Seeing Galarian in some of the first Pokémon Scarlet & Violet trailers was a pleasant surprise, because it lets us explore more about the Galarian langauge. Actually, could we call it the Galarian language anymore? Maybe we should change it to Galdean? Palarian?
Anyways, what interesting about Paldean is that it seems to have its own list of words not seen in the original Galarian word list—implying that it has added new words to the list, while also using similar words seen in Galarian—meaning that it’s definitely intended to be the same language. Research on Galarian is still ongoing, and Paldean will definitely help us understand both. Sweet!
Given that ScVi has only just been released, we’re still working on cataloging all the Paldean words we can find. Therefore this page will, for the moment, just be a list of words we find. Eventually we’ll get it organized and easier to search through. In the meantime, feel free to download “Thraex Sans”, the Galarian/Paldean font! I also want to give thanks to everyone at The Language Institute channel over at the PA! Discord for their contributions to this list, and to Striker in particular for being able to extract all the Scarlet/Violet textures in order to provide us with the highest possible quality pictures of Paldean. Huzzah! Good times…
(Oops! The list is currently unsorted… it probably wont be actually sorted until at least when I finish my copy of Violet… which will still be a while. I appreciate your patience!!)
| Unsorted Actual Words — These are words which are definitely intended to be understood and don’t appear in other generic forms | |||
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| Uva Academy | R398B XWDV4E | In Japanese and Korean, the Academy is known as “Grape Academy”, so I can easily imagine at least the first word to be “GRAPE”. |  |
| Naranja Academy | J39QR XWDV4E | In Japanese and Korean, the Academy is known as “Orange Academy”, but I don’t see how either of those words fit in those Paldean words… |  |
| Uva Academy Statue | R398B XWDV4E TXL3L89W |
While the top two text is unique (Paldean for “Uva [Grape] Academy”), the bottom text was seen in generic text a couple times in Galar |  |
| Paldea (region name) | V8CLM | Galar was clearly written as GA9A4. But I just don’t see it in the name of Paldea. Someone suggested that the word shown is simply “CARTA” (Spanish for “Map”) but… I dunno. |  |
| Pokédex Title | WEBMQX | This is the big green text seen in all Pokédex entries. The text below, however, is generic (see below)
Now a few people on the PA! Discord has suggested that THIS is the word for “Paldea”, not the one above…. and I’m inclined to believe it. However, there is no evidence of this being the case, such as a map of Paldea with these words beneath it, although the next entry may be a fair point just the same. Another alternative that Kinnit mentioned to me on Discord is that this is the Paldean word for “Pokémon”, given…. |
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| Pokémon League | WEBMCJ BKQJ | This is on the League building, sharing the same four letters as on the Pokédex title. Maybe the four letters mean “Poke-“? But wait a sec, “Pokémon” in Galarian/Paldean is already established to be ?wru#wt… so what’s WEBMCJ/WEBMQX? Maybe, as Kinnit also suggested, that Galarian and Paldean could be treated as different languages, and simply this IS the Paldean word for Pokémon?
Maybe, given with the word above, is “Paldea”? After all, this could be the word (in Spanish) “PALDEA LIGA”, or “Paldea League”…? After all b = L and J = A in both (well, if you ignore the E = A bit).
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| Gym | W87 | Compare/Contrast with 7Z0652OP DV4 seen in Galar Region Gyms, as well as how both W87, WEBMQX and WEBMCJ all start with the same character. Maybe w87 is an initialism? |  |
| Every Wich Way | E2^z J6u | New company name |  |
| (clothing company) | ATA8 / AT-A8 | The logo has the letters on two rows. |  |
| (Gogoat shoe company) | ARuLZEY9uuL | Completely new company name! |  |
| Monster Ball | #WT3L84 BZ99 | Definitely legit |  |
| Pincurchin Fried Rice Advert | j6uh V8CLM9S7CK+BTY | Nothing in this text ever appeared before, although K+BTY appears in an Iono advertising (see below) |  |
| Dedenne Advert (big white letters) | LM6S7C (MA) | This almost looks like some kind of public service notice (“Please don’t step on Dedenne!”), especially with the MA logo in the bottom-left corner which looks like an “Ad Council” logo. |  |
| Sea food restaurant | +BTY9x3v | The 9x3v bit at the end is new, while +BTY was seen the above Stir-fried Rice advertisement. | |
| Cortondo Bakery | 9x3vt3b+kLM | Speaking of the new 9x3v bit it also appears here. |  |
| Seabreeze Café | JEAQ | ||
| Picnic shop | ^D^uIO2 | ||
| Cabbie Company | RW9 | One instance of RW9 appears in Galar, but I feel like that might be a coincidence. |  |
| Medali Neon Sign | 9KE MAQ | This is the name of Ballonlea in Galar (technically 9KEMA). Was this a town of transplants from Galar?? |  |
| Area Zero | A4LA 0 | Galar is strange; words like A4LA are clearly existing words (in this case, obviously “AREA”). And yet other words aren’t anything like an existing word. I don’t get why it be like this…!! |  |
| Herba Mystica | Voi!^op2 B6^h
JFu6u^ M2nz5 |
Seen in the Violet Book (probably the Scarlet Book as well?) |    |
| Mysterious Plates | D^uio2 !i |  |
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| A █isk Pokémon? | 7SW3E4 | Wow, all the words in the eponymous books are ALL new text! |  |
| Jade Palace Garden | DA+ST | Do they even have a “China” in the Pokémon world? Anyways, technically this is new, but there does exist plenty of instances of DA+VT in Galar text (the V and S were swapped). | |
| Mysterious Plate | WEBMCJ A4LA 0 NI!0^2O |
The actual content of the mysterious plate…
(Thanks to 自然森林 for the image and TAMUsquirrel for the text!) |
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| Sunflora Farm | EWQ4J |  |
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| Background Words — Meanwhile, these are just background words which most likely don’t have any meaning behind them, but maybe they do? | |||
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| Hisuian Ball (whiteboard) | REL | On the “whiteboard” in the history room; definitely new | |
| Academy on TV | A621FO B!^H | ||
| Every Wich Way (extra text) | Yo^^i | Extra text on sign (colored red in the graphic) |  |
| Road sign | MZ R2U E15 | MZ R2U appeared in Galar on a sign for hamburgers, but E15 has never appeared before. I dunno if I should count this as new or not. | |
| Route signs | VoI!^o2 B6^HCu | JFU6U^ |
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| Ten Sights of Paldea Sign | Ei5 W2I LIN!
Kn2 hi6np f!u |
EI5 is a new word that appears on a certain road sign.
There is text beneath, but it’s too small to accurately decipher right now. I think I got it MOSTLY right, however. |
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| League Coins | BKQJ +C7 | ||
| Union Room thingy | MAK8EW3SDLV | I think new concepts, companies, etc, were given brand new names |  |
| Every Wich Way in-store advertisements | LSDVT939X
EP2H1 Q6^^np W6u M9kyex… |
Appears only in-store | |
| Pasta restaurant subtext | 3if 1uhu!zp Aoznp | Despite this text being unique, the name is generic. | |
| Asian-style sign inside the Treasure Eatery | FC^1n
n1^CF |
Although it uses Galarian letters, technically those kind of Asian-style signs are written right-to-left, so maybe it’s supposed to be the bottom? |  |
| Iono advertisement | K+BTY
J5UP1 |
K+BTY appears in the Pincurchin Fried Rice Advert seen in the Pokémon Center banner ads, but is otherwise a new word not seen in Sword/Shield.
Iono’s logo in the upper-left corner, however, uses existing text (see “Iono’s livestream logo” below for more info) |
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| “Lorem Ipsum” text — This is definitely generic text, as these words/phrases appear in various other locations for very generic purposes (posters, signs, etc) | |||
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| Poster in history room | D+OX ZU24+O VV^63 9on6^ ou5 A5FN2IO2^! |
The poster next to the “whiteboard” in the history room. This text has been seen in generic locations in the Galar region and elsewhere, such as on a few t-shirt designs |  |
| History whiteboard (lower-left corner) | REKLBE QTVEWM S+CS3YCB |
The top text appears in scrolling text, while the bottom has appeared in piecemeal at various locations | |
| Poké Ball (whiteboard) | TXL3L89 | On the “whiteboard” in the history room; seen in Wyndon Event menu | |
| Alolan Text Analysis | R!15UPHU MNI 5u^6f
b5inf^! A5F |
Incidentally the Alolan text says:
ALOLAN RAICHU |
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| Language room whiteboard | 3YCB | Originally seen on a Gramophone Records album sign | |
| Records on shelf | DZIH YBRS |
Originally seen on a Gramophone Records album sign |   |
| Tauros Courier Company | rekl | I thought this would be something new, but those letters appeared in Galar, such as in TV scrolling text and Wyndon Stadium | |
| TV Sandwich advertisement | 3n512 oz6 | Previously seen on a Galar monorail info stand | |
| Town sign | QKLRE8L9J+T8W DALTAC |
Using generic text seen countless times in Galar |  |
| Pokédex Text | REKLBEQTVEWMS+CS3YCB | Bunch of generic text smushed together; individual chunks of letters have appeared many places. |  |
| (shoe company) | +T8W Sclxv3 | I’m putting this in the generic section because MOST of its name has appeared elsewhere, although technically SCLXV3 never has (instead ACLXV3 was used). |  |
| Trainer ID Card (upper-left corner) | s^n!5 duz!n^o2h^f 9ON6 | More generic text pulled from multiple locations |  |
| Wingull Shoe | 9ON6^ 3VEWC |  |
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| Poké Mart sign | MS+C | Actually the texture is flipped horizontally. | |
| Eiscue Treat Advert | Q!56F Ecbsa3C | Technically seen before but written as Q!5PF instead of Q!56F. |  |
| Qwilfish Tires | +T8WSC LXV39 Rop 8800 / 3po 9900 |
More “basically the same but technically new” since some letters were added in where they normally don’t belong. |  |
| Dedenne Advert (grey text) | A5FN2IO2^! | Generic | |
| Visit Hoenn! Advert | WIOPNU2!2^ M15I62FOI!1n roph2iu6z5n |
The last two or three characters in each line seem to be tacked on as the rest of the word is seen in many long word generic phrases. |  |
| Delicious Coffee or Tea Advert | QKLRE8L9J+T8Saclx
4p2ho |
That first line is used a lot in generic text… it’s even already showed up on THIS list! |  |
| PokéCenter heal station | QKLRE8 RE | This almost looks like it says “Nintendo TM“ |  |
| Treat cart | QD7S9X | Only QD7S9/QD7S has been seen before. | |
| Soft drink | RW93 | Seen only once before, and on a Pokémon League sign… maybe it means “Energy”? | |
| Treat cart signs | M15I62FOI!1n roph2iu6z5n2 |
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| Janitor Company | tz26 | ||
| Hair Salon | QD7 S9X4 | ||
| Every Wich Way in-store advertisements | wiopnu2!2
dzih So16 b5inf^!^i6^op2i ^51^ophn!z R!u1z c6u dzih So16 |
Some advertisements had new text on it, others did not. How strange…!
The fourth line of text appeared in the Battle Cafe in Galar |
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| Seafood restaurant outdoor menu sign | JC9E | I almost feel like this means “MENU”, but this word appeared in Galar in a wholly un-menu-y context. | |
| Pasta restaurant name | L9J+T
V5nz2ho 3if1uhu!zpaoznp |
Despite this name being generic, its subtitle text was wholly new. |  |
| The famed Treasure Eatery | L9J+T | It literally has the same flippin’ name.
There are a TON of words used inside and outside of the Treasure Eatery, which I’m not gonna bother writing up just yet. |
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| Pastry | wms+CS3
WAELBRSKT DFI1U ROPH2IU |
Generic title; the third word is seen on food-related boxes. Maybe that means “food”? | |
| Bakery | qklre
WAELBRSK |
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| Condiment shop | REKLBEQT |  |
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| Canned food store | A5FN2IO2^! | Is the Dedenne advertisement from above selling these cans?? | |
| Bird posters | Czon6 | In the Art room there are some posters of Bird Pokémon in the corner with the word Czon6 on it. That word was used on a “Sea urchin” t-shirt in Galar. | |
| Director Clavell’s awards |
R!U1Z
Jniu6 3po Yn^u^f2i K5 1!oz2o TN HF^IZ!^ V5N ^5FNH +UONP5HU
DZIH So16 +i!z6 712n r!u1z c6u lhu6p 8i6 9n2u1 d1! Sohi6 42 c6u dzih So16 +5!z6
Lin!
Khfu5i 712n |
Or maybe they’re starter Pokémon breeding authentication certificates? Either way the texture is flipped horizontally.
What’s crazy is that, despite the fact that you’ll never see this detail in-game, each of the three awards/certificates have specifically different text. Sure it’s all Lorem Ipsum text, but still…! I color coded them on the left; if they’re black then they’re the same across all three, but green, blue and red text means it’s unique for the left, center and right award, respectively. |
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| Delebird Daiso-esque | 9EMRE | This word previously appeared outside every Gym in Galar. Meanwhile, the 9EMRE stores have a bunch of words which I’ll write down later. |  |
| Sushi High Roller | QKLRE8L9J+T8WSC | Not again… I’m getting sick of this particular line of text…! | |
| Montenevera Town Sign | A73VejC9 | Seen in the Galar League Sign | |
| Real Estate Office | QFI1NP!I62 | This text was seen in Rose’s energy presentation in Sword/Shield. |   |
| Real Estate advertisements | oni6^of
Biho^526 MNI 5u^6f 4p2ho s^n!5 ^N5U1Z^O R3ECBSM3 |
New homes to buy! I wonder if this place was originally planned to be an actual place where you could choose your own secret base at, but this feature was removed (or at least postponed for a later DLC)??
Most of the names are old but the second one appears to be unique. How odd… The third one is seen in the Alolan text above… maybe it means “beach-front property”? The fourth one was seen in SwSh on text relating to Sableye. |
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| Mmm… Pancakes | J1!6I^ | Originally seen in Battle Cafe text. |  |
| Gym Reception Desk | T2 HF^IZ | This text was previously seen on Hop’s cell phone, almost like it said “previous page” or something. |  |
| Cortondo Bakery A-Frame Sign | r!u1z c6u dzi^ | Text previously appeared in a Bob’s Your Uncle menu |  |
| Iono’s livestream logo | DALTA CQRA7 | Alas, these letters appeared all over the place in Galar. |  |