Jel

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Jel is the ancient, hissing native language of the Argonian people in The Elder Scrolls universe, known for its unique, non-linear structure and difficulty for non-Argonians to learn.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Jel canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constructed language in fiction ⓘ
fictional language ⓘ
alternativeName Argonian language ⓘ
appearsIn The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (lore) ⓘ
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (lore) ⓘ
The Elder Scrolls Online ⓘ
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (lore) ⓘ
associatedWithRace Argonian ⓘ
canBeSpokenBy non-Argonians with difficulty ⓘ
cultureAssociatedWith Saxhleel culture ⓘ
describedAs ancient ⓘ
difficult for non-Argonians to learn ⓘ
hissing ⓘ
non-linear ⓘ
difficultyFor non-Argonians ⓘ
loreSourceType developer statements ⓘ
in-game books ⓘ
in-game dialogue ⓘ
nativeLanguageOf Argonians ⓘ
perceivedByOthersAs harsh ⓘ
strange ⓘ
phoneticCharacteristics hissing consonants ⓘ
sibilant sounds ⓘ
primaryUse everyday speech among Argonians ⓘ
ritual and cultural contexts among Argonians ⓘ
regionAssociatedWith Black Marsh ⓘ
relatedTo Hist worship (culturally) ⓘ
spokenBy Argonians ⓘ
statusInLore oldest known Argonian tongue ⓘ
structure context-dependent meaning ⓘ
non-linear grammar ⓘ
universe The Elder Scrolls ⓘ
usedFor naming Argonian people ⓘ
naming Argonian places ⓘ
religious expressions ⓘ
writingSystem none or rarely written ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.