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Jel is the language of the Argonians. According to them and to scholars, it does not have a system of tense, referring only to something in the past or in the future if needed. The vast majority of these words originate from the Elder Scrolls Online.
- Tamrielic Languages
There are dozens of different languages spoken in Tamriel...
- Tamrielic Languages
Jel is the native language of the Argonians. Jel originates from the ancient and intelligent Hist trees of Black Marsh. The Argonian Mere-Glim claimed that Jel was the "closest speech to thought", and that other races could not pronounce it well enough to freely converse with it.
Jel is a language spoken by Argonians that is described as being "the closest speech to thought." A way of conversing communally with the Hist. Unlike many Tamrielic languages, Jel is not derived from Ehlnofex but comes from the ancient and sentient trees, the Hist.
The Sharper Tongue: A Jel Primer. by Lights-the-Way, Mystic of the Mages Guild. A primer for common terms heard in the Argonian language. Much of the nuance of Argonian conversation blooms from heavy metaphor and subtle body movements.
So, here goes: Jel is the language spoken in Black Marsh by the native Argonian race. It is famous in all of Tamriel for its complicated grammar and hellish pronounciation, which make it very difficult for humans and mer to pronounce correctly.
There are dozens of different languages spoken in Tamriel alongside the common “Tamrielic,” which is translated by the game into whatever language the player speaks. Many of these languages are represented only by a handfull of words, or do not have enough material to reliably guess at translations.
Argonians (Saxhleel, or People of the Root in their native language of Jel) are the reptilian natives of Black Marsh, a vast swampland province in southeastern Tamriel. The other races often refer to them as lizards or the Lizard Folk instead, especially when meaning to be derogatory.
