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The Babble Bible

This page is intended to help new zamgrh linguists make a start, providing taunts and location-specific banter for a variety of locations and situations. For immediate translations, use the dictionary. To learn the full implications of individual words, use the Lexicon.

Basics on Zombie Speech in Urban Dead

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 along the lines of 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! Pulling it off gave Urban Dead something very unique that added heaps to its charm.

Mechanics

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 was not stripped!

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

The Babble Bible

The Babble Bible below was one of several tools that helped new zamgrh linguists make a start, at first kept on Babble Rabble's discord server and now immortalised here. It provided phrases that zombie players could copy and paste for a variety of places and situations.

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.
Revive Mrh mah azz? Maag mah gargazz? Mah b harman aga!n Revive my ass? Make me a carcass? I'll be human again
G!b mah razzaragzhan. Mrh mah! Give me resurrection. Revive me!
NAH MRH!! Mrh !z bah! Mrh !z zambah n!ghma!rh No revive!! Revive is bad! Revive is zombie nightmare
Times of day Zan-r!z Sunrise
Marn!ng Morning
Zanzh!hn Sunshine
Br!ghnazz Brightness
H!gh naan High noon
Abbarnaan Afternoon
Zan-zab Sunset
N!gh Night
M!h-n!gh Midnight
Food and drink Mah am hangrah! I am hungry!
Ganna grab mah b!b. Mah haz graz!ng mannarz. Gonna grab my bib. I have grazing manners.
G!b mah bangarz an mazh. Mah gnazh zam. Give me bangers and mash. I'll eat them.
Garn!zh za hambargarz !n rhabarb anh mazbarb Garnish the hamburgers in rhubarb and mustard
Ganna b bra!z!ng za haggiz an graz!ng naan bragh z!z n!gh Gonna be braising the haggis and grazing naan bread this night
Nam nam nam! Amaz!ng zh!zh-gabab haarh Yum yum yum! Amazing shish-kebab here
Zambahz haz margarh!zaz an zangrh!ah? Habganna gag. Zombies have margaritas and sangria? I'm going to drink.
Gag gag gag mmmmm!! Glug glug glug mmmm!!
Za anzar am. . !n za g!n The answer is.. in the gin
Mah zanbrh!gzh haz ham, graan gra!nz, margarh!n, mazbarb an mazh bra!nz My sandwich has ham, green grains, margarine, mustard and mashed brains
Singing and dancing Zanz anh z!ng Dance and sing
Am h!gh an habbah I'm high and happy
Mah ganna zanz za mamba! I'm gonna dance the mamba!
Barhah barhah! Babba Rabba ganna zanz za n!gh ara!h Barhah barhah! Babble Rabble gonna dance the night away
Zambahz z!ng ABBA!! Mamma M!ah Zombies sing ABBA!! Mamma Mia
G!b mah zah bangarz! Ganz an Razaz, AZBZ, !ran Ma!ban!! Anzar mah! Give me the bangers! Guns and Roses, AC/DC, Iron Maiden!! Answer me!
Harh abarh zam N!n !nzh Na!hz, Zgarb!anz ahr N!rbana? How about some Nine Inch Nails, Scorpions or Nirvana?
Marh z!nging! Z!NG H!GHAR!! Mah gang, Z!NG!! More singing! SING HIGHER!! My gang, SING!!
Ahhh naaa mah ga!n!ng za m!gra!n haar. Ohhh nooo I'm getting a migraine here.
Rude things N!z azz Nice ass
Bazzangaz Boobs
Gangbang Gangbang
Grab mah azz Grab my ass
Hagg!ng anh g!zz!ng narh? Zhag mah! Hugging and kissing now? Shag me!
Gnazh mah banana! Mmmm... Mah banana am habbah Bite my banana! Mmmm... my banana is happy
Mmmm… mazzag!ng mah manbagz Mmmm... massaging my ballsack
Hag mah, grab mah! B!g gangbang! Hug me, grab me! Big gangbang!
Harmanz ram an!mahz. Barbar!anz! Harmanz !n Azgaban! Humans ram animals. Barbarians! Humans in Azkaban!
Regarding graffiti Barhah, amaz!ng z!gn Barhah, amazing sign
Zah z!gn !z bah That sign is bad
Zmazh za bah z!gn Smash the bad sign
Regarding barricades Ram zah barragahz! Ram the barricades!
Nah barragahz! Barragahz bah! Zmazh zam! No barricades! Barricades bad! Smash them!
Harmanz na habbah bgaz barragahz arh bah. Mah ganna zmazh za bah barragahz Humans not happy because barricades are bad. I'm gonna smash the bad barricades
HAMMARH ZA BARRAGAHZ MAH GANG!! HAMMER THE BARRICADES MY GANG!!
Regarding buildings Ranzag za barn! Ransack the barn!
Mmm, n!z barn. Ganna zzz haar z!z n!gh. Mmm, nice barn. Gonna sleep here this night.
Regarding generators Zmazh zah ganarazharh! Smash the generator!
Ahhh za br!ghnazz!! Nah n!z. Zmazh ganarazzah!! Ahhh the brightness!! Not nice. Smash generator!!
Aabz! Na na na! Mah haz zmazh zah ganarazharh?! Zarrah harmanz! Oops! No no no! I have smashed the generator?! Sorry humans!
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. Oh no no no. This generator is garbage. Bad craftsmanship. I'm gonna smash, this rubbish gonna harm the nice humans.
In Havercroft (Habargrabh) Ranzag z!z zabarb, ranzag Habargrabh!! Ransack this suburb, ransack Havercroft!!
Babba Rabba maz zmazh Habargrabh! Babble Rabble must smash Havercroft!
Zambahz grab Habargrabh!! G!b zambahz z!z zabarb!! Zombies grab Havercroft!! Give zombies this suburb!!
Babba Rabba brangz hagz anh g!zzaz, ganna maag Habargrabh n!z Babble Rabble brings hugs and kisses, gonna make Havercroft nice
Habargrabh harmanz maz ambra!z barhah, gam hang !n Babba Rabba! Havercroft humans must embrace barhah, come hang in Babble Rabble!
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! Humans gain amazing bargains at this nice mall. Hmm a big bra. AH!! Boomerangs!?! GIVE ME!
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. Hmm gonna have big shop here. Gonna get raisins, hamburgers, some Abba bangers, Grandma's aspirin, garnish, and more bananas. Humans! Bring my shopping bags.
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. Jesus, so many humans in this mall. Brains, brains and more brains! This here brain smorgasbord! Mmmmm. Gonna grab my bib. I have grazing manners.
Harrraaaah!!? Harrraaaah!?! Hmmm z!z b!g bazaarh haz nah harmanz. Harmanz nah zhabb!ng an!h marh? Nah marh barga!nz? Zambahz! Gam harh! Harmanz nah harh! Za bazaarh !z zambah bazaar narh! Hellooooo? Helloooooo? Hmmm this big bazaarh has no humans. Humans not shopping any more? No more bargains? Zombies! Come here! Humans not here! The mall is zombie mall now!
Within hospitals (hazb!zah / bag barn) Bagman!! Mah haz agan!zing mahar!a. Hab mah! Doctor!! I have agonising malaria. Help me!
Bagman!! Mah bra!nz m!zz!ng! G!v mah an abberazhan!! Mah zambah hangrah... Doctor!! My brain's missing! Give me an operation!! I am hungry...
Bagman!! Mah ganarr!ah harm!ng mah azz aga!n. Graghhhhh!! Hab mah! Doctor!! My gonorrhea is harming my ass again. Graghhhhh!! Help me!
Za bagmanz haz b!g bra!nz!! Hab mah, mah haz ang!na! The doctors have big brains!! Help me, I have angina!
Within NecroTech buildings (NB barn / mrh barn) G!b mah RNA Grabbah! Zan mah grab bra!n!! Give me DNA Extractor! Then I'll grab brain!!
Razzaragzhan haarh? Harman zabz mah b!g gargazz an zan mah b harman aga!n? Resurrection here? Human stabs my big carcass and then I'll be human again?
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!! Brrrrr this is bad place. The horror, the horror!! Bad humans revive zombies! Reviving zombies... is zombie nightmare. Don't revive zombies!!
Z!z barn haz nah barhah. Harmanz arh bananabra!nz, razaragz!ng zambahz !nna harmanz. Mah ganna hammarh za mrh-barn. NAH MARH MRHS!! This building has no barhah. Humans are bananabrains, resurrecting zombies into humans. I'm going to hammar the NT. NO MORE REVIVES!!
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!! Oh no, the PIGS are here!! OINK OINK!! I'm gonna smash pigs, then have HAMburgers!!
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!! Hello nice gun-men. I need to report a bad criminal. This criminal harrassed me, gave me agonising harm. Arrest him!!
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!! Help me! I'm ringing 999. Some criminal has grabbed my banana, then ran! Smash criminal! Imprison him in Azkaban!!
Harmanz, !MBR!ZAN MAH!! Mah haz b!!n bah bah zambah. Manah harman mazzagrhz, manah barnz zmazh anh ranzag. BARHAH! Humans, IMPRISON ME!! I have been bad, bad zombie. Many humans massacred, manah buildings smashed and ransacked. BARHAH!
Within fire stations Hmm z!z b an Agz-Man Barn? Agz-Man nah ma!m mah narh marh!! Hmm this is an Axe-Man building? Axemen won't maim no more!!
Mah azz.. !z BARN!NG!! Hab mah, harmanz, hab mah!! My ass.. is BURNING!! Help me, humans, help me!!
Harmanz, harmanz! Mah Gargazz.. !z zmaag!ng!! Zmaag!ng azz ganna ga BANG!! Grab za haaz, haaz mah azz narh!! Humans, humans! My carcass.. is smoking!! Smoking ass gonna go BANG!! Grab the hose, hose my ass now!!
Within factories (ganarazharh barn) Hmm z!z Ganarazharh-barn? Ganarrazahz arh bah! Br!ghtnazz bah!! Mah ganna zmazh anh ranzag haarh. Hmm this is a generator barn? Generators are bad! Brightness bad!! I am going to smash and ransack here.
Ahh man, za manah mazh!nz !n haarh. Za mazh!nz maag zaamz!ng? Maag!ng ganz, magaz!nz arh bananaz? Ohh man, so many machines in here. The machines make something? Making guns, magazines or bananas?
Z!z b!g mazh!n !z bah bah bah. Ganna zmazh bah mazh!n. Harmanz nah maag mazh!nz, harmanz b zambahz!! This big machine is bad bad bad. Gonna smash bad machine. Humans shouldn't make machines, humans, be zombies!!
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. Been busy here? Misarranging this massive box barn? Don't ransack it! I'm gonna help. Assign me! I'll grab a broom.
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! Ahh nice box barn. I'm going to play games here, gonna be riding the forklift. Up! Down! Up! Down! Zigzag!
Garzh, manah bagz anh baghzaz haarh. Harmanz hab manah bazzazz!anz. !z rabb!zh? Ahr baghzaz hab bra!nz !n zam?? Gosh, lots of bags and boxes here. Humans have many possessions. Is it rubbish or do the boxes have brains in them??
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 Ahh this garage isn't bad. Repair my car? Other zombies are running, I'm gonna go zoom zoom in this nice car!
Hmm, z!z Garh Raba!rh Zhab. Mah nah bra!ngrabb!ng haah za Gar gaz ZAAM ZAAM!! Harmanz gab haah Garz ga zaam? Hmm, this car repair shop. I'm not understanding how the car goes ZOOM ZOOM!! Humans explain how car goes zoom?
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! OH NOOO!! Human, this bad bad bad, this car has airbags! In a car crash, the nice humans WON'T BE MAIMED!! Car crashes must help humans become zombies! Smash airbags!
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. Ahhhh, this nice museum. Charming mmhm. Be a big shame if something bad happen here... oh no! SMASH! Oops. Sorry humans.
Mmm mazaham haz za amaz!ng maztarb!z!z. Mah ganna maag mah marg. Z!z ganna r!z za maztarb!z h!ghar. Mmm museums have the amazing masterpieces. I'm going to make my mark. This gonna rise the masterpieces even higher.
Graaah. Bah-hambag. Z!z mazaham azz, na zambah maztarb!z!z.  ! am nah habbah! Graaah. Bah-humbug. This museum is ass, no zombies masterpieces. I am not happy!
Within pubs (za barh) Baargh!b - mah ganna !mb!hb zahm baarh haarh. G!mmah ah baarh an garn!zh... !n n!z bra!nz! Mahaha! Barkeep - I'm going to imbibe some beer here. Gimme a beer and garnish... in nice brains! Mahaha!
Z!z n!gh ganna ram ahn zmazh z!z barn. Mah ganna abzarb baarh an gag g!n an zan mah zanz za n!gh ara!h. This night I'm gonna ram and smash this place. I'm gonna absorb beer and drink gin and then I'll dance the night away.
HARMANZ G!B MAH G!N AN ZANGR!AH NARH!!! Mah ganna gag gag gag!!! Anzar mah! HARMANZ GIVE ME GIN AND SANGRIA NOW!!! I'm gonna drink drink drink!!! Answer me!
Within clubs (zanz barn) Ah ma!h ma!h, z!z zanz barn !z n!z. Nah br!ghnazz. Nah barragahz. Mah ganna ZZZZZ haarh! Oh my my, this dance barn is nice. No brightness. No barricades. I'm going to sleep here!
BABBA RABBA GANNA ZANZ!! BABBLE RABBLE GONNA DANCE!!
Ahhh haaaa hmm hmm hmm, ahhhh haaaa mmm mmm mmmmm (Humming and grunting to the music)
Within libraries (rh!brarh!h) Zzzzhhh!!! Nah b narz!h !n za Rh!brarh!h Sssshhh!!! Don't be noisy in the library
Hmm... R!brar!h haz magaz!nz?! Ahh n!z. G!b mah manga!! Grab mah grazzaz, mah ganna b raab!ng narh. Hmm... library has magazines?! Ahh nice. Give me manga!! Grab my glasses, I'm gonna be reading now.
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!! Gang gonna read many books here. Upgrade their grammar, become big brains. Then their brains will be garnished and my gang can eat them, yum yum. Amazing brainburgers. Mmmm!!
Within towers (h!gh barn) and mansions (manzhan) Bah harmaz hab amaz!ng marg!nz... Bad humans have amazing margins...
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!! Oh my gosh, this house is big and so high! Maybe I'll go higher and higher, then run outside (a window), scream AHHHHH, then bang, I'll smash the ground. Be a zombie again!!
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! So many ass things here. Bad humans managing this place. Humans have many garbage possessions, many rubbish homes. Humans need to embrace barhah!
Within cinemas (z!nama) N!z haarh, nah br!ghnazz Nice here, no brightness
Mah graz!ng z!nama babgarn, z!nn!man garn!zh. Nam nam! I'm grazing the cinema popcorn, cinnamon garnish. Yum yum!
Zgr!!n!ng !ngrar!azz Bazbarbz harh. Bah Naz!z! Screening Inglourious Basterds here. Bad Nazis!
Aham! ZHHH!!! Nah zgr!!m!ng!! Za z!nama mazzargh maz nah b na!z!h. Ahem! SHHH!!! No screaming!! The cinema message says don't be noisy.
Nah m!nh mah. Mah ganna ga!z ah za b!g zgr!!n. Nah harm.  ! am b!g z!nama man. Don't mind me. I'm gonna gaze at the big screen. No foul. I'm a big cinema man.
Within churches (zhaarzh / G-zaz barn) Ahhh mah zambah b!!n bah. Mazzagrh!ng harmanz aga!n. G-zaz ganna b angrah.. ! Ohhh I've been bad. Massacring humans again. Jesus gonna be angry.. !
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. Sorry human, making barricades is sinning against Jesus - I'll smash barricades. Zombies gonna have sermon and sing Jesus songs here.
G-zaz, mah mazz!ah, mah azg!ng haar z!z barhah G-zaz Barn. G!b mah mar n!z bra!nz. G!b mar harmanz barhah. Aman. Jesus, my messiah, I'm asking here in this pro-zombie church. Give me more nice brains. Give more humans barhah. Amen.
At cemeteries AHH!! Zarrah. Gargazz B!rbz haarh arh zga!r!ng mah. AHH!! Sorry. Carrion Birds here are scaring me.
Manah brazzarz ahn z!zzahz ZZZ haarh, za!r gargazz arh banaaz za grang. Many brothers and sisters sleep here, their carcass are beneath the ground.
Ah na! Mrh habbanz haarh?!? Mrh !z mah zambah n!ghma!r. Nah mrh! Nah r!z!ng!! Oh no! Revives happen here?!? Revive is my zombie nightmare. No revive! No rising!!
Within hotels and motels (zzzbarnz) Ahh harmanz zzzz. Zhhhhhh!!! Nah naaz !n harh. Ahh humans sleep. Shhhhh!!! No noise in here.
Ahhh maz b-gam h!gh. Harman, g!b mah zam gann!b!z? Zhangz... mmm... n!!!!!!z... Ahhh must become high. Human, give me some cannabis? Thanks... mmm... niiiiiiice...
Mah ganna zzzz harh. Bah mah narz bra!nz... GNAZH ZA HAAAARMANZ. Zan mah ga zzzz. I'm gonna sleep here. But more nice brains first... EAT THE HUUUUUMANS. Then I'll go sleep.
At Forts (Arm!h Baz) Hazzah!! Z!z Arm!h Baz haz manah b!g ganz, b!g bangarz!! Z!z !z n!z, mah gang ganna gangbang za ganz narh. Bang, bang, bang, BANG, BANG!!! Haaaaaaaa
Mamma m!ah, z!z Arm!h Baz haz h!gh barr!arz. Ma!-b mah gang haz ga!mz an za barr!arz. Gang b rann!ng an za h!gh barr!arz, rann!ng anh raz!ng. Ran, ran, ran! Zam zambahz maag m!zhaag anh zgr!!m 'AHHHHHHHHHH' anh zmazh za grang. Haha zambahz hab amaz!ng ga!mz. Gam rann!ng anh raz!ng?? Mamma mia, this Army Base has high walls. Maybe my gang plays games on the walls. We'll be running on the high walls, running and racing. Run, run run! Some zombies make mistake and scream "AHHHHHHH" and smash the ground. Haha zombies have amazing games. Come running and racing??
Gah abbarnaan zambahz! N!z Zzzzzz harh !n Baz Barr!n? Hmmm, hab gaa z!!n Baz Barr!n Gaarbz? Za harmanz narh harh. Mah gang ganna zmazh anh gnazh za Gaarbz zaan. Arm!h-Man Bargarz!! Good afternoon zombies! Nice sleep here in Fort Perryn? Hmmm, have you seen Fort Perryn guards? The humans aren't here. My gang gonna smash and gnash the guards soon. Army Man Burgers!!
At the Zoo (Zaa) Arh mah garzh, za manah an!mahz! N!z b!rbz (gh!!b gh!!b), n!z mammahz (rarh rarh), n!z amh!b!anz (graag graag). Mmm mah !z habbbah. Oh my gosh, so many animals! Nice birds (cheep cheep), nice mammals (rarr rarr), nice amphibians (croak croak). Mmm I'm happy.
Z!z Zaa haz bra!n zmargazbarb!! An!mah bra!nz, harman bra!nz, Zaa-gaabar bra!nz, mmm!! N!z garn!zh. Ganna gnazh manah bra!nz. This Zoo has brain smorgasbord!! Animal brains, human brains, Zookeeper brains, mmm!! Nice garnish. Gonna gnash many brains.
Harrah harmanz anh an!mahz,  ! am harh b-gaz za Zoo maz hab an !nzbagzhan. Ganna azzazz an!mahz harh, z !h za an!mahz arh habbah anh bra!n!h. Mah azzazzmanh ganna b agan!z!ng, z!z !z narmah. Ganna b zam an!mahz mazzagrh. Z!z !z narmah. Z!gn harh, harh anh harh. Hello humans and animals, I am here because the Zoo must have an inspection. Gonna assess animals here, see if the animals are happy and brainy. My assessment gonna be agonising, this is normal. Gonna be some animals massacred. This is normal. Sign here, here and here.
Zambahz, zambahz arh ah za Zaa!! Ganna grab za b!rbs, gnazh za baarz, bazh za g!rahhbz anh mazh za zabraz! G!b mah nammah an!mahz bra!nz!! Zombies, zombies are at the Zoo!! Gonna grab the birds, gnash the bears, bash the giraffes and mash the zebras! Give me yummy animal brains!!
Celebrations Marrah Barhahmaz or Marr!h Ghr!zhmaz Merry Christmas
Habbah B!rznah Happy Birthday
Habbah Hahhar!!n Happy HAlloween
Habbah Bar M!zbah or Habbah Bab M!zbah Happy Bar Mitzvah or Happy Bat Mitzvah


Other resources

The following guides from the wiki were also very useful, with zamgrh-English translations which will help you understand individual words.

- The Zombie Dictionary: Quick translations of zamgrh words

- The Zombie Lexicon: Full implications of zamgrh words

- Zombie Songs: A record of old zombie songs

For more zamgrh, including songs and a place where you can ask questions and try it yourself, head to Babble Rabble discord server - we will keep open a ZAMGRH discussion and chat area to maintain our link to the strange and wonderful 8 letter language of Urban Dead. We have several Chancellors of Chat who can talk about it and long records of Babble Rabble's use of zamgrh in the game.