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In the first half of the first episode of Hataraku Maou-sama, we can hear
conversation between Satan and Alsiel in "Underworld" language. Is the
"Underworld" language based on a real language, or is it just plain gibberish?


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In the first episode of Hataraku Maou-sama, what is the "Underworld" language based on?


Based on this [thread from MAL](http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=580793):

It seems that it _**IS**_ gibberish. They just jumbled a lot of languages
together (English, French and German to name a few).

Here are some quotes from the thread _(I am still not sure if they can be
counted on as being 'facts'):_

> The way they threw random words of other actual languages into their made up
> language was very funny, especially if you understand Japanese (how foreign
> words are transliterated/pronounced in a syllabary language). - Usuzumiiro
> [(1)](http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=580793#WAHLukAMEgLREzwl.99)
>
> I kept trying to figure out what language they were speaking only to learn
> it was made up [maouspeak](http://www.rabuko.me/maouspeak/)... sneaky anime.
> - AOMINE
> [(2)](http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=580793&show=20#57cRtit5kYgQbCec.99)

I tracked these down by just going to page 1 of that thread then searching for
the word "language". It seems the general consensus is it is gibberish and
that it is a mixture of words. Still looking for the actual source for them
all to say that though. _(I am thinking it is on 4chan)_


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According to [this article](http://purisoku.com/archives/6496740.html) (which
cites from a 2ch thread), the language is is pretty simple:

> The Entean language is basically letter substituted English, with vowel
> keeping their original position, while the consonants are reversed, so B=Z,
> C=Y, D=X, ... and vice versa.
[code]

>        ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
>     -> AZYXEWVTISRLPNOMQKJHUGFDCB
>  
[/code]

>
> For example:
>
>   * 人間 human → tupan
>   * 世界 world → foklx
>   * 魔王（芦屋による呼称） majesty → pasejhc
>

They say it with such enthusiasm, too:

<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSwnNy6MRa8>


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