongst each other in odd mixes of English, Sangheili, and the Kig-Yar dialect.<ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''page 92''</ref> During the last days of [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]], Kig-Yar mercenaries would often disregard [[Jul 'Mdama|their leader]]'s order not to speak heretical languages, and would often taunt [[human]] and [[Swords of Sanghelios]] enemies in English.<ref>'''Game Informer''', ''July 2015 issue''</ref><ref name="H5">'''Halo 5: Guardians'''</ref>

==Vocabulary==
Known words of the Kig-Yar language include:

:'''[[Irukan]]''' - The name of a type of grain.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Thursday War]]''', ''page 62''</ref>
:'''[[Mev-ut]]''' - The Kig-Yar equivalent of a bounty.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 218''</ref>
:'''[[Jha-sig]]''' - A kind of ailment.<ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''page 274''</ref> 
:'''''[[Shaks]]''''' - A type of game played by Kig-Yar.<ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''page 218''</ref>

==Trivia==
*The Kig-Yar language was created by reverse-playing speech recordings of [[Martin O'Donnell]], the composer of ''[[Bungie]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s ''Halo'' games.<ref>[http://nikon.bungie.org/misc/h2dialogue.html?cat=jackals '''halo.bungie.org:''' ''Halo 2 Dialogue Snippets'']</ref>
*''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'' is the first game in the series to feature Kig-Yar who speak English.{{Ref/Reuse|H5}}

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo 2]]''
*''[[Halo: Uprising]]''
*''[[Halo 3]]''
*''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''
*''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''
**''[[Blunt Instruments]]''
*''[[Halo: Reach]]''
*''[[Halo: Glasslands]]''
*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''
*''[[Halo: The Thursday War]]''
*''[[Halo 4]]''
**''[[Spartan Ops]]''
*''[[Halo: Mortal Dictata]]''
*''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''
*''[[Hunt the Truth]]''
*''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''

==Sources==
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