# Chaos language around the maps **URL:** \ **Category:** Gameplay Feedback\ **Created:** [May 12, 2023, 9:57am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/chaos-language-around-the-maps/79549 "2023-05-12T09:57:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Vascor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c68b51/32.png) [@Vascor](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Vascor)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 9:57am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/chaos-language-around-the-maps/79549/1 "2023-05-12T09:57:03Z")
I liked it when there were actual sentences around the map written in dark tongue. It was fun discovering and translating the runes and finding sentences such as "F-O-R⠀T-H-E⠀Dh-Aa-Rh-Kw⠀Gh-O-Dh-S ⠀For ⠀⠀ The ⠀⠀⠀ Dark ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Gods Dh-E-Aa-T-H ⠀ T-O ⠀ T-H-E⠀ F-Aa-L-S-E ⠀ E-M-Ph-E-Rh-O-Rh ⠀Death⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ To ⠀ ⠀The ⠀⠀False ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Emperor Now it’s just gibberish that has no meaning. “M O Tz Aa Sh Ch Aa Gh” “Y Aa S H Tz Ee Ch Aa L Aa Sh” “Aa Ar Aa H S Rh Aa Gh Aa Ar Aa H S Rh Aa Gh” Did you get a dyslexic intern to headbutt the keyboard to create these sentences? Please revert these specific changes so they can be actually read again. You’re able to google “Warhammer 40k dark tongue” and you will find a sheet with the alphabet for those who want to try for themselves. ---
**Author:** ![IshanDeston](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/ishandeston/32/56786_2.png) [@IshanDeston](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/IshanDeston)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 12:23pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/chaos-language-around-the-maps/79549/2 "2023-05-12T12:23:05Z")
> [@Vascor](#): > > You’re able to google “Warhammer 40k dark tongue” and you will find a sheet with the alphabet for those who want to try for themselves. There is no “alphabet” for the Warhammer 40k Dark tongue. You are referencing, at best, the Warhammer Fantasy Dark Tongue. The Dark Tongue for 40k is only referenced once… and that would be in the entry in Warzone Fenris from 7th edition. An entry that reads in it’s entirety: “The Dark Tongue is a ritual language, and its phonetic runes are only manner in which the mysteries of Chaos can be truly expressed. It is the language of Daemons and Chaos creatures with the power of speech. The Thousand Sons strive to learn this arcane language for the conjuration of Chaos entities and to bargain with Daemons when they are summoned.” Whatever you found on the Web is probably some fan interpretation or some half-lore someone made up from other things like Warhammer Fantasy or some real world “mysticism”. There is no Alphabet, it is just a small text blurb added to the Prisms of Fate Coloring Scheme for the Thousand sons. Matter of fact, based on the pictures next to it and because it is a Thousand Sons Coloring Guide the symbols are more akin to hieroglyphs than actual letters that can be read. And in addition… > [@Vascor](#): > > "F-O-R⠀T-H-E⠀Dh-Aa-Rh-Kw⠀Gh-O-Dh-S > ⠀For ⠀⠀ The ⠀⠀⠀ Dark ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Gods > > Dh-E-Aa-T-H ⠀ T-O ⠀ T-H-E⠀ F-Aa-L-S-E ⠀ E-M-Ph-E-Rh-O-Rh > ⠀Death⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ To ⠀ ⠀The ⠀⠀False ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Emperor … if that is an example of what you want, then i rather have gibberish than this nonsense. That there is super lame. ---
**Author:** ![Leertaste](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/leertaste/32/54458_2.png) [@Leertaste](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Leertaste)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 12:58pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/chaos-language-around-the-maps/79549/3 "2023-05-12T12:58:04Z")
A Galaxy with a million million worlds… even imperial Gothic has its dialects … and you expect all the traitor worlds and cults to speak the same language? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![FrankJack](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/frankjack/32/97894_2.png) [@FrankJack](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/FrankJack)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 10:02pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/chaos-language-around-the-maps/79549/4 "2026-11-02T22:02:30Z")
Oh btw just to say it somewhere but i god bored and translated real quick the text on the deamonhost’s ‘‘loincloth’’ ‘‘Ak.Sh.O.’‘rune of nurgle’’.Dh.Ar.H’’ really seems like gibberish idk ahaha ‘‘Ph.L.Aa.Gu.E,ii.Rh.Aa.V.Aa.Gh’’ i think its just ‘‘plague, ravage’’ ‘‘Rh.O.T,tz.Dh.E,ii.Aa.T,tz.H’’ just ‘‘Rot, Death’’ ![daemon runes](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/fatshark/original/3X/c/4/c4ca135cc086927345efdd224ab4c46532afc39e.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![JanZamoysky](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/janzamoysky/32/87926_2.png) [@JanZamoysky](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/JanZamoysky)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 10:58pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/chaos-language-around-the-maps/79549/5 "2026-11-02T22:58:41Z")
> [@Vascor](#): > > Now it’s just gibberish that has no meaning. Looks like even Nurgle Corp suffers from shortages of trained staff. ---
**Author:** ![Djaresh](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/djaresh/32/117761_2.png) [@Djaresh](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Djaresh)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 11:39pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/chaos-language-around-the-maps/79549/6 "2026-11-02T23:39:44Z")
Well, after all the beating the heretics got over the years it’s no wonder they can’t build full sentences anymore. Jokes aside, while I personally don’t look after this stuff, it can’t be too hard to have one dev put some sentences together that make lore hunters happy and could be an additional way to tell the story of Tertium. I mean, most of the story of Left 4 Dead was told by writing on walls, they could at least give some insight of the cult by this. ---
**Author:** ![Hairiness](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/hairiness/32/60095_2.png) [@Hairiness](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Hairiness)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2026, 3:09am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/chaos-language-around-the-maps/79549/7 "2026-11-03T03:09:07Z")
It’s not gibberish. This page has translations of the phrases. Aksho Nurgleth Dh’akh is “Nurgle shall be called with death” [https://warhammer-40k-darktide.fandom.com/wiki/Dark\_Tongue#Dark\_Tongue\_Words/Phrases](https://warhammer-40k-darktide.fandom.com/wiki/Dark_Tongue#Dark_Tongue_Words/Phrases) ---
**Author:** ![SpaceCadetKrig](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/spacecadetkrig/32/117193_2.png) [@SpaceCadetKrig](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/SpaceCadetKrig)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2026, 5:20am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/chaos-language-around-the-maps/79549/8 "2026-11-03T05:20:32Z")
The symbol on the loincloth is the symbol for Nurgle. So there is actually almost two separate languages. One is a phonetic spelling, which is where we get the various “nurgle loves you” The other is what I would call True Dark Tongue, or True Beast Tongue. It is based upon root words that are changed with prefixes and suffixes. It _seems_ to follow some loose rules. We know a very few root words, some prefixes, and suffixes. The words can mean drastically different things based upon a few letter changes. Examples: Akh - kill/slay or battle Aksho - To search for Aksha - battleaxe and they are based upon older texts. I am actually trying to find more. One idea was to use TWWH3 Beastman dialogue to figure it out, but I believe its going to be the phonetics only, or be incredibly difficult to figure out. Still working at it though. ---
**Author:** ![Heretical\_Cactus](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/heretical_cactus/32/73867_2.png) [@Heretical\_Cactus](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Heretical_Cactus)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2026, 6:37am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/chaos-language-around-the-maps/79549/9 "2026-11-03T06:37:29Z")
> [@FrankJack](#): > > ‘‘Ak.Sh.O.’‘rune of nurgle’’.Dh.Ar.H’’ Seek - Plague- Black/Dark ---
**Author:** ![Margeret-Dayhoff](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/margeret-dayhoff/32/92972_2.png) [@Margeret-Dayhoff](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Margeret-Dayhoff)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2026, 12:33pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/chaos-language-around-the-maps/79549/10 "2026-11-03T12:33:09Z")
Learn to translate chaos and daemonic speech in these 10 easy steps: ![chaos-symbols-what-do-they-mean](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/fatshark/original/3X/4/7/47d43dc2fda2fa88aeb318f65cc352d0662813fc.jpeg)