Zelda franchise strategy guide/Races/Hylian

In the Legend of Zelda series of video games, Hylian generally refers to the Hylian race, a race of humans with some magical potential. They have pointed pixie-like ears, and are often mistaken for elves. It is believed that these ears allow them to hear the gods and that they were created to tell the other races their message.

In Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, most Hylians live in the Hyrule Castle Town, though a few individuals inhabit land outside of this town, namely Talon of the Lon Lon Ranch and the Lakeside Scientist.

Crafts

Many items created by the original Hylians make reappearances in other Zelda games, like the Master Sword. The Book of Murdora in Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past allows Link to translate things written in the ancient Hylian language.

Language

The Hylian written language is derived from Japanese hiragana, katakana, and romaji. The script is syllabic or more precisely moraic, and each symbol represents either a vowel, consonant-vowel combination, or a syllable final n.

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  Hylian alphabet chart (Twilight Princess)

Etymology

Hyrulean means from or related to the mythical land of Hyrule.