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DerFlorian1234
May 11, 2016

Is Dovahzul a real language?

in religion lessons we had as for the writing of the Torah (Jewish Bible) and since I noticed that sees this scripture of in Skyrim to the "words of making" panels very similar and I was wondering if this is the same language
So my question is:
is Dovahzul a real language, and if so it could be that it is Hebrew from the Jewish bible
I would be very happy wen me someone could answer

Category: General


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Frinmulaar
May 12, 2016

If by "real" you mean "spoken natively in the universe we know", then Dovahzul is not real. It is definitely not Hebrew. The entire dragon language was invented by the game developers at Bethesda Softworks.

The real language Dovahzul resembles most is English. How do we know this? Verbs do not conjugate, basic word order is SVO, there are definite and indefinite articles, and the roles of prepositions are basically identical.

On the other hand, dragon runes do bear a passing resemblance to ancient Mesopotamian cuneiform script.


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DovahKiinZaan
May 12, 2016

Short answer: no. 

Long answer: no. 


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Ahmiliik
May 12, 2016

It is a con-lang, a constructed language. Like Quenya and Sindarin (LOTR), Dothraki(Game Of Thrones) or Na'vi (Avatar).


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Ouranos
May 16, 2016

Personally, I don't think that it is. There just aren't enough words in general for it to be spoken as a practical, real language.


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InDoKun47
May 1, 2018

I wish it was a real language, that would be amazing. Maybe once I am president of the world, I'll make that happen. 


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firebolt
June 20, 2016
it can be

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lighting1130
June 25, 2020

It depends on how you define the language. If the language you speak refers to a communication tool, then I think Dovahzul is a real language because Dovahzul can indeed exist as a communication tool, and Dovahzul also has its own writing system and Specific pronunciation, so I think Dovahzul is the real language.