- For the language used by the Dragons, see Dragon Language.
In The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, a new language has been released; the language of the dragons. Sometimes referred to as Dragonish, the dragon tongue, or Dovah speech, 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 shouts. Interestingly, speakers of dragon language can calm Dragonlings with it.
Alphabet
 A |
 aa |
 ah |
 B |
 D |
 E |
 ei |
 ey |
 F |
 G |
 H |
 I |
 ii |
 ir |
 J |
 K |
 L |
 M |
 N |
 O |
 oo |
 P |
 Q |
 R |
 S |
 T |
 U |
 ur |
 uu |
 V |
 W |
 X |
 Y |
 Z |
The alphabet consists of 34 symbols: there are 25 that map directly to letters in the English alphabet, and 9 that map to pairs of letters. The Dragon language does not have "C" as that sound is created by either "S" or "K."
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.
Song of the Dragonborn translation
Song of the Dragonborn written using the Dragon Alphabet:
Transliteration
DOVahKiiN DOVahKiiN
NaaL OK ZIN LOS VahRiiN
Wah DeiN VOKUL MahFAERaaK ahST VaaL
ahRK FIN NOROK PaaL GRaaN
FOD NUST HON ZINDRO ZaaN
DOVahKiiN Fah HIN KOGaaN MU DRaaL
ahRK FIN KEL LOST PRODah
DO VED ViiNG KO FIN KRah
TOL FOD ZeyMah WIN KeiN MeyZ FUNDeiN
ALDUIN FeyN DO JUN
KRUZiiK VOKUN STaaDNAU
VOTH aaN BahLOK Wah DiiVON FIN LeiN
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 foretold
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
Translated by Gameinformer[1]
Known words
Known words in the dragon language. Written using the typography above, i.e. if one dragon letter corresponds to several English, lowercase is used.
| Word | Transcription | Translation | Source |
 
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aaN | a | [2] |
  
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ahRK | and | [2] |
 
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AO | Lightning | in-game shout "Storm Call" |
 
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BahLOK | hunger | [2] |
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Dah | push | in-game shout "Unrelenting Force" |
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DeiN | keep | [2] |
 
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DiiVON | swallow | [2] |
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DO | of | [2] |
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DOVah | dragon | In-game dialogue |
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DOVahKiiN | dragonborn | [2] |
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DRaaL | pray | [2] |
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Fah | for | [2] |
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FeyN | bane | [2] |
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FIN | the | [2] |
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FOD | when | [2] |
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FUNDeiN | unfurled | [2] |
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FUS | force | in-game shout "Unrelenting Force" |
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GRaaN | rout | [2] |
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HIN | your | [2] |
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HON | hear | [2] |
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JUN | kings | [2] |
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KeiN | war | [2] |
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KEL | Elder Scroll | [2], In game dialoque |
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KO | in | [2] |
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KOGaaN | blessing | [2] |
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KRah | cold | [2] |
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KRUZiiK | ancient | [2] |
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LeiN | world | [2] |
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LOS | is | [2] |
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LOST | have | [2] |
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MahFAERaaK | forever | [2] |
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MeyZ | come | [2] |
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MU | we | [2] |
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NaaL | by | [2] |
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NOROK | fiercest | [2] |
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NUST | they | [2] |
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OK | his | [2] |
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PaaL | foes | [2] |
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PRODah | foretold | [2] |
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RO | balance | in-game shout "Unrelenting Force" |
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STaaDNAU | unbound | [2] |
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TOL | that | [2] |
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VaaL | bay | [2] |
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VahRiiN | sworn | [2] |
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VED | black | [2] |
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ViiNG | wings | [2] |
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VOKUL | evil | [2] |
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VOKUN | shadow | [2] |
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VOTH | with | [2] |
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Wah | to | [2] |
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WIN | wage | [2] |
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ZaaN | shout | [2] |
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ZeyMah | brothers | [2] |
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ZIN | honor | [2] |
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ZINDRO | triumph's | [2] |
Font
Dragon Script is here. "aa," "ei," "ii', "ah," "uu," "ur," "ir," "oo" and "ey" map to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 respectively. While the "0"(zero) key also has a character mapped to it, it is one that is not used and was discarded from the final version of the game and can be ignored. "ey" also maps to "C." You must have CAPSLOCK on to properly write with the other 25 letters. This was extracted from the game files by TheSuperNerd and is official.
To use the font on the wiki, see the DragonScript template.