I wanted to try my hand at my own Infernal language generator, because I saw a couple Infernal alphabets floating around and decided a simple letter-swap like this would be better than nothing or building things from scratch! I need this translator for my own writing too, though I will likely be changing some words for ease of reading/pronunciation, and when/if I do I’ll likely throw those specific translations in.
Note: for some reason, some letters/words REFUSE to translate correctly, so if you’re ever thinking something looks weird (ex. You get a word with no vowels) then try translating the word with a space between each letter.
Also! Extra details I’ve since added to make Infernal feel more like a real language (I.e. weirder), make it easier to pronounce, and remain more truthful to the fact that Infernal in 5e is supposed to have a larger alphabet than common:
—“Y” is pronounced the same way as the letter “e” if it is next to ANY other vowel. If “y” is not next to any other vowels, it is pronounced the same way as the letter “i”, and in Infernal is a separate letter called “lonely-Y”.
—“B” is pronounced as it should normally be unless it is the LAST letter in a word. If it is the last letter in a word, it is pronounced like “ta”, and in Infernal is a seperate letter called “sharp-B”.
—“P” is only pronounced if it is the FIRST letter in a word. If it is in any other place in a word, it is entirely silent, and in Infernal is a separate letter called “quiet-P”.
—“X” is pronounced like “icks” (except very quickly) if it is the FIRST letter in a word. If it is any other place in a word, it is pronounced like the long version of the letter “z”, and in Infernal is a separate letter called “little-X”.
—“H” is a very quiet letter, and makes more of an extra exhale or break in a word than an actual sound. Instead of pronouncing the normal “huh” sound of an “H” in Common/English, simply make a sharp exhale, no matter where in the word the “H” is.
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