
Some runes may be written as multiple letters in English, such as the runes for ii and ir. Read more about the dragon alphabet > Writing Overlapping Runes Without further ado, let's dive into some examples: For example, "D is dotted, R is sharp", "E is an eye", "ei is high", "if one U makes a left then two U's make a right", or "W opens west and X opens east." With enough practice they will come naturally. Because the dragon language uses a vastly different alphabet, it's going to take some practice to become fully literate.Įach letter is made up of several slashes, dots, and hooks, and some of them are very much alike! Below is a table of letters that can easily be mistaken for one another: Dragonįind a way that works for you to memorize the differences between these letters. You have probably seen the phrase that says "it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae." It illustrates that we usually don't read letter-by-letter, but interpret words as individual symbols. Reading Dragon RunesĪs English, the dragon language's alphabet reads from left to right, and top to bottom. For many it is one of the harder parts of learning the dragon language, but with enough practice it will become second-nature. Extensive use of the alphabet is featured only in this lesson and some of the more advanced exercises, so mastering reading isn't required if you wish to continue past this section. We will now begin to study the language in its native alphabet.

Up to this point, the dragon language has been presented in the familiar Roman alphabet.



Dragon runes are written left to right, top to bottom.
