Al Bhed

The Al Bhed lauguage is a fictional language spoken only by the Al Bhed people in the role-playing game Final Fantasy X. Although it seems like a foreign language, the Al Bhed language is actually a cipher, a system of transposing certain letters for others. It shares the same syntax and grammmar of English.

Here is how to convert English to Al Bhed:

English: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Al Bhed: YPLTAVKREZGMSHUBXNCDIJFQOW

For example, "you" in English is rendered as "oui" in Al Bhed:

Y → O O → U U → I

Certain keywords are not translated into Al Bhed in the game. Most keywords are proper nouns, but some common nouns are also not translated, such as "fiend" ("Y fiend! Eh risyh teckieca!"/A fiend! In human disguise!), "magic" ("Ouin bnaleuic magic yht Aeons yna caymat"/Your precious magic and Aeons are sealed), and "airship".

In the game, Al Bhed words are differentiated from the "common" language of Spira by being printed in pink text (for non-translated words) or blue text (for translated words, represented here in bold).

The player can learn the Al Bhed language by picking up items called Al Bhed Primers. Each Primer translates a single letter of the alphabet. This sometimes results in bizarre statements such as "Ouir breleuis magic yht Aeons yne seymet!"