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The writers need a new language. But they don't want to actually invent a new language. So they make the "new" language a cipher of English -- usually, a [
Works from non-English-speaking countries may do the same with their own language or alphabet, but not always.
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* Al Bhed from ''[[Final Fantasy X]]''. Happily, the cypher is designed so that the replaced letters can (usually) be pronounced phonetically and still sound like a real language, both in English and in Japanese. It had to be, since there are some voice-acted parts in Al Bhed.
** ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'' also features three written scripts, dubbed Spiran, Yevon, and Al Bhed by fans. They're all English alphabet ciphers.
* Hylian is like this in ''Zelda''. More specifically, it's a code for Japanese kana in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time]]'' and ''[[The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker]]'', and a code for English in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess]]'' (though flipped right-to-left in the Wii version).
* In ''[[The Elder Scrolls]]'' series of PC games, Daedric is a substitution cypher of the alphabet, with symbols replacing letters. However, Daedric runes are not arranged like Latin letters - it's quite common to see writing in Daedric written vertically or with runes superimposed over others. In a similar vein, there's the Dwemer language seen in a few books (though it's completely meaningless, in that case), but becomes similar to Daedric cipher in ''Oblivion''.
* The dinosaur language "Saurian" in ''[[Star Fox Adventures (Video Game)|Star Fox Adventures]]'' -- in fact, [http://saurian.krystalarchive.com/ the key to decode it] is even given in the game's manual.
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