The following is a list offictional languages that have appeared in theKirby series, as well as information regarding them.

Kirby Star Allies[edit]

The people ofJambastion andJambandra have their own language. It mainly consists of corrupted words from Japanese and English, occasionally featuring words from other languages too. A characteristic trait of the language is an abundance of "j", "m", "ja", and "ma" sounds in many of the known words. It is most likely based off of a word邪魔 (jama), that translates in Japanese to "obstacle" or "bother", but consisting of twokanji that each individually mean "wicked" (邪) and "demon" (魔). Additionally, in Chinese, from whichjama derives, the same word means "evil". Some of the words are similar to the new world language, though it is unknown if it's intentional or they're simply reused ideas.

Some words from the language have been revealed, most of which come from pause screen captions of Phase 2Hyness inThe Ultimate Choice and Phase 2Corrupt Hyness, though some were also provided throughKirby JP Twitter:

Based on the translations, several people and places' names have some meaning:

• Jambastion means "evil heart".
• The Japanese name ofJambandra Base is マジュハルガロア (Majuharugaroa), roughly meaning "Again ??? Paradise" (the meaning ofharuga is unknown, but could be a corruption ofharuka, meaning "distant").
• The "Lor" fromLor Starcutter means "paradise".
• Magolor's Japanese name, マホロア (Mahoroa), has a similar pronunciation to マフォロア (maforoa), which could mean "lie paradise", fitting his deceptive nature. This also applies to his English name. "Mago" is similar to "mafo" (meaning lie) and his name ends in "lor" (meaning paradise).
• When Hyness becomes unhooded, he says "JUHYAMBAVITRIGOKOPOKOJAAAH!!" (orVungyamaevitirigoppokopoooo in the Japanese version). The English version incorporates "juh" (huh), while Japanese uses "vun" (very) and "goppoko" (surprise).
• When Corrupt Hyness becomes unhooded, he says "VUNMAJICIOUSEVITIRIGGAMAPOP---!", which could mean "Very tasty ??? painful hope---!" (the meaning of "eviti" is unknown).
  • In the Japanese version, Hyness's phrase "evitiri" sounds like エビチリebichiri (chili shrimp), and the Japanese fanbasebegan to associate Hyness with the food as a result. The use of "majicious" (tasty) preceding "evitiri" in Corrupt Hyness's phrase may indicate that "evitiri"is meant to be chili shrimp; Hyness thinks it is very tasty ("vun majicious") and he hopes it is spicy ("rigga mapop").

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  "JUHYAMBAVITRIGOKOPOKOJAAAH!!"

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  "VUNMAJICIOUSEVITIRIGGAMAPOP---!"

Kirby and the Forgotten Land[edit]

"Holine Auto Custom" - an example of the new world language in action.

Various objects across the world have text written on them that is the language of the ancient civilization that once inhabited that world. 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. There are a total of 42 characters: the 26 letters of the Latin alphabet, the digits 0–9, and six punctuation marks. A notable usage of the language is "Welcome to the New World!", in which the words are pronounced differently from English. According toShinya Kumazaki, they made sure that the messages found in the game written in that language could be deciphered if the player studies them closely; the language and the song "Welcome to the New World!" were created to allow players to immerse more into the adventure if they so choose.^[1]

Some words and their meanings were revealed inthe June 2022 Nintendo Dream volume by Shinya Kumazaki, and more were revealed in the pamphlet of theKirby 30th Anniversary Music Festival.

Ancient alphabet of the civilization fromKirby and the Forgotten Land
Character	Latin equivalent		Character	Latin equivalent
	A			V
	B			W
	C			X
	D			Y
	E			Z
	F			0
	G			1
	H			2
	I			3
	J			4
	K			5
	L			6
	M			7
	N			8
	O			9
	P			!
	Q			?
	R			,
	S			.
	T			;
	U			'

The new world language is transcribed into Japanese using katakana. Oddly, the words use sutegana (such as ハァha~a) and chōonpu (such as マーmā) interchangeably, seemingly at random. While this appears to indicate a meaningful distinction in pronunciation, it is unclear what exactly it entails. Nonetheless, the romanizations of these characters are distinguished when written below.

Kumazaki also verbally provided an example sentence during theKirby 30th Anniversary Music Festival itself: ニルロォ ノディルナ ラミォ ジャハ レリィーノ (niruro~ nodiruna rami~o jaha reri~īno), meaning "nobody can disturb your naps" (referring to Kirby).

• The first word sees use in "Welcome to the New World!", in the phrase "niruro~ona rīramyi". The corresponding Japanese lyric is 「キミとならFREEDOM」 (loosely "with you there's freedom"), makingniru likely a second-person pronoun of some form. Note thatniru is also the Japanese transcription of "Nil", which isVoid's Japanese name.
• The second wordnodiruna means "nap" as discussed above.
• The remainder of the sentence corresponds exactly to a phrase used in "Welcome to the New World!", translated in-game into English as "no one can hold you back" (「だれも邪魔できない」 in Japanese, more generally meaning "nobody can get in the way [of something or someone]" or "nobody can disturb [something or someone]"). In particular,reri~īno is equivalent to "cannot" or the Japanesedekinai as discussed above.

Some other words in the language can be discerned based on their context and etymology in relation to the Japanese lyrics.

• ソロアsoroa, likely a combination of 空sora ("sky") and ロアroa (established to mean "paradise" inKirby Star Allies), is used in the line 「そこはフシギな　夢の国なのさ 遊ぼう」 ("a mysterious place, a land of dreams where we can play"). It likely means "place".
  • ルメノトゥリrumenoturi is used in the same line, and appears to mean "dream land"; it seems to be derived from 夢の国yume no kuni and 夢のカントリーyume no kantorī (both meaning "dream country").
• マイレmaire precedes ファロォネfaro~one ("to laugh") in the line 「泣いて笑って　お腹いっぱいほおばり おひるね」 ("crying and laughing and filling mouthfuls and naps in the day"). It can be assumed to mean "to cry".
• ニルラリィオ ティーロアniruraryio tīroa is the equivalent to the line 「キミだけのFIELD」 ("you've got the field all to yourself"). As mentioned before,niru is likely a second-person pronoun. This meansティーロアtīroa likely means "field"; perhaps a combination of 地chi ("earth") androa.
• サーゼフォsāzefo is the equivalent to the line 「風よ」 ("there's a breeze").サーゼsāze is likely a corruption of 風kaze, "wind" or "breeze".
• ティラクルtirakuru is used in the line 「きらめく草原をなで ようこそ！ NEW WORLD」 (Through all the sparkling grasslands, welcome! New World) ティラクル is likely a corruption of ティンクルtinkuru ("twinkle") combined with きらめくkirameku, which means "sparkling". Furthermore,tinkuru is used in "Twinkle☆Popo", the original name forKirby's Dream Land. Thus, ティラクルtirakuru likely means "twinkle".
• ロナルナronaruna is used in the line 「モヤモヤしても　おいしいモノあれば ゴキゲン」 ("Feeling down? Well let's get something tasty to eat, then we're happy"). Based on it also including the endingruna fromnodiruna ("nap"), it can be assumed to mean "feeling down" or "feeling tired".

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