Dragon Language Dovahzul ( " Dovah - Zul " , " Dragon - Voice " ) , the Dragon Language or Dragonish , is the language used in by dragons in shouts , on word walls , in names , etc . Provided by the Skyrim Game Guide and in game dialogue translations by Alduin , Paarthurnax , Odahviing , and Durnehviir . Some may also be found in the books , " " and " Songs of Skyrim " . Additionally , each Dragon Priest ' s name is a word in the Dragon language . Pronunciation . Some may find the pronunciation of the Dragon Alphabet digraphs " aa , " " ah , " " ei , " " ey , " " ii , " " ir , " " uu , " " ur , " and " oo " to be confusing . However , assuming that the initial syllables heard in the musical pieces for the game are the standard form , then the language takes on a more Scandinavian sound . " Aa " and " ah " are both a long , open " a " / aː / ; the latter , however , being formed more gutturally ( sometimes becoming / ɔː / ) . " Oo " is used in the instances where the normal " o " sound / o / ( English " port " ) needs to become long ( / oː / ) , as in the English " door . " Only " uu " takes on the sound of an English double - " o " ( see the above examples ) . " ii " would tend to be longer ( / ɪː / ) . " Ir " and " ur " equate to / ir / and / ur / , respectively . Finally , there is a difference between " ei " and " ey " : " ei " is pronounced as in German , producing a vowel as in price . " Ey , " on the other hand , sounds as in face . These discrepancies in pronunciation most likely result from the fact that many of these phonemes are not native to ( or not the standard in ) the English language , as well as the fact that most dovahhe only periodically speak in their native language , so that it wasn ' t deemed important by Bethesda to properly instruct the voice actors in the pronunciation of the language . This is particularly evident in the fact that most dragons , in the game , do not roll their " r " s ; however , both the Main Theme and the Following ( Sovngarde Theme Song ) , feature them exclusively . 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 in English , and doesn ' t have tense . To pluralize a word , the final letter is repeated and " e " is added ( i . e . " grohiik " : wolf ; " grohiikke " : wolves ) Words are constructed in such a way that , when combined , they form new words . A known construction is " Junnesejer , " which means " the kings of the east . " " Jun " being king and " Jer " being east . Thus , combining words will allow one to convey an idea or another word . For Example : " moon and eclipse " are not present in the vocabulary , but sun ( " krein " ) and night ( " vulon " ) are . The word is based on which of the words is the first because the first word is prominent . If one were to say " vulonkrein , " the prominent word would be " night " while the secondary is " sun , " and there would be " moon " ( i . e . a light in the night ) . Vice versa with " kreinvulon , " as " sun " is prominent and " night " is secondary , so there would be " eclipse " ( darkness where the sun is ) . With Junnesejer , it means " the kings of the east , " but if one were to put it as Jersejun , it would be " East King . " " Se " is a conjunction between words that are combined to fill in the particles , but it ' s just as easily - understood without it .