Trashtalk is the language spoken by the mutants in Nuclear Throne.
Trashtalk was made up by developer Joonas Turner, who also does the voice acting in the game for all of the characters except for Yung Venuz (Doseone), Rogue (Danielle McRaven), Frog (Jukio Kallio), Rebel, and the Female I.D.P.D. (Isa And aka Chisaleya).
Paul Veer confirmed that Trashtalk has no written variant. JW revealed that Bandits speak a simplified dialect of Trashtalk.
Included in the Nuclear Throne Indiebox was a Guide to Trashtalk, created by Joonas. It lists several phrases and sounds used in Trashtalk, with their rough English equivalent, all of which are listed below.
| Trashtalk | English |
|---|---|
| ' | A slight gap in pronunciation/an accent |
| TH' |
The beginning syllable to something negative (E.g. TH'Ö = enemy) Could also be opposite of another word. (E.g TH'YRR = night, YRR = day) |
| VE' | The beginning syllable to something positive (E.g. VE'KH = blessing) |
| Ä | me/mine/us |
| Ö | you/yours/them |
| S | it |
| ÄÖ/ÖÄ | us/we <-- If Ä becomes weird to use, or if you want to use emphasis |
| El | all/everything |
| OR | something |
| I | yes/positive/possible (pronounced like English "e" short, or Finnish "i") |
| TH'I | no/negative |
| FL | to do/done/did/to perform an action/give/action to be/is |
| F'I | exist/true |
| FAH | more |
| FHO | to look/examine/check out |
| FAA | to know/remember |
| FHE | sound/produce a sound/noise |
| SH | this/that |
| YN | now/right away |
| YRR | day |
| TH'YRR | night |
| AN | later |
| IEN | earlier/past |
| WEN | always/ever |
| KHUN | change |
| D' | dead |
| D'Ä | hurt, self |
| D'Ö | hurt, other |
| HU | weak/weakling/loser |
| HYA | to lose/lost/can't find |
| ISUM | Throne or ruler |
| KHA | to protect |
| KFO | to share/give |
| LN'IM | small |
| LN'OM | big |
| VE'Ä | family |
| VE'Ö | friends |
| VE'SHO | life/also used for heal |
| VE'KH | blessing |
| VE'LN | hope/believe/trust |
| WRO | from/with |
| MUK | an item/object |
| GUR | container |
| RHA | hard |
| UUN | close |
| TH'UUN | far |
| KAI | pull |
| TH'KAI | push |
| D'MUKGUR | hurt item container a.k.a. Weapon Chest |
| D'MUKGURFAH | hurt item container more a.k.a. Ammo chest or clip |
| FLÄISUM | To become powerful (self) |
| FLÄSHYN | Let's do this! (directly: To do me this now) |
| FHEGURÖYN | You have a text message (directly: sound container you now) |
| LN'IMVE'SHO | Low health |
| HA HA HA | laugh |
| Spitting | a bad word/diss |
In the PAX East Trailer for Nuclear Throne the narration is done in Trashtalk, which is subtitled. Using this, some phrases can be translated, as shown in this table.
Nuclear Throne - PAX East Trailer
| Trashtalk | English |
|---|---|
| RHAÄVE'SHO | Our lives are hard |
| FLÄÖWEN | Still, we try |
| FLSTH'KHUN | Will it always be this way? |
| KHUNORI | Something needs to change |
| KHUNÄÖFAAI | We know it can change |
| FLÄÖI | We have to try |
| KHA... | We have to reach.. |
| FLÄISUM | The Nuclear Throne |
| FLÄSHYN | Let's do this! |
Same thing goes for the 2015 launch trailer.
| Trashtalk | English |
|---|---|
| TH'ÄF'IIEN | We have no past |
| ORSHIEN | What happened to this world? |
| KFOEI(TH'YN) | All sharing the same future... |
| KAIUUNÄ | This draws us closer... |
| FLÄISUM | To the Nuclear Throne |