Language and Prophecy

Language

Language noun - The stock of words, pronunciation, and grammar used by a people as their basic means of communication.

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Prophecy and language are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prophecy" instead a noun "Language".

Prophecy noun - A declaration that something will happen in the future.

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Language and prophecy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Language" instead a noun "Prophecy".

old	old language	old prophecy
particular	particular language	particular prophecy
similar	similar language	similar prophecy
specific	specific language	specific prophecy
Other adjectives: standard, original, single, actual, entire, real, obscure, main, ancient, strange, said.

Explained in the Sword of Truth as a limitation of prophecy and a language barrier of sorts: first of all, there are a lot of variables that the prophet isn't let in on.

Source: Vagueness Is Coming
In the end it is revealed that Wes mistranslated it, and the real prophecy said that he would "live and die" (the language of the prophecy uses the same word for both); in other words, become human.

Source: Prophetic Fallacy
The Ea Cycle also has a prophecy that was misinterpreted due to it having been translated from an ancient language that had no definite articles but had genderless pronouns for people.

Source: Prophecy Twist

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