Fictional languages in the Kirby series

The following is a list of fictional languages that appeared in the Kirby series, as well as information regarding them.

Kirby Star Allies

People of Jambastion and Jambandra have their own language. It mainly consists of corrupted words from Japanese and English, ocassionally other languages too. A characteristic trait of the language is 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 two kanji that each individually mean "wicked" (邪) and "demon" (魔). Additionally, in Chinese, from which jama 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 langauge have been revealed, most of which come from pause screen captions of Phase 2 Hyness in The Ultimate Choice and Phase 2 Corrupt Hyness, though some were also provided through Kirby JP Twitter:

Known words of the Jambastion and Jambandra people language
Language		Meaning	Notes
Japanese and rōmaji	English
ハルダ Haruda	Bastion	heart	English: Bastion is an actual word which is a synonym for "stronghold". Japanese: Corruption of ハート (heart), incorporating ハル ("HAL"). The change to this word was made because the name of Jambastion was changed from the original Japanese name, Jamaharuda. The language of Kirby and the Forgotten Land's civilization also has a similar word with the same meaning, ファルダ (faruda).
ジャマハローア Jamaharōa	Bonjam	greeting	English: Corruption of the French word bonjour of the same meaning. Japanese: Corruption of the English word "hello" (ハロー, harō) or the Hawaiian word aloha (アロハ, aroha).
ゴッポコ Goppoko	Goppoko	surprise
ジャスミィ Jasumyi	Jaitty	good night	Japanese: Corruption of おやすみなさい (oyasuminasai) of the same meaning.
ジャマカッシャ Jamakassha	Jamanke	thank you	English: Corruption of the German word danke of the same meaning.
ジャマニュイーヤ Jamanyuīya	Jamba New Year	Happy New Year	English: The English phrase "Happy New Year" but with "Happy" replaced by "Jamba". Japanese: Corruption of the English phrase "Happy New Year". The English version was revealed in a post of Kirby Star Allies Channel from January 11th, 2019. The Japanese version of the word was revealed in one of Kirby JP Twitter tweets.
ジャマッデム Jamaddemu	Jamblasted	anger	English: From "blasted" (as an adjective) or "blast it" (as an expression). Japanese: Corruption of "God damn" (ガッデム, gaddemu), as indicated by the file name for Flamberge's angry animation ("God damn it").
ジャマサラーバ Jamasarāba	Jambuhbye	goodbye	English: Corruption of "buh-bye".
ジャンノ Janno	Janno	no	Corruption of the English word "no".
ジャゴメーナ Jagomēna	Japologa	I'm sorry	English: Corruption of "apology". Japanese: Corruption of ごめんなさい (gomennasai) of the same meaning.
ジャワイーナ Jawaīna	Jawaii	cute	Corruption of the Japanese word かわいい (kawaii) of the same meaning.
ジャワス Jawasu	Jaway	I forgot	Japanese: Corruption of 忘れる (wasureru), which means "to forget".
ジャイ Jai	Jes	yes	English: Corruption of "yes". Japanese: Corruption of はい (hai) of the same meaning.
ジャッピィ Jappyi	Jhappy	happy	Corruption of the English word "happy".
ジィ Jyi	Ji	me	Corruption of the English word "me".
ジフ Jifu	Jif	if	Corruption of the English word "if".
ジャグ Jagu	Jonto	soon	English: May be a corruption of "pronto". Japanese: Corruption of すぐ (sugu) of the same meaning.
ジャナシィ Janashyi	Jorrow	sad	English: Corruption of "sorrow". Japanese: Corruption of 悲しみ (kanashimi) of the same meaning.
ンジャ？ Nja?	Juh?	huh?	Corruption of "huh".
コンジュ Konju	Konjy	crazy	In the Japanese version, the translation provided for this word is くるう, which translates more accurately to "to go crazy" or "to go insane".
ロア Roa	Lor	paradise
マフォ Mafo	Mafo	lie
マジュ Maju	Majaja	again	Japanese: Corruption of また (mata) of the same meaning.
マジシャス Majishasu	Majicious	tasty	Corruption of the English word "delicious". The language of Kirby and the Forgotten Land's civilization also has a similar word with the same meaning, マーシャス (māshasu).
マポップ Mapoppu	Mapop	hope	Corruption of the English word "hope".
リッガ Rigga	Rigga	painful
ウン Un	Vun	very
ジャメデターナ Jamedetāna	—	congratulations	Corruption of おめでとう (omedetou) of the same meaning. Revealed in the Japanese version of the May 7th, 2019 post of Kirby Star Allies Channel.
メリージャマスマース Merījamasumāsu	—	Merry Christmas	Corruption of the English phrase "Merry Christmas". Revealed in one of Kirby JP Twitter tweets.
Official examples
「ザン・パルル、マジュ ジャグジャワス、ウン ジャゴメーナ」 "Zan Paruru, maju jagu jawasu, un jagomēna"	Example: "Zan Par…? Jaway majaja! Japologa vun."	"Zan Par…? I forgot again! I’m very sorry."	The Japanese version also has the word "soon" in it. The word order in the English version has also been rearranged to be closer to English.
「ザン・パルル、ジフ マジュジィ ハルダコンジュ…ジャンノ。」 Zan Paruru, jifu maju jyi haruda konju… Janno	Example: "Zan Par! Jif Majaja Ji Bastion Konjy... Janno."	"Zan Par! If my heart goes crazy again… No, never mind."	Unlike VS Hyness (Phase 2) flavor text in The Ultimate Choice, the first letter of every word is capitalized, rather that only the ones that start the sentence. Additionally, the word order is the same as in Japanese, whereas in the former it's changed to be like in English.

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

• The Japanese name of Jambandra Base is マジュハルガロア (Majuharugaroa), roughly meaning "Again ??? Paradise" (the meaning of haruga is unknown, but could be a corruption of haruka, meaning "distant", and is also strikingly similar to haruda).
• The "Lor" from Lor 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. The spelling is nearly identical in English as well.
• When Hyness becomes unhooded, he says "JUHYAMBAVITRIGOKOPOJAAAH!!" (or Vunkyamaevitirigoppokopoooo in the Japanese version). The English version incorporates "juh" (huh), while Japanese uses "goppoko" (surprise).
• When Corrupt Hyness becomes unhooded, he says "VUNMAJICIOUSEVITIRIGGAMAPOP---!", which could mean "Very tasty ??? painful hope---!" (the meaning of "eviti" is unknown).

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  "JUHYAMBAVITRIGOPOKOJAAAH!!"

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  "VUNMAJICIOUSEVITIRIGGAMAPOP---!"

Kirby and the Forgotten Land

"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.

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

Ancient alphabet of the civilization from Kirby 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			'

Known ancient words of the civilization from Kirby and the Forgotten Land
Word and romāji	Meaning	Notes
レリィーノ Reri~īno	cannot	Specifically equivalent to the Japanese できない (dekinai); appended to a word to make it negative (i.e. 邪魔できない "can't get in the way").
イレリィ Ireri~	not	Specifically equivalent to the Japanese しない (shinai); appended to a word to make it the opposite (i.e. 心配しない "don't worry").
アドゥレシア Adureshia	canvas	From アドレーヌ (Adeleine) and the suffix -シア, used most notably in some of the art-themed characters' names, such as ドロシア (Drawcia), ペインシア (Paintra), or クレイシア (Claycia).
ファルダ Faruda	heart	The language used by Hyness and The Three Mage-Sisters in the Japanese version of Kirby Star Allies has a similar word also meaning "heart", haruda (ハルダ).
ラルゥダ Raru~da	love	Variant of faruda.
ノディルナ Nodiruna	nap	From Noddy (ノディ) and possibly "luna" (ルーナ).
ネイチェル Neicheru	nature, fresh greenery	Officially localized as "Neichel". Corruption of the English word "natural". Also used in the Japanese name for Natural Plains (ネイチェル草原, "Neichel Grassland") and is also the name of in-universe singer of "Welcome to the New World!".
ルゥ ワァ Ru~ Wa~	New World	Sounds phonetically similar, though not the same, to the English phrase "New World".
マーシャス Māshasu	tasty	シャス (shasu) derives from デリシャス (derishasu), which is English "delicious" written in katakana. The language used by Hyness and The Three Mage-Sisters in the Japanese version of Kirby Star Allies has a similar word also meaning "tasty", majishasu (マジシャス).
ファロォネ Faro~ne	to laugh	Also a variant of faruda.
ファロォー Faro~ō	let's laugh	A variant of faro~ne with different conjugation.
ハァロア Ha~roa	welcome	"Aloha" backwards. Could also be corruption of ハロー (English "hello" written in katakana).

Kumazaki also verbally provided an example sentence during the Kirby 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"), making niruro~ likely a second-person pronoun of some form.
• The second word nodiruna 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 Japanese dekinai as discussed above.