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.

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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.

Dragonborn Prophecy translation

Dragonborn Prophecy 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.

Font

There are three fonts based on the dragon language available for download

Dovah is here. "aa," "ah," "ei," "ey," and "ii" are not included in the font based download.

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.

Another version of the Dragon font can be downloaded here. (The Dragon Shout) It has all 34 letters (as the Dragon Script. 'aa', 'ah', 'ei', 'ey', 'ii', 'ir', 'ur', 'uu' and 'oo' are mapped to 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 'C' respectively. This is different from the 'Dragon Script'. The font is now easier to look (with edited strokes and greater spaces between letters), easier to type (as pressing 2 -> 9 and C is easier than 1->9). Also, the nine special letters in Dragon Language is mapped by order (from 'a' to 'u') and you do NOT need to use CapsLock. The effect is the same, whether this is used or not.

To use the font on the wiki, see the DragonScript template.