帝国时代1中人物说的是什么语言？

黄栌苦竹

如题。我问过很多会外语的朋友，都说不知道。

狂~劇情狂

那純粹是由全效工作室前成員 Chris Rippy 杜撰出來的語言。有好事者曾經嘗試將遊戲語言與拉丁語給扯上關係（https://aoe.heavengames.com/cgi-bin/forums/display.cgi?action=ct&f=1,6243,75,all），結果引來全效工作室前成員 Matt Pritchard 出來吐槽說：

I believe the actual truth is a lot less interesting and less researched. I don't know for sure. Chris R was the sound designer for AoE/RoR and his brother did the soundtrack, with the other brother helping out.
我相信真相沒如此有趣或者值得深究。其實我也不太確定。世紀帝國／羅馬霸主的音效設計師是 Chris Rippy ，而他的兄弟則負責配樂，當然其他兄弟也有幫忙。

之後過了不久，又有人發現了全效工作室創建者之一 Tony Goodman 關於僧侶感化語音的留言（https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1j64tv/im_tony_goodmanfounder_of_ensemble_studios_age_of）：

Wololo was something Chris Rippy (Sound Guru at the time) made up. I don't remember the backstory. However, there is always a story behind everything Chris does.
「Wololo」是 Chris Rippy（當時的音效導師）杜撰出來的，我不記得具體的背景故事了。不過， Chris 每做任何一件事背後都會有它的故事。

更進一步證據可見 Age of Empires Heaven 跟 Chris Rippy 本人的訪談錄（https://aoe.heavengames.com/town/esteam/chris2.shtml），當中提到：

Archangel Michael: In that "strange language" you invented -Which speech sound hides your wife's Name? - And are there any more surprises in the sounds?
天使長 Michael ：在你發明的那種「古怪語言」內，哪段語音藏著你老婆的名字呢？還有更多驚喜在裡頭嗎？

Chris Rippy: Lots of surprise sounds! Her name is actually in there twice. Maybe we'll have a contest to figure out which one.  The hint would be that it begins with an R.
Chris Rippy：驚喜的語音可多著！她的名字其實在裡頭出現了兩次。我們也許可以搞個比賽來猜猜是哪一個吧，提示就是它以 R 開頭的。

至於在 Telcontar's Empire of the Ages 網站的對話錄原稿（https://artho.com/age/chat1.html）裡，他更直言：

Telcontar: why did you decide to create your own language for AoE?
Telcontar：你為什麼決定要為世紀帝國創造出一套你自己的語言呢？

……

ES_Chris: Good question..we wanted to have an early "sounding language",but not a real known language. So, AOE speak was born.
Chris Ripppy：好問題……我們想有一套「聽上去」古老的「語言」，但不是一套真正的已知語言，於是世紀帝國語就此誕生了。

Telcontar: some words sound like a weird Swiss German dialect :)
Telcontar：有些語音聽上來像是奇怪的瑞士德語口音：）

ArchangelM: I heard it was based on you when you were a baby - is this true :)
天使長 Michael ：我還聽說這是以你尚在襁褓時的發音為基礎呢－此事當真？：）

……

ES_Chris: Me as a baby, huh.. Most sounds are just "latin sounding" words that we made up. There aresome secrets in there too.
Chris Ripppy：襁褓時的我啊……大部分語音都是我們杜撰的「拉丁聲」字詞吧，但裡邊是有一些秘密的。

綜合上述幾位遊戲設計人員的言論後，基本可確認遊戲裡的語言為無意義的虛構語言，因此任何試圖從語言學角度加以分析之舉恐怕都屬於無風起浪的行為。

天日

狂~劇情狂 发表于 2015-2-2 09:21
那純粹是由全效工作室前成員 Chris Rippy 杜撰出來的語言。有好事者曾經嘗試將遊戲語言與拉丁語給扯上關係 ...

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