Dragon Language



In The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, a new language will be released; the language of the Dragons. Sometimes referred to as Dragonish or Draconian, this language has become rare in Tamriel since the dragon's apparent extinction. The main character of Skyrim, the Dragonborn (or Dovahkiin) will be able to learn parts of the language, using them to cast powerful spells known as Dragon shouts. Interestingly, speakers of dragon language can calm Dragonlings with it.

Translation:
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Phonetic Translation
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English Translation
Dragonborn Dragonborn By his honor is sworn To keep evil forever at bay And the fiercest foes rout When they hear triumph’s shout Dragonborn for your blessing we pray

And the scrolls have fortold Of black wings in the cold That when brothers wage war come unfurled Alduin, bane of kings Ancient shadow unbound With a hunger to swallow the world
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Alphabet
This alphabet was extracted from the image and text at GameInformer. There might be more letters.

The alphabet consists of 34 symbols: 22 that map directly to letters in the English alphabet, and 12 that map to pairs of letters. There are no symbols for the letters "C", "X" or "Y". "C" and "K" are basically the same. The shape of the letters is constrained by their need to be written using three large talons and a vestigial fourth digit called the dewclaw. Thus, each letter consists of at most three scratches and a dot.

Known words
Known words in the dragon language. Written using the nomenclature above, i.e. if one dragon letter corresponds to several English, lowercase is used.

Common Words
(First added September 10, 2011)

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

Source: Skyrim Game Guide

Trivia

 * The Dragon language is similar in appearance to cuneiform, the written language of ancient Mesopotamia.