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{{Era|Forerunner}} | {{Era|Forerunner}} | ||
'''Digon''' was an ancient dialect of the [[Forerunner]] language. | '''Digon''' was an ancient dialect of the [[Forerunner]] language.<ref name="c59">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 59''</ref> By the final millennia of Forerunner civilization, this dialect was used almost exclusively by the [[Warrior-Servant]]s and yet later only their highest class, the [[Promethean]]s,<ref name="c59"/><ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 227''</ref> in contrast to [[Jagon]], which was mainly spoken by the [[Builder]]s. | ||
There were several forms of the dialect, including middle Digon and archaic Digon. The dialect reached its peak around 400,000 BCE, three hundred thousand years before the end of Forerunner rule in the galaxy.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', '' page 133''</ref> However, not even the earliest forms of Digon were in use by [[10,000,000 BCE]] when the Forerunners [[Forerunner-Precursor war|rebelled against]] the [[Precursor]]s.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 179''</ref> | |||
During his first encounter with the [[Primordial]], the being spoke to the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]] in an archaic form of Digon he could barely understand.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 327''</ref> While the Didact was being escorted to his first [[Cryptum]], [[Haruspis]]'s associate spoke a ritual litany to him in middle Digon.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 55''</ref> The phrase ''"You are what you dare"'' was also inscribed to the Cryptum in ancient Digon characters.<ref name="c59"/> | |||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||