Dwarvish

Dwarvish is the native tongue of dwarves considered one of the older languages, although it has become more of a second language for them. It's characterized by a large proportion of curses and swears, which have transitioned into use by humans as well.
Through the centuries, dwarves came to be so assimilated into human civilization and convinced about the harmfulness of chauvinism and the manifestation of otherness displayed so proudly by elves, that they use Common Speech not only when talking to humans, but even among themselves. Their youth barely knows Dwarvish and uses it very reluctantly.Nie bądź, kurwa, taki Geralt
Dwarvish words are written in the dwarven ideograms.
== Dictionary ==
Dwarvish	English
ballet 	knave (From French: valet)
drekthag	direct translation unknown; a year-long rite of passage during adolescence
duvvel 	devil, sylvan
freie 	free (From German: frei)
hraval 	king
sheyss 	shit (From German: Scheiß)
stadt 	city, town (From German: Stadt)
sihill 	sihil
vaina 	lady
== Names ==
Dwarvish 	English
Bloëmenmagde 	Flower Maiden (From German or Dutch: Blumen/Bloemen meaning flowers; Magd/Maagd meaning maiden)
OcvistAndrzej Sapkowski's alphabet	Staring Eye
== Phrases ==
Dwarvish 	English
Duvvel hoael	Devil take it
Duvvelsheyss	Devil shit
==Notes==
* In an interview, Andrzej Sapkowski confirmed most of his dwarven words are based on German.Twój wywiad
** In , developers came to this conclusion as well, elaborating that the Dwarvish echoes Old Norman and Old High German to a certain degree.
==References==
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pt-br:Língua dos Anões
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