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Text, or writing, in the Covenant appears to be mostly triangle shapes and composed almost completely of equilateral triangles, except for a single shape so far. It has been noted that this form of text was useful for both [[Brutes]] and [[Jackal]]s in ''[[Halo: Uprising Issue 1]]'' so far. Whether all of the species that are or were in the Covenant use this form of text is currently unknown. | Text, or writing, in the Covenant appears to be mostly triangle shapes and composed almost completely of equilateral triangles, except for a single shape so far. It has been noted that this form of text was useful for both [[Brutes]] and [[Jackal]]s in ''[[Halo: Uprising Issue 1]]'' so far. Whether all of the species that are or were in the Covenant use this form of text is currently unknown. | ||
A panel showing a Jackal's language suggests that the UNSC had only translated the direct equivalents of the English counterparts. Due to no other example of the language, the other characters would have been harder to translate. When compared | A panel showing a Jackal's language suggests that the UNSC had only translated the direct equivalents of the English counterparts. Due to no other example of the language, the other characters would have been harder to translate. When compared with the translation chart, the only symbol the UNSC translated, that appeared in the Jackal speach, was the Covenant equivalent of the letter "Z". | ||
Like the | Like the written language of the [[Forerunners]], some of the undeciphered symbols seem to be rotated versions of previous symbols. One example is the 3rd letter on the 2nd like of the speech of the Jackal in the above comic panel, which is the Covenant equivalent of the letter F, which appears as an English F 270°. | ||
==Languages== | ==Languages== | ||