Nerubian (language)

Nerubian is the name of the language of the nerubians, it is both a spoken and a sign language. The language is a clicking, rasping language.

Nerubian Primer

Official translations

Only one nerubian phrase has been known to be translated:

• "Shabtir bakh sokhen" = "The servant bows to the master's authority" - code words to enter Naxxanar

Untranslated words or phrases

• Acherus = Former Scourge necropolis, now controlled by the Ebon Blade
• "Auum na-l ak-k-k-k, isshhh." - spoken by Anub'arak as he submerges during the fight in Azjol-Nerub and the Crusaders' Coliseum
• Ahn'kahet = The nerubian name for the Old Kingdom.
• Azjol-Nerub = Called "the Spider Kingdom" in other sources.
• En'kilah = temple city in the northern Borean Tundra
• "F-lakkh shir!" - spoken by Anub'arak in the Crusaders' Coliseum
• Kolramas = Crashed Scourge necropolis in Zul'drak
• Naxxanar = Scourge necropolis hovering over En'kilah in Borean Tundra.
• Naxxramas = Scourge necropolis, fortress of Kel'Thuzad
• Naz'anak = (presumed) nerubian name for The Forgotten Depths
• "Shhhad ak kereeesshh chak-k-k!" - spoken by Elder Nadox during the fight in Ahn'kahet: The Old Kingdom
• Talramas = Crashed Scourge necropolis in Borean Tundra
• "Uunak-hissss tik-k-k-k-k!" - spoken by Anub'arak while fighting him in Azjol-Nerub
• Voltarus = Scourge necropolis in Zul'Drak
• Zeramas = Scourge necropolis in Zul'Drak

Language speculation

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• Ahn = Old
• Anak = Depths
• Azjol/Kahet/Kilah = Kingdom/City
• En = temple
• Naz = Forgotten
• Nerub = Spider
• Shabtir = Servant
• Sokhen = Master