Eldar Lexicon

The Eldar Lexicon is the name given by Imperial scholars to the spoken and written language of the Eldar species. Unfortunately, it is almost impossible for an outsider, particularly humans, to understand anything but the most basic formulations of the Eldar Lexicon, as many of its references are metaphors that draw directly upon the collective Eldar psyche, incorporating mythical peoples and places and long-lost times and events in its basic structure. The Eldar also communicate with poses and gestures because their senses are far more finely attuned to other's emotional and mental states as a result of their intensely psychic natures than the average human; it is possible for two Eldar to have an entire conversation using only their body language. The Eldar written language is equally complex. Each written symbol, whether it is a rune, script or a hierogram, is not simply the letter of an alphabet like the written High or Low Gothic language used in the Imperium of Man. Instead, each Eldar symbol represents an entire concept. Furthermore, even more difficult to comprehend from the human perspective is that many of these symbolic concepts can have a subtly different meaning when committed to usage in Eldar script, another when employed in the runecasting prognostications of the Farseers and yet another when incorporated into the hierograms of the Eldar houses and design schools.