Sheikah

The Sheikah alphabet appears in the games The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, a spin-off game of the Legend of Zelda series. Within the games Sheikah appears on architecture and artifacts, usually as single words, short phrases or sequences of numerals. It is used to write English and Japanese.

Notable features

Type of writing system: alphabet
Writing direction: left to right in horizontal rows, or in vertical columns running from top to bottom
Used to write: English and Japanese
Instead of spaces between words, there is a space symbol.

Sheikah alphabet

Download an alphabet chart for Sheikah (Word)

Sample Text (in English)

Sample text in Sheikah (in English)

Transliteration

Achievement
Clock
Thermometer
Sheikah Sensor

Sample Text (in Japanese)

Sample text in Sheikah (in Japanese)

Transliteration

太古の昔Hyliaの地に繁栄した王国。多くの民等が暮らし文明が育まれた。Sheikah族の齎した技術は高度也。これをして厄災封印の助けを設けたる。

Translation

Long ago, in ancient times, a kingdom prospered in the land of Hylia. Many people/citizens lived there, and civilization was cultivated. The Sheikah tribe brought technology that is advanced. Doing this provided help for sealing the calamity.

Information about Sheikah
https://zelda.fandom.com/wiki/Sheikah_(Language)
https://zelda.fandom.com/wiki/Sheikah_Language_Translations

Download fonts for Sheikah
https://www.deviantart.com/proendreeper/art/Sheikah-Font-Full-Numbers-Letters-Symbols-1-2-659273276
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1371125/sheikah-complete

Information about the games
https://zelda.fandom.com/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Breath_of_the_Wild
https://zelda.fandom.com/wiki/Hyrule_Warriors:_Age_of_Calamity

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