High Speech was once the formal language of All-world. For a time, Roland Deschain and Marten Broadcloak were the only people conversant in High Speech (though Tull-native Nort acquires the ability to speak the language as a result of his interaction with Broadcloak). The words on the ghostwood doors that Roland encountered on the beach of the Western Sea were written in High Speech. Deschain used the formal language with Susannah Holmes, Eddie Dean and Jake Chambers after he drew them into All-world.
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| - High Speech was once the formal language of All-world. For a time, Roland Deschain and Marten Broadcloak were the only people conversant in High Speech (though Tull-native Nort acquires the ability to speak the language as a result of his interaction with Broadcloak). The words on the ghostwood doors that Roland encountered on the beach of the Western Sea were written in High Speech. Deschain used the formal language with Susannah Holmes, Eddie Dean and Jake Chambers after he drew them into All-world.
- The High Speech is the language used by the gunslingers of In-World. It is an ancient language spoken by gunslingers and those who remember the time before the world moved on. It is instinctively understood by Eddie Dean, Jake Chambers and Susannah Dean; it is implied that this understanding is telepathic through Roland Deschain. The opposite is the Low Speech, very similar to a bastardized form of English. Most of the signage and day to day interactions in In-World are in the Low Speech. Very few people speak the High Speech during the series due to "the world moving on".
- Some speculate the nature of High Speech to be not so much its own language, but rather the origin of all languages. In a sense, High Speech revolves around the concept of projecting the higher truths of the Supernal Realms through speech, which is a collection of sounds given meaning by the speaker to be projected outwards and interpreted by listeners. It is through this "supernal language" that mages are then better able to manipulate the elements of the Fallen World. But according to Secrets of the Ruined Temple, High Speech is too fragmented a language to be used in day-to-day conversation. Others speculate that, according to the metaphysical laws of "as above, so below", there must be a form of "Low Speech" as well. This language is rumored to have connections to the Abyss, and is sai
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| - Some speculate the nature of High Speech to be not so much its own language, but rather the origin of all languages. In a sense, High Speech revolves around the concept of projecting the higher truths of the Supernal Realms through speech, which is a collection of sounds given meaning by the speaker to be projected outwards and interpreted by listeners. It is through this "supernal language" that mages are then better able to manipulate the elements of the Fallen World. But according to Secrets of the Ruined Temple, High Speech is too fragmented a language to be used in day-to-day conversation. Others speculate that, according to the metaphysical laws of "as above, so below", there must be a form of "Low Speech" as well. This language is rumored to have connections to the Abyss, and is said to be known by both Scelesti, and a small faction of Seers that serve the Secret Order of the Gate.
- High Speech was once the formal language of All-world. For a time, Roland Deschain and Marten Broadcloak were the only people conversant in High Speech (though Tull-native Nort acquires the ability to speak the language as a result of his interaction with Broadcloak). The words on the ghostwood doors that Roland encountered on the beach of the Western Sea were written in High Speech. Deschain used the formal language with Susannah Holmes, Eddie Dean and Jake Chambers after he drew them into All-world.
- The High Speech is the language used by the gunslingers of In-World. It is an ancient language spoken by gunslingers and those who remember the time before the world moved on. It is instinctively understood by Eddie Dean, Jake Chambers and Susannah Dean; it is implied that this understanding is telepathic through Roland Deschain. The opposite is the Low Speech, very similar to a bastardized form of English. Most of the signage and day to day interactions in In-World are in the Low Speech. Very few people speak the High Speech during the series due to "the world moving on".
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