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  1. April 03, 2012, 03:46 PM #1
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    Very nice. Nabatanea as a choice surprised me at first but it makes sense.
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  2. April 03, 2012, 04:08 PM #2
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    Excellent work guys. I love you!!!
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    Oh my lord!!! This is just glorious! Those skins and models are fantastic kudos to the EBII team
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    This was a fascinating preview. I especially enjoyed the bits about the Sabaic language.
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  5. April 03, 2012, 04:47 PM #5
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    Phenomenal job as always to the EBII team.
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  6. April 03, 2012, 05:18 PM #6
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    W00t! New EB preview! Amazing job as always guys!
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  7. April 03, 2012, 09:02 PM #7
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    those units are a sight to behold.

    this preview didn't explain the Nabatu faction symbol.
    all hail the flying spaghetti monster!
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    astonishing work! thanks !
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    wow you guys did a lot of great work.


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    Very impressive and professional presentation, the word preview does not do it justice.


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    Oh hell yes, this is a long awaited masterpiece as per usual for the EB team.
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    Well Done!
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    Really fantastic work, guys. There's a reason Europa Barbarorum is a byword in the historical modding/gaming community for high quality research and products.
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    I'm very happy to see another EB II preview, specially after such a long time. It's always amazing to read a great presentation like this. I learned a lot of things I didn't know, and thanks for that .

    Oh, and those screens and renders are splendid, can't wait to play !

    Keep it up, and thanks to the whole team.

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    Nice preview guys! Thanks for the Nabataeans!



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    This is awesomeeeeee. :
    Anyway, could someone teach me how to pronounce Sabaic words? LOL
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    Quote Originally Posted by lmt96 View Post
    This is awesomeeeeee. :
    Anyway, could someone teach me how to pronounce Sabaic words? LOL
    yes indeed, a bit odd if you don't have the slightest clue what the unit name actually is even if you can read it
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    Quote Originally Posted by lmt96 View Post
    This is awesomeeeeee. :
    Anyway, could someone teach me how to pronounce Sabaic words? LOL
    I don't think there are any visible vowels in their written language, so some of the pronunciation might have been lost to history. One could cross-reference between languages but perhaps not for all syllables. My guess is the m in Sb' w-gwm signifies plurality (em). The singular form is gw. The last syllable could therefore be em. But it's just a guess
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    Actually words like hmw (their) and gwm (all of their) are one of the few words we could possibly have hint of how they were spoken. The w would probably be pronounced as a long /u:/ if I'm not mistaken.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Moros View Post
    Actually words like hmw (their) and gwm (all of their) are one of the few words we could possibly have hint of how they were spoken. The w would probably be pronounced as a long /u:/ if I'm not mistaken.
    But in Sb' w-gwm the first w clearly equals and (as in Saba and all of their communities), which would be pronounced wa right?
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