Babble Rabble/Babble Bible
Urban Dead didn’t let zombies talk normally in-game, even with the Death Rattle skill. Whatever speech you typed into the box, the game deleted almost every letter of the alphabet, leaving only these 8: zambgrhn. This resulted in zombies speaking total nonsense. Rhhrhrhrhrhrhrhrghghghgggh. If you said "Hello, my name is Geoffrey Winklebutt. Bring me a popsicle and lets go watch something at the cinema?" it would come out as "Hrrh, m namrh rh Grrrrh rnrbrh. Brrng mrh hra rrrh an rh grh ah rmrhrng hra hrh rnrma?"
So to communciate we learned to talk a funny zombie language called zamgrh using just these 8 letters: a, b, g, h, m, n, r, and z as well as a few punctuation characters, the most useful being ! which we use as an i. Here's a quick introduction below. It was tricky but amusing - zombie toddler talk!
When your zombie character with Death Rattle said something in-game, Urban Dead processed the text as follows:
• all occurrences of characters "eiou" are replaced with "r"
• all characters other than "zambgrhn .!?-" are stripped
• multiple spaces are replaced with a single
• lower-case "r" at the end of words replaced with "rh"
• an "a" or "A" by itself will be replaced with "hra"
• letters following .!? are capitalised
• spaces preceding any of .!? are stripped. This messes up words beginning with ! - for example "!z"/"is" - but top tip: if you put 3 spaces before the ! - the space is not stripped!
The Babble Bible below was one of many tools that helped new zamgrh linguists make a start. It has phrases players could copy and paste for a variety of places and situations.
The following guides from the wiki were also very useful, with zamgrh-English translations which will help you understand individual words.
Zombie Dictionary: http://wiki.urbandead.com/index.php/Guides:kiZombie-English_Dictionary
Zombie Lexicon: http://wiki.urbandead.com/index.php/Guides:The_Zombie_Lexicon
Zombie Songs: http://wiki.urbandead.com/index.php/Guides:The_Zombie_Lexicon/Zombie_Song_Lyrics
| Category | Zamgrh | Harman |
| Greetings | H! harmanz! | Hi humans! |
| Harrah brazzarz an zizzahz! | Hello brothers and sisters! | |
| Harrah maamz an manbagz! | Hello ladies and gentlemen! | |
| Mah am haar - hazzah! | I am here - hazzah! | |
| Gah marn!ng gang! R!z an zh!n | Good morning gang! Rise and shine | |
| Farewells | Bah-bah! | Bye bye! |
| Gah n!gh | Good night | |
| N!gh n!gh | Night night | |
| Zzz | Zzz | |
| Mah ganna b bag zamarrah | I'm going to be back tomorrow | |
| Positive | N!z | Nice |
| Amaz!ng | Amazing | |
| Mmmm | Mmmm | |
| Z!z nah bah | This not bad | |
| Hazzah! | Hazzah! | |
| Negative | Bah | Bad |
| Rabb!zh/garbagh | Rubbish/garbage | |
| Ab!zmah | Abysmal | |
| N!ghma!rh | Nightmare | |
| Agan!z!ng | Agonising | |
| Azz | Ass | |
| On Babble Rabble | Babba Rabba azzambah! | Babble Rabble assemble! |
| Mah gang na!m !z Babba Rabba | My gang's name is Babble Rabble | |
| Gharm!ng zambahz !n mah gang | Charming zombies in my gang | |
| Babba Rabba ganna ga!n n!z bra!nz harh. Mmmmm! | Babble Rabble gonna gain nice brains here. Mmmmm! | |
| Gang bazz na!m b Graan Zanz. H!m gra!zhaz, habb!ng zambahz ga!n bra!nz. Gam !nna gang? Hab zam harman-bargarz. | Gang boss name be Graan Zanz. Him gracious, helping zombies gain brains. Come in the gang? Have some human-burgers. (Nobody ever said this sadly) | |
| War cries | BABBA RABBA! | BABBLE RABBLE! |
| Babba Rabba ganna GAB ANH GRAB! | Babble Rabble gonna TALK AND GRAB! | |
| GAB GRAZH!! | GAB CRASH!! | |
| MA!M ANH MAZZAGRH! | MAIM AND MASSACRE! | |
| BRANG MAH BANANAZ! | BRING MY BANANAS! | |
| To humans | Bananabra!nz. Ambra!z barhah! | Bananabrains. Embrace barhah! |
| Grab za harmanz! Garn!zh za!r bra!nz! | Grab the humans! Garnish their brains! | |
| Harmaaaaanz... Mah am hangrah! G!b mah bra!nz!! | Humaaaaans... I am hungry! Give me brains!! | |
| Na rh!z!zanz, harmanz, zambahz ganna mazzagrh za bah harmanz! | No resistance, humans, zombies gonna massacre the bad humans! | |
| Harrah maamz ahn manbagz. N!z n!gh? Mah na!m [YOUR NAME]. Mmhm mmhm. Mah haz mannarz. | Hello ladies and gentlemen. Nice night? My name [YOUR NAME]. Mmhm mmhm. I have manners. | |
| Mmmmm... zg!n, armz, rh!bz, haarb, bra!nz. Mah ganna gnazh b!!!!!g harman bargarz. | Mmmmm... skin, arms, ribs, heart, brains. I'm gonna gnash biiiiig human burgers. | |
| To attackers | Ha!rbra!n, zgram! | Hairbrain, scram! |
| Garzh, z!z harman b hra Barbarh!an. Mazzargh h!m!! | Gosh, this human is a barbarian. Massacre him!! | |
| Harmanz na habbah? Ambra!z Barhah!! Harmanz an zambahz ganna hag an mamba! An barg bra!nz hahaaa | Humans not happy? Embrace barhah!! Humans and zombies gonna hug and do the mamba! And eat brains hahaaa | |
| Harmanz arh angrah? Ahhhhh. G!b mah n!z hag, harman! Ganna b n!z an habbah aga!n, BARHAH! | Humans are angrah? Ahhhhh. Give me nice hug, human! Gonna b nice and happy again, BARHAH! | |
| Zmazh!ng mah? Mah nah angrah. Zambahz an harmanz arh brazzarz. Harmanz haz n!z bra!nz nam nam nam. | Smashing me? I'm not angry. Zombies and humans are brothers. Humans have nice brains yum yum yum. | |
| Hahaaa babah bananabra!nz ganna bang-bang. Nah harm. Bang-bang mah aga!n haha! | Hahaaa baby bananabrains gonna shoot-shoot. No harm. Shoot me again haha! | |
| Ahhh!! Na ma!m zambahz, za agan!zing! G!b mah marz!h, harman zgam!! | Ahhh!! Don't maim zombies, so agonising! Give me mercy, human scum! | |
| Low level gang members | Mah am babah zambah, mah am hangrah. Gang g!b bra!nz? Nam nam nam. | I am baby zombie, I am hungry. Gang give brains? Yum yum yum. |
| Mah zg!nn!ng harmanz, garn!zhing bra!nz. Na harm z!z harman. Babba Rabba !z ra!z!ng babah zambahz. Mah ganna g!b bra!nz babah. | I'm skinning humans, garnishing brains. Don't harm this human. Babble Rabble is raising baby zombies. I'm gonna give brains to the baby. | |
| Babah! Bra!nz am haar! Babah?! Harm z!z man an hab h!z bra!nz. Nam nam nam! Babaaaah!! | Baby! Brains are here! Baby?! Harm this man and have his brains. Yum yum yum! Babyyyy!! | |
| Ahhhh babah haarh. Ganna g!b babah n!z harmanbargarz, babah ganna b b!g zambah zaan. Gah babah! | Ahhhh baby here. Gonna give baby nice humanburgers, baby gonna be big zombie soon. Go baby! | |
| BABAH HANGRAH, G!B BRA!NZ | BABY HUNGRY, GIVE BRAINS | |
| To feral/random zombies | Bazh!ng barragahz haarh? Zhangz! | Bashing barricades here? Thanks! |
| H! zambah! N!z bra!nz naar haarh? Mah hangrah. | Hi zombie! Nice brains near here? I'm hungry. | |
| Mazzagrh za harmanz anh ranzag za barn | Massacre the humans and ransack the building | |
| Gam hab harmanbargarz haarh! Nam nam nam | Come have humanburgers here! Yum yum yum | |
| Mah gang ganna gnazh harmanz naarb!h. Gang na!m !z Babba Rabba. Gam hab zam bra!nbargarz !n z!z n!z gang!?! Z mah zambah mazzaghaz anh z!gn ab. | My gang gonna eat humans nearby. Gang name is Babble Rabble. Come have some brainburgers in this nice gang!?! See my zombies messages (bio) and sign up. | |
| To zergs/alt-abusers | Bah zargar man! Zargar ha!rbra!n. Zgram! Mah haabz za zargz b ban!zh. | Bad zerger man! Zerger hairbrain. Scram! I'll help the zergs be banished. |
| Zargarz arh gang-bangarz, Zargarz arh Bananabra!nz, ha-ha ha-ha ha haaa | Zergers are gang-bangers, zergers are bananabrains, ha-ha ha-ha ha haaa | |
| Ganna br!ng marh zargz an ram mah? Hahaha... a zarg gnazh mah banana, anazzah zarg gnazh mah azz, marh zargz gnazh!ng mah manbagz. Mmmmm... n!z. | Gonna bring more zergs and ram me? Hahaha... a zerg bites my banana, another zerg bites my ass, more zergs bite my testicles. Mmmmm.... nice. | |
There is actually still a way to experience what zamgrh speech restrictions were like for yourself.
• go on this website: https://regex101.com/ • paste this under Regular Expression: [^- aAbBgGhHmMnNrRzZ!,.?] • type your zamgrh phrase/sentences under Test String • letters not allowed in zamgrh will be marked
Imagine them all disappearing!
Revive:
• Mrh mah gargazz? Mah b harman aga!n
• G!b mah razzaragzhan. Mrh mah!
• NAH MRH!! Mrh !z bah! Mrh !z zambah n!ghma!r
Times of day:
• Zan-r!z
• Marn!ng
• Zanzhaan
• Br!ghnazz
• H!gh naan
• Abbarnaan
• Zan-zab
• N!gh
• M!h-N!gh
Food and drink:
• Mah am hangrah!
• Ganna grab mah b!b. Mah haz graz!ng mannarz.
• G!b mah bangarz an mazh. Mah gnazh zam.
• Garn!zh za hambargarz !n rhabarb anh mazbarb
• Ganna b bra!z!ng za haggiz an graz!ng naan bragh z!z n!gh
• Nam nam nam! Amaz!ng zh!zh-gabab haarh
• Zambahz haz margarh!zaz an zangrh!ah? Habganna gag.
• Gag gag gag mmmmm!!
• Za anzar am. . !n za g!n
• Mah zanbrh!gzh haz ham, graan gra!nz, margarh!n, mazbarb an mazh bra!nz
Singing and dancing:
• Zanz anh z!ng!
• Am h!gh an habbah
• Mah ganna zanz za mamba!
• Barhah! Babba Rabba ganna zanz za n!gh awa!h!
• G!b mah zah bangarz! Anzar mah!
• Abba!! Zambahz z!ng Mamma M!a!!
• Mar z!nging! Z!NG H!GHAR!! Mah gang, Z!NG!!
• Ra ra ra!!! Raaaa raaa raaaar!
• Barhaaaaaah!! Barhaaaaaah!!
• Bagabagga bagabagga ahhhh ga!
• Ahhh mah ga!n!ng za m!gra!n haar.
Rude things:
• N!z azz
• Bazzangaz!!
• Gangbang!
• Grab mah azz
• Hagg!ng anh g!zz!ng narh? Zhag mah!
• Gnazh mah banana! Mmmm... Mah banana am habbah
• Mmmm… mazzag!ng mah manbagz
• Hag mah, grab mah! B!g gangbang!
• Harmanz ram an!mahz. Barbar!anz! Harmanz !n Azgaban!
Regarding graffiti
• Barhah, amaz!ng z!gn
• Zah z!gn bah
• Zmazh za bah z!gn
Regarding barricades
• Ram zah barragahz!
• Na barragahz! Barragahz bah! Zmazh zam!
• Harmanz na habbah bgaz barragahz arh bah. Mah ganna zmazh za bah barragahz
Regarding buildings
• Ranzag za barn!
• Mmm, n!z barn. Ganna zzz haar z!z n!gh.
Regarding generators
• Zmazh zah ganarazharh!
• Aabz! Na na na! Mah haz zmazh zah ganarazharh?! Zarrah harmanz!
• Ah na na na. Z!z ganarazharh !z garbagh. Bah grahbzmanzh!b. Mah ganna zmaszh, z!z rabb!zh ganna harm za n!z harmanz.
Within malls (bazaar)
• Harmanz ga!n amaz!ng barga!nz ah z!z n!z bazaar. Hmm za b!g bra. AH!! Baamarangz!?! G!B MAH!
• Hmm ganna haz b!g zhab haarh. Ganna ga!n ra!z!nz, hambargarz, zam Abba bangarz, Granmaz azbar!n, garn!zh, an mar bananaz. Harmanz! Br!ng mah zhabb!ng bagz.
• G-zaz, za manah harmanz !n z!z bazaar. Bra!nz, bra!nz an marh bra!nz! Z!z haarh bra!n zmargazbarb! Mmmmm. Ganna grab mah b!b. Mah haz graz!ng mannarz.
Within hospitals (hazb!zah / bag barn)
• Bagman!! Mah haz agan!zing mahar!a. Hab mah!
• Bagman!! Mah bra!nz m!zz!ng! G!v mah an abberazhan!! Mah zambah hangrah...
• Bagman!! Mah ganarr!ah harm!ng mah azz aga!n. Graghhhhh!! Hab mah!
• Za bagmanz haz b!g bra!nz!! Hab mah, mah haz ang!na!
Within NecroTech buildings (NB barn / mrh barn)
• G!b mah RNA Grabbah! Zan mah grab bra!n!!
• Razzaragzhan haarh? Harman zabz mah b!g gargazz an zan mah b harman aga!n?
• Brrrrr z!z !z bah barn. Za harrah, za harrah!! Bah harmanz mrh zambahz! Mrh-!ng zambahz.. .!z zambah n!ghma!r. Na mrh zambahz!!
Within police departments (b!g barn / bang-bang barn)
• Ah narh, za B!GZ arh haarh!! A!NG A!NG!! Mah ganna zmazh b!gz, zan hab HAMbargarz!!
• Harrah n!z bang-bang manz. Mah ganna rabarb za bah Gr!m!nah. Z!z Gr!m!nah harrazz mah, g!b mah agan!z!ng harm. Arrazb h!m!!
• Hab mah! Mah r!ng!ng n!nh n!nh n!nh. Zam Gr!m!nah haz grab mah banana, zan ran! Zmazh Gr!m!nah!! !mbr!zan h!m !n Azgaban!!
Within fire stations:
• Hmm z!z b an Agz-Man Barn? Agz-Man nah ma!m mah narh marh!!
• Mah azz.. !z BARN!NG!! Hab mah, harmanz, hab mah!!
• Harmanz, harmanz! Mah Gargazz.. !z zmaag!ng!! Zmaag!ng azz ganna ga BANG!! Grab za haaz, haaz mah azz narh!!
Within factories (ganarazharh barn)
• Hmm z!z Ganarazharh-barn? Ganarrazahz arh bah! Br!ghnazz bah!! Mah ganna zmazh anh ranzag haarh.
• Ahh man, za manah mazh!nz !n haarh. Za mazh!nz maag zaamz!ng? Maag!ng ganz, magaz!nz arh bananaz?
• Z!z b!g mazh!n !z bah bah bah. Ganna zmazh bah mazh!n. Harmanz nah maag mazh!nz, harmanz b zambahz!!
Within warehouses (baghz barn)
• B!!n b!z!h haarh? M!zarrang!ng z!z mazz!h baghzbarn? Nah ranzag! Mah ganna hab. Azz!gn mah! Mah grab braam.
• Ahh n!z baghz barn. Mah ganna hab ga!mz haarh, ganna b r!b!ng za baghz-r!z!ng gaar. Ab! Grang! Ab! Grang! Z!gzag!
• Garzh, manah bagz anh baghzaz haarh. Harmanz hab manah bazzazz!anz. !z rabb!zh? Ahr baghzaz hab bra!nz !n zam??
Within auto repair shops (garagz / Gar raba!rh zhab)
• Ahh z!z Garagz nah bah. Raba!r mah Garh? Azzah zambahz rann!ng, mah zambah ga zaam zaam !n za n!z Garh
• Hmm, z!z Garh Raba!rh Zhab. Mah nah bra!ngrabb!ng haah za Gar gaz ZAAM ZAAM!! Harmanz gab haah Garz ga zaam?
• AH NARH!! Harman, z!z bah bah bah, z!z Gar haz aa!rbagz! . .!n Gar Grazh, za n!z harmanz nah b!!ng ma!m!! Gar Grazh maz hab harmanz b-gam zambahz! Zmazh aa!rbagz!
Within museums (mazaham)
• Haaah, z!z n!z mazaham. Gharm!ng mmhm. B b!g zha!m zahmz!ng bah habban haarh… ah nah! ZMAZH! Aabz! Zarrah harmanz.
• Mmm mazaham haz za amaz!ng maztarb!z!z. Mah ganna maag mah marg. Z!z ganna r!z za maztarb!z h!ghar.
• Graaah. Bah-hambag. Z!z mazaham azz, na zambah maztarb!z!z. ! am nah habbah!
Within pubs (za barh)
• [See Food and Drink section]
• Baargh!b - mah ganna !mb!hb zahm baarh haarh. G!mmah ah baarh an garn!zh... !n n!z bra!nz! Mahaha!
• Z!z n!gh ganna ram ahn zmazh z!z barn. Mah ganna abzarb baarh an gag baarh an zan mah zanz za n!gh ara!h.
• HARMANZ G!B MAH G!N AN ZANGR!AH NARH!!! Mah ganna gag gag gag!!! Anzar mah!
Within clubs (zanz barn)
• [see Singing and Dancing section]
• Ah ma!h ma!h, z!z zanz barn !z n!z. Nah br!ghnazz. Nah barragahz. Mah ganna ZZZZZ haarh!
Within libraries (rh!brarh!h / baag barn)
• Zzzzhhh!!! Nah b narz!h !n za Rh!brarh!h
• Hmm... R!brar!h haz magaz!nz?! Ahh n!z. G!b mah manga!! Grab mah grazzaz, mah ganna b raab!ng narh.
• Gang ganna r!!b manah baagz haarh. Abgrahb za!r grammar, bgam b!g bra!nz. Zan za!r bra!nz b garn!zh anh mah gang gnazh, nam nam. Amaz!ng Bra!nbargarz. Mmmm!!
Within towers (h!gh barn) and mansions (manzhan)
• Bah harmaz hab amaz!ng marg!nz...
• Ah mah garzh, z!z barn !z b!g and za h!gh! Ma!-b mah gan ga h!ghar anh h!ghar, zan ran arrah barn, zgr!!m AHHHHHH, zan bang, mah zmazh grang. B zambah aga!n!!
• Za manah azz zh!ngz haarh. Bah harmanz manag!ng z!z barn. Harmanz hab manah garbagh bazzazz!anz, manah rabb!zh barnz. Harmanz narz ambra!z barhah!
Within cinemas (z!nama)
• N!z haarh, nah br!ghnazz
• Mah graz!ng z!nama babgarn, z!nn!man garn!zh. Nam nam!
• Zgr!!n!ng !ngrar!azz Bazbarbz harh. Bah Naz!z!
Within churches (zhaarzh / G-zaz barn)
• Ahhh mah zambah b!!n bah. Mazzagrh!ng harmanz aga!n. G-zaz ganna b angrah.. !
• Zarrah harman, maag!ng barragahz !z z!nn!ng aga!nz G-zaz - mah zmazh barragahz. Zambahz ganna hab zarman anh z!ng G-zaz zangz haarh.
• G-zaz, mah mazz!ah, mah azk!ng haar z!z barhah G-zaz Barn. G!b mah mar n!z bra!nz. G!b mar harmanz barhah. Aman.
At cemeteries
• AHH!! Zarrah. Gargazz B!rbz haarh arh zga!r!ng mah.
• Manah brazzarz ahn z!zzahz ZZZ haarh, za!r gargazz arh banaaz za grang.
• Ah na! Mrh habbanz haarh?!? Mrh !z mah zambah n!ghma!r. Nah mrh! Nah r!z!ng!!
At Forts (armah baz)
• TBC
At the Zoo (Zaa)
• TBC
Celebrations
• Marr!h Barhahmaz [Merry Christmas]
• Habbah B!rznah [Happy Birthday]
• Habbah Hahhar!!n [Happy Halloween]
Song Excerpts
• Bites the Dust: Bang, bang, bang! Anazzah man gnazh za grang! Bang, bang, bang! Anazzah man gnazh za grang! Anh anazzah man Gamz anh anazzah man Gamz, anazzah man gnazh za grang!
• Rick Roll: Nazzah ganna g!b gaa h!gh, nazzah ganna maag gaa gragh, nazzah ganna ran arahn... ahn harm gaa! Nazzah ganna maag gaa gr!hh, nazzah ganna gab bah-bah, nazzah ganna gab bah gab... ahn ma!m gaa!
• Bohemian Rhapsody: Mammaaah! B!!n mazzagrh!ng harmanz... Ram mah gan aga!nz h!z bra!n, bang-bang harman, narh h!m zambah... Mammaaaah, mrh haz narh bgan... Bah narh mah gan anh zmazh za mrhman aga!n... Mammaaaaa!!
• Cumbaya: Gambarhah mah gaaaaz, Gambarhaaaaaah! Gambarhah mah gaaaaz, Gambarhaaaaaah! Zambahz z!ng!ng, gaaaaz! Gambarhaaaaaah! Maaah gaaaaz... Gambarhaaaaaah
• ABBA Gimme: G!mmah G!mmah G!mmah man-hamz abbar m!nn!gh... Gan zamran hab mah zga!rh zah zan arah? G!mmah G!mmah G!mmah man-hamz abbar m!nn!gh... Brang mah bram zah zan !nna zah n!gh aga!n
