List of fictional languages

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Main article: List of fictional languages

The following is a list of fictional languages that have appeared in the Super Mario franchise, as well as information regarding them.

Super Mario Sunshine[edit]

Various areas in Isle Delfino have a round script resembling spirals and waves throughout signs. It is purely gibberish and doesn't correspond to a Latin character. In the western version, the script on signs was replaced with the standard Latin alphabet.

Donkey Kong Bananza[edit]

A normal Sign in Donkey Kong Bananza
Message - "Thank you for reading" - Someone - an example of the language in action.

Various objects across the Underground World have text written on them that is implied to be the language of the residents inhabiting the area. Said text is actually ciphered English, with each character corresponding to a Latin character. Unlike English, however, the ancient text doesn't distinguish between uppercase and lowercase letters. It only consists of the 26 letters of the Latin alphabet, with no digits or punctuation.

Character Latin equivalent
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
An alternate Sign depicting verses in Donkey Kong Bananza
A sign containing a verse of Exploritone.

Another form of text, resembling musical notes, appears primarily on the signs containing verses of Exploritone, on Challenge Ruins, on Neptunite and Metal terrain, throughout the Groove Layer, and on the Discs for Challenge Ruins, heavily implied to be the language of the Fractones. Unlike the former, this text is purely gibberish and doesn't correspond to a Latin character.

Another form of script is used for dialogue coming from Banandiumtone.

Character Latin equivalent
One of Banandiumtone's symbols A
One of Banandiumtone's symbols B
One of Banandiumtone's symbols K
One of Banandiumtone's symbols N
One of Banandiumtone's symbols O
One of Banandiumtone's symbols W
One of Banandiumtone's symbols Z

Yoshi and the Mysterious Book[edit]

Token.
Tokens, an example of the language in action.

Various areas of Mr. E feature a text that is present throughout the pages, as well as Tokens. Most of the symbols correspond to a Latin character.