In the southern hemisphere, the Burthov influence led to the creation of languages that American English speakers wind up hearing as the accents of Black Sea and northern Mediterranean languages (Knockout’s eastern accent sounds slightly Italian, while Dirt Boss sounds more Ukrainian) along the hemisphere, this creates a belt of languages and dialects that translate as Balkan accents. In the northern hemisphere, languages tend towards what gets translated to English speakers as various Levantine and Arab Peninsula accents Override in particular has a thick Sur'an accent that translates into a rapidly spoken Lebanese accent, and Vibes has a mellowed-out Qatari accent. VELOCITRONIAN languages ultimately reflect the origins of their speakers as being mostly from what are now the Tagan Heights and Burthov. Tlalakan Transformers are usually those with water-based vehicle modes. The languages of the indigenous people have influenced those stationed on the watery planet to have accents that sound Central American in translation. TLALAK is one of the more recent sites of Transformer cultural growth, mostly due to its strategic position and resources.
Paradronians are mostly characters with very futuristic alternate modes, especially spacecraft. PARADRONIAN languages reflect the population’s origins as part of a mass exodus from northeastern Cybertron the tendency is towards carefully enunciated speech that translates to American ears as any of several African accents (the prominent leaders Sentinel Prime and Fire Prime would sound Nigerian) Motorfire and Motorstorm have the alien-influenced accent of folks from around the space bridge ports, sounding more South African. Junkions are mostly characters with off-road or motorcycle vehicle modes. They tend to speak in similes and quotations (a real beast at Tanagra if you don’t understand the reference) and references to storytelling tropes.
JUNKION accents are all over the place while they leave their translation subroutines on all the time, they also tend to easily pick up on local accents, even simply from watching media transmissions. Gigantionians are mostly characters with construction vehicle alternate modes, or incredibly large Transformers like Grandus.
Due to a large number of Gigantionian laborers being contracted to help in Combatronian production and fortification projects, many of them have developed a pidgin that sounds like a Glaswegian Scots accent. GIGANTIONIAN accents tend to sound broadly Canadian in translation, with the tiny Mini-cons having an incredibly thick and inscrutable Newfie accent that reflects their unusual language, seemingly not linked to any older Cybertronian tongues or any known alien language the widespread and populous Constructicons speak in a language that usually translates as a Prairie accent. Combatronians are mostly European-original characters, including Europe-only toy releases and characters from the UK comics. Lightformers such as Hyperdrive tend to favor a dialect that makes them sound to humans like they’re from Edinburgh. Officers tend to sound more along the lines of Estuary (David Tennant’s version of the Doctor) or an Oxfordshire accent (posh, but still a bit rough around the edges). Animatronians are any characters with a beast mode they tend to favor alien animals rather than Earth ones.ĬOMBATRONIANS adopted the trade language of their allies in the conflicts on Chaar long ago, resulting in a variety of dialects that sound in translation like British accents, in particular Brummie (think Ozzy Osbourne), Scouse (Liverpool, like Lister from Red Dwarf, or anyone imitating Ringo Starr), and Cockney. The Maximals of the northern coasts and open plains speak a variety of tongues that translate as various Californian accents and dialects, especially Northern Californian and surfer/skater lingo. I also have some broad ideas for “who goes where” for folks looking to write up characters for TF:E.ĪNIMATRONIAN languages tend to translate as West Coast American and Canadian in particular, those from the dense equatorial rainforests speak a pidgin of the indigenous languages that translates into a Pacific Northwestern accent. Most of the colony worlds of the Transformers were settled so long ago that the only indication of their Cybertronian origins is the similarities of mechatronics in their inhabitants, and the remnants of Cybertronian languages in their speech. Languages of Colonial Transformers, and Notes on Who’s From Where