Dragon Language

Dragon Language
Provided by the Skyrim Game Guide and in game dialogue translations by Alduin, Paarthurnax, and Odahviing.

Some can also be found in the book Dragon Language: Myth no More.

Pronounciation
Some people may find the Dragon Alphabet parts "aa", "ah", "ei", "ey", "ii", "ir", "uu", "ur", and "oo" to be confusing, especially when writing in dragon. The more simpler ones, "aa", "ah", "oo", and maybe "ii" would be used most often.

"aa" is used as such: Th a t ; P a t ; Rel a x. "ah" would used as so: T a ll ; Enthr a ll ; P a use. "oo" is used in a similar way: F oo d ; T oo /T o ; Kangar oo. As for "ii", it would not be used too often, but as such: L i the ; P i nk ; L i nk ; W i k i.

As for "ir", "uu", and "ur"... "ir" is used as: B ir d ; Adm ir al. Both the "i" and "r" are used as one letter in the dragon alphabet. For "uu", it is: Kung F u ; J u venile. This can be confused with "oo", which makes the same sound, but "oo" is used for O's and "uu" is used for U's. And "ur", which is: Ur n ; Mo ur n ; B ur n; Go ur d. This can be confused with "ir", but same as with "oo" and "uu", letters make the difference; "ir" for ir's, and "ur" for ur's.

"ei" and "ey" are by far the trickiest, but they can be solved. "ei" would go with: C ei ling ; Fr ei ght ; Caff ei ne. It follows the letters. For "ey" it's: K ey ; All ey ; Chimn ey. For words like tea, or tree, you just use normal "E".

Grammar
The language has basically the same grammar as English, with the exceptions that it doesn't have an equivalent to English's apostrophes, it tends to place prepositional phrases earlier in sentences than English does, and it doesn't have tense. To make a word plural, two letters are added to the end of the word, the first being the last letter in the singular form, and the second being an "e".

Source: Skyrim Game Guide

Trivia

 * The Dragon language's script is similar in appearance to cuneiform, the written language of ancient Mesopotamia.
 * A possible hidden reference to Looking Glass Studio's "Thief" series exists in the form of the draconic word for thief -- "tafiir."
 * When speaking to you, both Alduin and Paarthurnax will speak in both common and Dragon language, often repeating a word in common after it is said in Dragon in order for the player to understand.
 * Hostile dragons that the player may encounter in the wild will sometimes taunt you in Dragon language.
 * Another possible hidden reference is "Brom" meaning north and also a key character in the dragon novel "Eragon" but probably not, seeing as there is no connection between the character Brom, and the cardinal direction "north."