#gallifreyan writing

[k0sch-31]

Some gallifreyan I made…

From left to right: Prydon-Patrex-Arcal-Drome-Cerule-Scendle

#doctor who #academy era #the deca #gallifreyan chapters #gallifreyan writing

[ernstiggroteadelaar]

trying out circular gallifreyan by writing my own name!

i also made it in colour now :))

#doctor who #circular gallifreyan #gallifreyan writing #gallifreyan #doctor who fandom

[the-boy-who-waited]

not the first gallifreyan ive written but it is the first one im posting! try to read what it says :)

#thons gallifreyan #doctor who #dw #whoniverse #whovian #the boy who waited #gallifreyan #gallifreyan writing #shermans planet #sherman gallifreyan

[doccywhomst]

the actual literal meaning of TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimension[s] in Space) is so funny cause it’s just…. a very succinct description of what the vehicle travels through? “hello i’m a human and this is my CAR (Concrete and Roads)” uh yeah i sure hope it do

#unrelated but ​i need to start writing otherstide cards for people #i’m about to go through a major life event but i kinda have some time to write letters in english and gallifreyan #i may do a little announcement about that at some point for anyone who wants a letter BUT first i need to know how much time i’ll have #but with my inbox complications getting addresses would be tricky and idk if ppl would be comfortable sharing them so…. ough. bah humbug #doctor who

[heimeldat]

I've spent an inordinate amount of time parsing the few examples we have of Old High Gallifreyan text, and here at last is the result of my labors!

The Old Gallifreyan alphabet:

The alternate forms of letters may be used interchangeably with their main forms; the differences are purely cosmetic, much like the difference between cursive and print-style writing.

Now for my analysis of the existing texts. It's rather long, so I've put it below the break!

EXAMPLES OF OLD HIGH GALLIFREYAN TEXT

ITEM ONE

Supposedly from “The Five Doctors,” though I can’t spot this writing anywhere. Translation given in episode.

ORA PSYERPA

O – honorific indicating uniqueness, may be rendered with the definite article “the”

R – combined with the definite honorific, a common abbreviation of Rassilon’s name

A – an alternate version of the possessive “ya,” used only when the possessive noun is already abbreviated

Psyerpa – a general term for harps and other large stringed instruments

Thus, the full text reads:

O-Rassilon-ya psyerpa

The Rassilon’s harp

ITEM TWO

From “The Colony in Space,” across the bottom of the Doctor’s mugshot. No translation given.

QU  ETHOA TRIOUAX BRIA

Qu – This is not a complete word, merely a letter used in this case for alphanumerical file designation: note that it stands alone, separate from the main text.

Ethoa – exile

Triouax – an infinitive verb, “to persist” or “to remain in effect”

Bria – a conditional modifier used exclusively in bureaucratic contexts, implying the need for occasional update of information or policy.

This text is a record of the Doctor’s sentence, and may be rendered something like this: Exile: to remain in effect barring further review.

ITEM THREE

From “The Time of Angels.” Translation given.

JUSYMOU CAIDEU OXA OOYY MAISOM

Jusymou – An archaic greeting, roughly equivalent to “well met” or “hail.”

Caideu – self, soul, or “hearts” in a poetic sense

Oxa – prepositional suffix, “part of”

OOYY – a conceptual abbreviation that combines the two meanings of the solitary letter O (definite article + symbol of individuality) and the mathematical use of the letter Y (usually indicating a dimensional shift). Literally, this means something like the individual, shifted two dimensions. In practice, it refers to a Time Lord’s fifth dimensional aspect.

Maisom – name, designation, identification

Thus, a literal translation would read something like this: Greetings, soul-linked fifth-dimensional name!

Or as the Doctor paraphrases it: Hello, Sweetie.

ITEM FOUR

From “The Five Doctors.” Translation is given, though it’s not specified which face of the obelisk corresponds to which section of the text.

First Face:

RA NASA TO TANA EURIFSTAN OBLR ORE NATA

Ra – where

Nasa – sleep

To – in

Tana – lies, reclines, rests

Eurifstan – eternal, endless, timeless. Here it modifies the verb, so it should be rendered as an adverb.

Oblr – abbreviated form of obelar, tomb or grave

OR – the same abbreviation seen previously, “The One And Only Rassilon.”

E – an alternate version of the possessive “ya,” used only when the possessive noun is already abbreviated

Nata – a basic verb of being, is

This yields the following literal translation: Where sleep-in lies eternally, tomb Rassilon’s is.

Or as the Doctor translates it: This is the Tomb of Rassilon, where Rassilon lies in eternal sleep.

Second Face:

The text on the second face is never seen. The Doctor translates it as: Anyone who's got this far has passed many dangers and shown great courage and determination.

Third Face:

ULIREIF RAENATA TOAAN LAKI FSTA TORARO

Ulireif – to lose everything, to be utterly defeated

Raenata – an emphatic form of the being-verb nata, indicating that something really, truly, permanently is

Toa’an – to win everything, to be crowned victor

Laki – a compound conjunction combining la (so) with ki (and): “and so”

Fsta – an abbreviated form of festoa, a winner or leader

Toraro – future tense of torar, to fail or collapse

Thus: To lose all is truly to win all, and so the winner will fail.

Or as the Doctor puts it: To lose is to win, and he who wins shall lose.

Fourth Face:

KIRA ATOUNA OR TA LIRI EUKI RAATO SUTE ANAAN FEIRLIO REUNT

Kira – takes

Atouna – ring

OR – the same abbreviation seen previously, “The One And Only Rassilon.”

Ta – from

Liri – hand

Euki – a compound conjunction combining eu (then, next, afterward) with ki (and): “and then”

Ra’ato – future tense of ra’at, to wear

Sute – reward, prize, payment

Ana’an – desired, sought-after

Feirlio – future tense of feiril, to get or acquire. Note that this is an irregular verb: the last two letters switch places when adding any tense ending.

Reunt – immortality, eternity

Literally: Takes ring Rassilon-from-hand and then will wear, reward-sought will have: immortality.

Or as the Doctor translates it: Whoever takes the ring from Rassilon's hand and puts it on shall get the reward he seeks: immortality.

#doctor who #gallifreyan language #conlang #old high gallifreyan #no I have no idea how many hours I spent figuring this out #yes I'm working on figuring out the modern alphabet too (the one Four uses when he writes his letter at the beginning of Deadly Assassin)

[the-worms-in-your-bones]

paul mcgann eats a rat .mp3 in circular gallifreyan

#decided to learn how to write in gallifreyan #this is the second thing ive written #doctor who #dw #dw art #eighth doctor #paul mcgann #eighth doctor audios #The Natural History of fear #gallifreyan #circular gallifreyan #my stuff

[nethnad]

rewatching the swordfight scene from the sea devils right now and

this has got to be the strangest en guarde position i've ever seen. sir what are you doing

#he's covering target area and eating mid-bout... wheres the ref in this establishment!!! #anyways i do sabre competitively for my college club and. i've seen a lot of placements for the non-dominant hand #but resting it on a fruity little hip-pop is a first. also the constant duckface is hilarious #one day i will write about how gallifreyans fence... but it will take so much suspension of disbelief and all my strength not to laugh #at the end when hes like 'you havent even seen the quality of my footwork yet' i audibly went yes i have. its so bad what are you DOING #doctor who #classic who #third doctor #dw

[autumn-doodles]

After I have no idea how long I FINALLY finished transcribing the tensimm speech in EoT into Gallifreyan oh my god-

For the design, i wanted to differentiate dr’s and master’s speech, so I made master’s writing white on black and doc black on white. You may not notice it but I also slightly altered the way I wrote for each of them. The doctor’s speech is full of curved lines and all the dots seen in his speech get larger/smaller in circles, I thought it was a bit more playful like the dr. The master on the other hand has super straight lines and similarly sized dots since master is a lot harsher.

The writing along the outside also reads “End of Time” bc I thought that circle needed something so I just wrote the ep title this speech was from in some weird improvised linear gallifreyan-

And this is how you would read it, each circle is read anti-clockwise from the bottom unless you see the little ‘start here’ symbol: —(•

(If you can be bothered tho lol, I know it’s a bit of an effort)

And now my watermark which I also wrote in gallifreyan for authenticity’s sake

Sadly I can’t post each of the sentences separately but if people are interested I could try sending them in the reblogs!

#this has taken me so fucking long but I have enjoyed every second #writing in gallifreyan is oddly therapeutic #how do these fuckers read this shit so fast though #doctor who #thoschei #tensimm #end of time #gallifreyan #circular gallifreyan #dw #david tennant #simm master #tenth doctor #autumn’s art tag

[wake-up-and-face-the-sun]

Day 3,849,937,289,394 of redesigning adult TWS but I am 80% sure that I am settled on this one.

#adult collector design by cupcakeshakesnake #did I learn how to read and write Sherman’s Gallifreyan just for TWS? yea #the wailing star #toh oc #the collector

[icarianstars]

~ The lonely god ~

#the gallifreyan writing is all quotes form the show btw #but I used a translator so I make no promises about accuracy #it SHOULD say #Clara my Clara #whatever I do you still won’t be there #humans decay #you wither and you die #and #sometimes I think a time lord lives too long #anyway #doctor who #12th doctor #peter capaldi #gallifreyan #twelfth doctor #doctor who fanart #12th doctor fanart #the doctor

[whoify]

THE ONLY WATER IN THE FOREST IS THE RIVER

#dwedit #doctor who #2012 ass edit #watched a good man goes to war and wanted to write this in gallifreyan #but the gallifreyan kind of became a background element #don’t think i’ve made like an edit edit since 2015. so that’s why it’s bad #milk does gallifreyan #milk edits

[gallifreyanhotfive]

Just finished listening to Empire of the Racnoss and I already want more of the Fifth Doctor and Alayna, his new Gallifreyan companion.

But there is no more.

That was it.

The only story.

No more Five and Alayna.

Crying screaming tearing my hair out

#shes not even a modern day gallifreyan #shes a HISTORICAL gallifreyan from the era of the racnoss wars #i might have to write a fic #doctor who #dr who #dw #classic who #new who #fifth doctor #big finish #big finish doctor who #big finish audios #classic doctor who #classic doctors new monsters #gallifrey #alayna #time lords #racnoss #empire of the racnoss

[theuniversetasteslikeraspberries]

Outer Wilds

Ash and Ember Twins / Timber Hearth / Brittle Hollow / Giant’s Deep / Dark Bramble / The Interloper

#HELLO #bet you didn't expect me again #outer wilds #best gaming experience #i wish i could forget it and play it again for the first time #gallifrey writes #gallifreyan

[buildoblivionthenwewilltalk]

five should have been paired with susan in the five doctors send tweet

#thinking about how five barely acknowledges her and ahhhhhhhhh #like ik Susan is a bit tricky to write with later doctors #just because she’s a bit of an anomaly in general companion dynamics #also with five getting entangled in gallifreyan politics it might be a challenge figuring out where Susan fits there #but that’s his granddaughter!!!!!!! #they should have hugged!!!!!!!! #and caught up!!!!!!!!! #and spent time together!!!!! #also it’s just a fun thing for an anniversary special #the ‘oldest’ doctor gets one of the newest companions #what with the one and Tegan team up #and the ‘newest’ doctor gets the oldest companion! #turlough can look after himself surely 😅 #doctor who #the five doctors #I have so many ideas for this one day it’ll become an au if I’m not careful 😅

[amytron-ig]

Want to get a tattoo but my mom would kill me if I had a pentagram / pentacle on my body SO I made a custom one! (“Supernatural” in gallifreyan but i have no idea if it’s correct lmao)

#help I don’t actually know how to write in gallifreyan #might be just entirely wrong #supernatural #doctor who #gallifrey #gallifreyan #tattoos #tattoo design #custom tattoo #multifandom #supernatural tattoo #doctor who tattoo

[doccywhomst]

concentric gallifreyan practice - here's the old guide, but i'll hopefully be posting an updated version in the next week or so!

#no secret message sorry - just some writing stuff #circular gallifreyan #concentric gallifreyan #doctor who