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[[File:2010 August New Krytan shootout.png|thumb|220px|Target Shootout in stylized New Krytan]]
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[[New Krytan]] ({{nk|New Krytan}}) is the standard alphabet used to write the [[Languages of Tyria|Tyrian language]] by the majority of races and cultures in modern day [[Tyria]]. Every Tyrian citizen has the opportunity to learn, to read, and to understand the New Krytan alphabet, as it is a universal means of communication between races.

== History ==
New Krytan was designed by the [[Durmand Priory]] as a compromise between the [[gw1:Languages of Tyria#Old Ascalonian|Old Ascalonian]] and [[gw1:Languages of Tyria#Old Krytan|Old Krytan]] alphabets and accepted as an official language in 1105 [[Mouvelian calendar|AE]].

Over the past 220 years, New Krytan has become the standard writing system in Tyria and is used widely throughout the [[human]] kingdom, the [[asura]] [[college]]s, and by the [[norn]]. The Durmand Priory set out to promote literacy and make the use of the new alphabet commonplace, so that all intelligent beings could understand the new language appearing all around them.

== Styles ==
Though New Krytan is the same all through Tyria, there are at least three confirmed styles of writing you can find. The game uses different variations of a base New Krytan script depending on which race wrote the text:
*The human writing of the script is designed for pen and paper.
*The [[charr]] versions are for inscribing on wood or stone. They are described as "a roman type of very direct, strong marks".
*The asuran script is much more magical in nature. The reason is "it's often in notes, [...] scrawled on the sides of buildings and the like."
There might be a fourth style for norn writing, but it has not been confirmed or described.

== Reading and translation ==
[[File:Stylized New Krytan.png|thumb|250px|right|A stylized form of New Krytan]]
[[File:SAB lexicography.png|thumb|250px|right|A 16-bit form of New Krytan]]
Being able to read New Krytan is not a compulsory part of playing Guild Wars 2, but much of the written language found in the Guild Wars 2 world will be in New Krytan. Uppercase characters only differentiate themselves from lowercase in size. New Krytan reads from left to right and can be transliterated to English using the following [[wikipedia:Substitution cipher|substitution cipher]]:

{| cellpadding="3" style="text-align:center;"
|-
| [[File:New Krytan alphabet A.png|30x30px]]
| [[File:New Krytan alphabet B.png|30x30px]]
| [[File:New Krytan alphabet C.png|30x30px]]
| [[File:New Krytan alphabet D.png|30x30px]]
| [[File:New Krytan alphabet E.png|30x30px]]
| [[File:New Krytan alphabet F.png|30x30px]]
| [[File:New Krytan alphabet G.png|30x30px]]
| [[File:New Krytan alphabet H.png|30x30px]]
| [[File:New Krytan alphabet I.png|30x30px]]
| [[File:New Krytan alphabet J.png|30x30px]]
| [[File:New Krytan alphabet K.png|30x30px]]
| [[File:New Krytan alphabet L.png|30x30px]]
| [[File:New Krytan alphabet M.png|30x30px]]
|-
! A !! B !! C !! D !! E !! F !! G !! H !! I !! J !! K !! L !! M
|-
|
|-
| [[File:New Krytan alphabet N.png|30x30px]]
| [[File:New Krytan alphabet O.png|30x30px]]
| [[File:New Krytan alphabet P.png|30x30px]]
| [[File:New Krytan alphabet Q.png|30x30px]]
| [[File:New Krytan alphabet R.png|30x30px]]
| [[File:New Krytan alphabet S.png|30x30px]]
| [[File:New Krytan alphabet T.png|30x30px]]
| [[File:New Krytan alphabet U.png|30x30px]]
| [[File:New Krytan alphabet V.png|30x30px]]
| [[File:New Krytan alphabet W.png|30x30px]]
| [[File:New Krytan alphabet X.png|30x30px]]
| [[File:New Krytan alphabet Y.png|30x30px]]
| [[File:New Krytan alphabet Z.png|30x30px]]
|-
! N !! O !! P !! Q !! R !! S !! T !! U !! V !! W !! X !! Y !! Z
|-
| [[File:New Krytan alphabet 0.png|30x30px]]
| [[File:New Krytan alphabet 1.png|30x30px]]
| [[File:New Krytan alphabet 2.png|30x30px]]
| [[File:New Krytan alphabet 3.png|30x30px]]
| [[File:New Krytan alphabet 4.png|30x30px]]
| [[File:New Krytan alphabet 5.png|30x30px]]
| [[File:New Krytan alphabet 6.png|30x30px]]
| [[File:New Krytan alphabet 7.png|30x30px]]
| [[File:New Krytan alphabet 8.png|30x30px]]
| [[File:New Krytan alphabet 9.png|30x30px]]
| [[File:New Krytan alphabet question mark.png|30x30px]]
| [[File:New Krytan alphabet exclamation mark.png|30x30px]]
|-
! 0 !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! ? !! !
|}

== Occurrences ==
<gallery>
File:Kilroy Stonekin Memorial Headstone inscription.jpg|[[Kilroy Stonekin Memorial Headstone]] inscription
File:Super Adventure Box o' Fun box.jpg|Super Adventure Box o' Fun (question mark)
File:Armistice Bastion menu 1.jpg|A menu found in [[Armistice Bastion]]. The text reads as follows (casing inferred): "Special" "of the" "day!" "Hand plucked young [[choya]]" "tenderized for succulent flavor" "Braised" "choya steaks" "Fried [[iboga]]" "petals" "Try this" "rare treat!" "Feeling thirsty?" "Iced Watermelon" "Sweet Coconut" "Choya Apple"
File:Armistice Bastion menu 2.jpg|A menu found in Armistice Bastion. The text reads as follows (casing inferred): "Daily" "menu" "Roast [[boar]] sandwich" "Simmered for 48 hrs to get that melt in your mouth goodness..." "Served on a toasted poppyseed bun with a side of cactus fries" "Try it with our secret sauce!" "Homestyle apple pie" "Buttery flaky crust and tart apples with cinnamon and" "nutmeg...what more do you need? Vanilla ice cream!" "Fishermans stew" "Catch of the day!" "Never get the same dish twice!"
File:Mad King's Clock Tower Clock Face.jpg|The clock face of [[Mad King's Clock Tower]].
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Cultural Diffusion in Contemporary Kryta]]

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[[Category:New Krytan|*]]
[[Category:Human culture]]

[[es:Nuevo Krytense]]
[[fr:Nouveau Krytien]]

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