Can you speak animal crossing?

[aburayacrossing]

I am curious about the "language" villagers and NPCs speak and if it's possible to learn it, or learn a few words (just for fun).

We know the sounds of letters from the keyboard, and I think the sounds the NPCs make are consistent for the text they are speaking. Although I am not sure if it is consistent. It seems to me like the sounds the villagers/keyboard uses are similar to english, but sped up, with some letter sounds dropped or changed.

What do you think? Is it possible to decode, or is it too random?

 

[Stella-Io]

I'd say too random. If you type out Isabelle hearing each individual letter, then very closely listen to an animal say Isabelle (which would be hard) they don't sound the same. Also when Nook says 'thanks' when you leave the store, it sounds like he'll say 'damas'. However if you speed that up, he doesn't say damas anymore, plus none of the other animals will say damas as thanks.

Overall it's just a bunch of random noises. I think it's evident I play this game too much.

 

[aburayacrossing]

Ah you are such a careful observer! That's too bad that it is so inconsistent.

It makes sense the the "language" changes when you speed them up vs letting them talk slowly.

I do think some words are always said the same, like the catchphrases and greetings. Does that sound correct to you?

 

[Kimurni]

You can still replicate the sound of it pretty closely if you try.

LizzieBiz on YouTube has a pretty great series of song covers as Isabelle that sound really close!

 

[RedTropicalPeachyFish]

LizzieBiz on YouTube has a pretty great series of song covers as Isabelle that sound really close!

That's interesting. I need to check their videos.

 

[AnimalCrossingPerson]

It's just each letter spoken individually sped up. But I think it has been tweaked in New Leaf. Phrases are more recognisable in the older games, especially on the GameCube.

If you want to test things in Animalese, you can play around with a recreated version:
https://acedio.github.io/animalese.js/

 

[aburayacrossing]

It's just each letter spoken individually sped up. But I think it has been tweaked in New Leaf. Phrases are more recognisable in the older games, especially on the GameCube.

If you want to test things in Animalese, you can play around with a recreated version:
https://acedio.github.io/animalese.js/

Wow, cool! I am totally going to play with this tomorrow!

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You can still replicate the sound of it pretty closely if you try.

LizzieBiz on YouTube has a pretty great series of song covers as Isabelle that sound really close!

I am totally going to go check this out.

 

[salty-]

Maybe it's just me but I can hear them saying names and sentences pretty well? I've noticed when they say my two main characters names they kind of put a bit of a accent on it, like saying Ashe (just pronounced ash) as "Ash-shay" or my other character Sweets comes out as "Swee-tsu". There's some parts of it that sounds like they're actually saying what is typed out and I just can't think of those moments right now, and then other times where it just sounds like they're just speaking high pitched gibberish to me.

 

[Stella-Io]

Oh right! I forgot about Nat and Chip when they announce the winners for the Tourneys! Sometimes it does seem like they'll say the animals actual name, with a bit of a difference.

So maybe the Animalese language isn't as random as I thought it was.

 

[carackobama]

I can sometimes make out words vaguely, usually names, but overall it just sounds like gibberish to me lmao

 

[2kimi2furious]

It's just each letter spoken individually sped up. But I think it has been tweaked in New Leaf. Phrases are more recognisable in the older games, especially on the GameCube.

If you want to test things in Animalese, you can play around with a recreated version:
https://acedio.github.io/animalese.js/

I believe this is correct, as this is what I've always read regarding Animalese. Sometimes, though (like with th sounds and sh sounds) it sounds like they are pronouncing it correctly. I wonder if the programmers add that in there for people who use the English alphabet? I'm also interested to know if this is true for people who play in other languages. I assume Japanese is easy because you can just program the kana in, but I'm curious about other alphabets and languages.

 

[aburayacrossing]

It's possible that it is both, that names and player inputs (nicknames, greetings, catchphrases) are more consistent than any old dialogue.

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I believe this is correct, as this is what I've always read regarding Animalese. Sometimes, though (like with th sounds and sh sounds) it sounds like they are pronouncing it correctly. I wonder if the programmers add that in there for people who use the English alphabet? I'm also interested to know if this is true for people who play in other languages. I assume Japanese is easy because you can just program the kana in, but I'm curious about other alphabets and languages.

Yes! Does it sound the same in games with other languages?

 

[Stella-Io]

It's possible that it is both, that names and player inputs (nicknames, greetings, catchphrases) are more consistent than any old dialogue.

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Yes! Does it sound the same in games with other languages?

Well, time to set my system in Spanish again. Disclaimer: I am not bilingual. I did this the first time to get the 12 grape plate.

 

[LadyDestani]

There are definitely some words that I can understand. When the villagers say each other's names, or my character's names or nicknames, it usually comes across pretty clear. Whenever Grizzly says "Thanks", it comes out as 'Tahnksu' or at least that's how I hear it. And Grizzly also says "Wahoo" as 'Wa-ho'.

I've learned to tweak the spelling of the greetings and catchphrases I give them sometimes to that they sound right. It usually involves using a 'u' instead of 'oo' to create the right vowel sounds.

So there are some things that you can pick up and figure out. I speed through most of the text when they're talking, though, so I don't know about all the middle stuff.

 

[aburayacrossing]

There are definitely some words that I can understand. When the villagers say each other's names, or my character's names or nicknames, it usually comes across pretty clear. Whenever Grizzly says "Thanks", it comes out as 'Tahnksu' or at least that's how I hear it. And Grizzly also says "Wahoo" as 'Wa-ho'.

I've learned to tweak the spelling of the greetings and catchphrases I give them sometimes to that they sound right. It usually involves using a 'u' instead of 'oo' to create the right vowel sounds.

So there are some things that you can pick up and figure out. I speed through most of the text when they're talking, though, so I don't know about all the middle stuff.

Oh that is so clever! I never thought about giving them phonetic (for animalese) catchphrases!

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Well, time to set my system in Spanish again. Disclaimer: I am not bilingual. I did this the first time to get the 12 grape plate.

Cool! Let us know what you find out!

 

[Shellzilla_515]

No, but I've had a couple of moments where Gruff pronounced Tangy's name as in "tan-gee". Then I heard Chip pronounce Gruff's name as in "Gee-roof" during the fishing tourney. Poor letter G. The animals are not sounding it out the other way.

 

[mnm]

I've never noticed anything, but I do tend to speed through dialogue. I'll probably notice something now that I'll be listening for it, though.

 

[hamster]

no but what i can say is that sometimes when i go to dream towns the players have a nice ring to whatever they say

 

[Wallows]

Genji just asked me to give him a greeting and I made him say "konnichiwa" and it actually sounded like the word!