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The following are translations for the stones in Epigraph. Some words are impossible to verify as the game lacks enough use cases for you to guarantee your answer. However, most of the words are; especially the ones linked to their Shori counterparts.

Furthermore, understanding the correct sentence structure in each case is twice as difficult. I am not an English major; and although I have a loose understanding of Objects, Subjects, Predicates and Clauses, I don't believe this game actually requires any of that.

Epigraph is not all that complex with its narrative. The story may change somewhat depending on sentence interpretation but I believe the core theme is stable.

I will provide a summary of my version of the lore in the final chapter.

Language in Epigraph is read right to left and consists of a syllabary where each "symbol" represents a syllable. One or more symbols can be strung together to create "words".

This guide does not cover how we determined these syllable. Consult my hint guide if you need some help with that.

These words sometimes carry modifiers which are placed directly over the center of the word.

• Singular Noun ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀▲⠀⠀
  
• Plural Noun⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀▲▲
  
• Present Tense Verb ⠀⠀●
  
• Past Tense Verb ⠀⠀⠀⠀◓
  
• Future Tense Verb⠀⠀⠀◗
  
• NoSwap Singular ⠀⠀⠀■
  
• NoSwap Plural⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀■■

If a word is a noun or verb it must have a modifier, no exceptions. Anything else is an adjective, preposition, determiner, number, etc.

There is no punctuation. This is up to the player to logically deduce.
1. Verbs are never seen at the start of a sentence because verbs are swapped with their corresponding noun. For example:








Note: Pronouns are not swapped with verbs.


2. Adjectives and prepositions are “sticky”. If a noun-adj pair is before a verb, they will both be swapped.







Adverbs are also “sticky”.









3. If a noun has a ■ or ■■ modifier, this also denotes singular and plural respectively; however, it also tells us not to swap the verb and the noun.







Note: Remember, prepositions are "sticky".
Nouns marked with Squares also seem to shift themselves behind other nouns in the sentence.






Adjective Repetition only appears in two locations. We don't see this pattern anywhere else within this language. For example, there is a word for "We" instead of repeating the word "Me" (ie. "Me Me" = "We"). This was the case in a language game like Sethian.

"Old Old" could mean old in the age sense and old in the time sense. So "Old Old" means Old and Historic.
However, this does not work for "Powerful Powerful". One or two of these words would have to be a noun. "The Powerful Creates The Powerless" for example.

Since this doesn’t sit right, it is more likely "Power Power" means "Very Powerful" and "Old Old" means "Ancient" or "Very Old".

These translations will be structured in the order of what I believe is the intended player progression. It also happens to be what makes the most sense lore wise.

The first line is the ingame text.
The second line is our translation.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Stele















⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Statue

Starting from the front of the statue with the face of the king and proceeding left.
















⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Mural Front


















⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Mural Back














⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Tablet a & b

Doesn’t seem to be a regular translation for this one. Just telling you the addition puzzle.


























Shurabi is the name of the Nari Wise Man.





⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Obelisk



This is the front face. Zoom out and you can see the past modifier atop this script. This likely denotes something like “start of history”. We read this side first then walk left.


Note: Interesting that “All” is a noun twice here. It isn’t anywhere else but this script.






Note: From could also work as "across" or "among".

Zukati could mean anything. It could even be a name (although we’d have to break grammar rules to do so). It also ultimately changes the meaning of the solution on the Artifact. “Old Old God”.
For Zukati I believe it could be: Tradition, Cycle, Offering or Genesis.

As there should be, there is quite a bit of ambiguity on some words' meanings and the exact story. This especially becomes difficult when we all have different translations for words we can’t verify, twisting the story in some way. But we can make enough to tell an at least somewhat coherent tale.

Here's my version of Epigraph and the Nari People.

⠀⠀⠀⠀The Nari were a tribe of people who co-existed with 3 other tribes. The tribe had their own primitive language called Old Nari. Old Nari was similar to Hieroglyphics in that they were visual representations of their meanings.

⠀⠀⠀⠀Over time their language would develop into what is now the “New Nari”. The new Nari employed a language format much more similar to ours. This language style utilized a syllabary, which allows each “symbol” to represent a syllable. One or more symbols could be strung together to create “words”. Furthermore the Nari had a number system very similar to ours.

⠀⠀⠀⠀This evolution of language was not just unique to the Nari. In fact, all the other tribes had evolved their own language styles. The person responsible for distributing this language would become known as the “Wise Man”. Each tribe had their own Wise Man.

⠀⠀⠀⠀One of the tribes (likely the ones to write in Cuneiform) began something known as the Great Work. They believed that in order to speak to the gods, the four tribes had to unite all the tribes’ languages. However, they were on the brink of collapse by an opposing tribe.

⠀⠀⠀⠀The Cuneiform tribe created the “Stele”. A rosetta stone between their language and the Nari language. This tribe stated that their conquer was on the horizon by another tribe. That should they fall, others must continue their work. They gave the Nari explicit instructions: “Speak The Old Tongue And Contact The Gods”

⠀⠀⠀⠀And thus the Nari found purpose. The Nari King, Bakuzhati, child of Makudovu, was taught all the other languages by the Wise Men. The 4 languages would create the new language of the gods. The Nari became the largest tribe and Bakuzhati was the king of all kings.

⠀⠀⠀⠀They created the Great Temple of Pagomaru to speak with god. The Nari, through some unexplained means, had in their possession a relic known as The Diamond. It was this Diamond that allowed them to speak with the gods.

⠀⠀⠀⠀As time went on, the Nari began to learn much about the history of the Gods. In total there were 12 gods. These gods created 7 other planets and occupied each with 4 tribes. The gods would teach the people of every planet the gift of language.

⠀⠀⠀⠀If the tribes unified their languages, they would grow in power and speak with the Gods. Perhaps this was a test of sorts? The first god feared this offering. They worried about men becoming too powerful. Possibly powerful enough to challenge their Godlihood.

⠀⠀⠀⠀Whether it was the first God’s doing or not, the tribes began to fight. Tribes who cannot speak with gods are doomed to fail. Perhaps this realisation is what sparked the Great Work by the Cuneiform Tribe.

⠀⠀⠀⠀One day the news came to the Nari that the Shori tribe were planning an attack. The Nari’s only concern was to hide The Diamond. It is likely that the Nari fell to the Shori. And thus, failing the God’s Test. Today, we uncovered an artifact with 4 riddles.

Addition- a test of our understanding of Nari mathematics.
God’s Home- The skys above
Ancient God - Zukati (An Offering, Genesis, Tradition, The Cycle, a Name)
Next Wise Man - Shurabi (Name). Shurabi spoke for the translations on the tablets, identifying him as the next wise man of the Nari.

Inside the artifact was The Diamond the Nari hid millenia ago. It seems the Gods are still waiting for us to speak with them.