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{|class=wikitable
!Source!!A!!B!!C!!D!!E!!F!!G!!H!!I!!J!!K!!L!!M!!N!!O!!P!!Q!!R!!S!!T!!U!!V!!W!!X!!Y!!Z!!Unknown
|-
!Dwemer
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_A.GIF|A]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_UNK3.GIF|B]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_C.GIF|C]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_UNK2.GIF|D]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_E.GIF|E]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_F.GIF|F]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_G.GIF|G]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_UNK7.GIF|H]]*
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_I.GIF|I]]
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|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_K.GIF|K]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_L.GIF|L]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_M.GIF|M]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_N.GIF|N]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_O.GIF|O]]
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|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_UNK6.GIF|Q]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_R.GIF|R]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_S.GIF|S]]*
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_T.GIF|T]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_U.GIF|U]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_UNK1.GIF|V]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_W.GIF|W]]*
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|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_Y.GIF|Y]]
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|rowspan=3|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_UNK5.GIF|?]] <sup>‡</sup> [[IMAGE:DWEMER_UNK4.GIF|?]]<br>[[IMAGE:DWEMER_UNK8.GIF|?]] [[IMAGE:DWEMER_UNK9.GIF|?]]
|-
!Wormgod
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_A^.GIF|A]]
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|
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_D^.GIF|D]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_E^.GIF|E]]
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|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_G^.GIF|G]]
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|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_I^.GIF|I]]
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|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_L^.GIF|L]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_M^.GIF|M]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_N^.GIF|N]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_O^.GIF|O]]
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|
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_R^.GIF|R]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_S^.GIF|S]]
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|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_V^.GIF|V]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_W^.GIF|W]]
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|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_Y^.GIF|Y]]
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|-
!Ayleid
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_A$.GIF|A]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_B$.GIF|B]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_C$.GIF|C]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_D$.GIF|D]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_E$.GIF|E]]
|
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_G$.GIF|G]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_H$.GIF|H]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_I$.GIF|I]]
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|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_K$.GIF|K]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_L$.GIF|L]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_M$.GIF|M]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_N$.GIF|N]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_O$.GIF|O]]
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|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_R$.GIF|R]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_S$.GIF|S]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_T$.GIF|T]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_U$.GIF|U]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_V$.GIF|V]]
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|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_Y$.GIF|Y]]
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!Skyrim
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-A.png|A]]
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-B.png|B]]
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-C.png|C]]
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-D.png|D]]
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-E.png|E]]
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-F.png|F]]
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-G.png|G]]
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-H.png|H]]
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-I.png|I]]
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-J.png|J]]
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-K.png|K]]
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-L.png|L]]
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-M.png|M]]
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-N.png|N]]
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-O.png|O]]
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-P.png|P]]
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-Q.png|Q]]
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-R.png|R]]
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-S.png|S]]
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-T.png|T]]
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-U.png|U]]
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-V.png|V]]
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-W.png|W]]
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-X.png|X]]
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-Y.png|Y]]
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-Z.png|Z]]
|rowspan=2|
|-
!Falmer <sup>†</sup>
|[[File:FALMER_A.png|16px|A]]
|[[File:FALMER_B.png|16px|B]]
|[[File:FALMER_C.png|16px|C]]
|[[File:FALMER_D.png|16px|D]]
|[[File:FALMER_E.png|16px|E]]
|[[File:FALMER_F.png|16px|F]]
|[[File:FALMER_G.png|16px|G]]
|[[File:FALMER_H.png|16px|H]]
|[[File:FALMER_I.png|16px|I]]
|[[File:FALMER_J.png|16px|J]]
|[[File:FALMER_K.png|16px|K]]
|[[File:FALMER_L.png|16px|L]]
|[[File:FALMER_M.png|16px|M]]
|[[File:FALMER_N.png|16px|N]]
|[[File:FALMER_O.png|16px|O]]
|[[File:FALMER_P.png|16px|P]]
|[[File:FALMER_Q.png|16px|Q]]
|[[File:FALMER_R.png|16px|R]]
|[[File:FALMER_S.png|16px|S]]
|[[File:FALMER_T.png|16px|T]]
|[[File:FALMER_U.png|16px|U]]
|[[File:FALMER_V.png|16px|V]]
|[[File:FALMER_W.png|16px|W]]
|[[File:FALMER_X.png|16px|X]]
|[[File:FALMER_Y.png|16px|Y]]
|[[File:FALMER_Z.png|16px|Z]]
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> {{Small|Speculative}}<br>
† {{Small|The Falmer alphabet bears many similarities with Dwemer script. See [[Lore:Falmer Alphabet|Falmer Alphabet]] for more information.}}
‡ {{Small|It is speculated that the unknown symbol [[IMAGE:DWEMER_UNK5.GIF|?]] is really the letter P, however this is not confirmed.}}
==Known Examples==
[[Image:AyleidLanguage example.jpg|thumb|left|An Ayleid inscription which reads "Av latta magicka, av molag anyammis", which translates to: "From light, magic; from fire, life".]]
Very little is known about the [[Lore:Dwemer|Dwemer]] language, otherwise referred to as '''Dwemeris'''. The above chart lists all characters with known transliterations. More characters exist in the books ''[[{{NAMESPACE}}:Divine Metaphysics|Divine Metaphysics]]'' and ''[[{{NAMESPACE}}:The Egg of Time|The Egg of Time]]'', but these have yet to be translated. (There is strong reason to believe that these books contain just random characters, and do not actually have any meaningful text.)
There are four examples of Dwemer inscriptions for which we have known, confirmed translations at this time. The example on the left is from [[Oblivion:Cloud Top|a ruin]] in [[Oblivion:Oblivion|Oblivion]]. Apparently, the Ayleids used the same script, or a closely related one, as the Dwemer. It reads:<br>
[[IMAGE:DWEMER_A$.GIF|A]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_V$.GIF|V]] [[IMAGE:DWEMER_L$.GIF|L]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_A$.GIF|A]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_T$.GIF|T]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_T$.GIF|T]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_A$.GIF|A]] [[IMAGE:DWEMER_M$.GIF|M]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_A$.GIF|A]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_G$.GIF|G]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_I$.GIF|I]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_C$.GIF|C]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_K$.GIF|K]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_A$.GIF|A]], [[IMAGE:DWEMER_A$.GIF|A]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_V$.GIF|V]] [[IMAGE:DWEMER_M$.GIF|M]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_O$.GIF|O]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_L$.GIF|L]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_A$.GIF|A]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_G$.GIF|G]] [[IMAGE:DWEMER_A$.GIF|A]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_N$.GIF|N]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_Y$.GIF|Y]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_A$.GIF|A]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_M$.GIF|M]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_I$.GIF|I]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_S^.GIF|S]]<br>
or "Av latta magicka, av molag anyammis", which translates to: "From light, magic; from fire, life". This is a reversal (perhaps unintentional) of the phrase translated in the book: ''[[{{NAMESPACE}}:Ayleid Reference Text|Ayleid Reference Text]]'': "From fire, life; from light, magic." The double 'm' in "anyammis" has been truncated to a single 'm', and the 's' is too obscured to see on this inscription, but otherwise, it is clearly the same text.<br><br>
[[Image:WormgodPipe.jpg|thumb|right|A Dwemer pipe which reads "Wormgod" in Dwemer runes.]]
Another confirmed example of Dwemer text is to the right. This inscription appears on all of the pipes inside Dwemer ruins in [[Morrowind:Morrowind|Morrowind]]. It reads simply <br>[[IMAGE:DWEMER_W^.GIF|W]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_O^.GIF|O]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_R^.GIF|R]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_M^.GIF|M]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_G^.GIF|G]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_O^.GIF|O]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_D^.GIF|D]] or "Wormgod", which was the nickname of Gary Noonan, one of the developers at Bethesda. Interesting to note is that unlike the Daedric language, this one features (minimal) punctuation. The dot underneath the last letter is probably not part of the letter, but rather an indicator of the end of the word. (Since it is repeated over and over again on the pipes.)<br><br>
[[Image:DwemerDoor.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A Dwemer door which reads "In loving memory, Gary Noonan, Sr." in Dwemer runes.]]<br><br><br>
A third known example is a tribute by Gary Noonan to his father placed on a door in Morrowind, shown right. The text reads:<br>
[[IMAGE:DWEMER_I^.GIF|I]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_N^.GIF|N]] [[IMAGE:DWEMER_L^.GIF|L]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_O^.GIF|O]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_V^.GIF|V]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_I^.GIF|I]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_N^.GIF|N]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_G^.GIF|G]] [[IMAGE:DWEMER_M^.GIF|M]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_E^.GIF|E]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_M^.GIF|M]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_O^.GIF|O]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_R^.GIF|R]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_Y^.GIF|Y]], [[IMAGE:DWEMER_G^.GIF|G]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_A^.GIF|A]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_R^.GIF|R]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_Y^.GIF|Y]] [[IMAGE:DWEMER_N^.GIF|N]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_O^.GIF|O]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_O^.GIF|O]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_N^.GIF|N]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_A^.GIF|A]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_N^.GIF|N]] [[IMAGE:DWEMER_S^.GIF|S]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_R^.GIF|R]]<br>
Which translates to: "In loving memory, Gary Noonan, Sr."
{{NewLine}}
[[Image:DwemerBanner.jpg|thumb|250px|left|A Dwemer banner from [[Redguard:Redguard|Redguard]].]]
The banner on the left can be found in [[Redguard:Redguard|Redguard]]. If you look closely, you'll see text written in blue color over the image. It's hard to read in places, but you can make out the following characters:
{|
|
[[IMAGE:DWEMER_A.GIF|A]] [[IMAGE:DWEMER_UNK3.GIF|B]]<br>
[[IMAGE:DWEMER_F.GIF|F]] [[IMAGE:DWEMER_G.GIF|G]]<br>
[[IMAGE:DWEMER_L.GIF|L]] [[IMAGE:DWEMER_M.GIF|N]]<br>
[[IMAGE:DWEMER_UNK6.GIF|Q]] [[IMAGE:DWEMER_R.GIF|R]]<br>
[[IMAGE:DWEMER_UNK1.GIF|?]] [[IMAGE:DWEMER_W.GIF|W]]
| || || ||
A B<br>
F G<br>
L M<br>
Q R<br>
V W
|}
And lower down, you'll see:
:[[IMAGE:DWEMER_S.GIF|S]] [[IMAGE:DWEMER_T.GIF|T]] [[IMAGE:DWEMER_U.GIF|U]] S T U
The significance of these remains unknown at this time. Since each group of characters is in consecutive alphabetical order, it seems likely that it's simply an alphabet.
{{NewLine}}
[[Image:OB-KotN-DwemerRunes.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Dwemer runes in the [[Oblivion:Chapel of Dibella|Chapel of Dibella]].]]
Another example can be found in the official [[Oblivion:Knights of the Nine|Knights of the Nine]] [[Oblivion:Official Plug-ins|Official Plug-in]]. At the beginning of the quest [[Oblivion:Pilgrimage|Pilgrimage]] the player finds an Ayleid text written on the floor of the [[Oblivion:Anvil|Anvil]] chapel. This text reads [[IMAGE:DWEMER_A$.GIF|A]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_S$.GIF|S]] [[IMAGE:DWEMER_O$.GIF|O]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_I$.GIF|I]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_O$.GIF|O]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_B$.GIF|B]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_A$.GIF|A]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_L$.GIF|L]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_A$.GIF|A]] [[IMAGE:DWEMER_U$.GIF|U]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_M$.GIF|M]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_A$.GIF|A]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_R$.GIF|R]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_I$.GIF|I]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_L$.GIF|L]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_E$.GIF|E]] [[IMAGE:DWEMER_E$.GIF|E]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_H$.GIF|H]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_L$.GIF|L]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_N$.GIF|N]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_A$.GIF|A]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_D$.GIF|D]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_A$.GIF|A]] [[IMAGE:DWEMER_R$.GIF|R]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_A$.GIF|A]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_C$.GIF|C]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_U$.GIF|U]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_V$.GIF|V]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_A$.GIF|A]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_R$.GIF|R]]
which translates to ''As oiobala Umarile, Ehlnada racuvar''. According to the prophet this means: ''By the eternal power of Umaril, the mortal gods shall be cast down.''
This text can also be found on the side of the [[Oblivion:Knights of the Nine|Knights of the Nine]] box.
{{NewLeft}}
[[File:SR-misc-Dwemeris inscription.jpg|thumb|400px|left|A stone which translates both Dwemeris and the [[Lore:Falmer Alphabet|Falmer language]].]]
In Skyrim, a [[Lore:Calcelmo's Stone|stone]] which supposedly translates both Dwemeris as well as the [[Lore:Falmer Alphabet|Falmer language]] can be found in [[sr:Calcelmo's Tower|Calcelmo's Tower]]. The Dwemeris inscription transliterates into:
{| class=wikitable
|Chun thuamer arkngd chend duathand, th ahvardn btham. Amz thuamer ahrkanch kemelmzulchond aka<br>Mora, th thuangz ahrk, th duum melz thuabtharng, th kanthaln duabcharn mzin thuastur, btharumz thua<br>mer zel. Abakch duumarkng tuathumz amakai, th abakch avatheled kagr tuamkingth mzan. Du chal fahl<br>ngark, che du fahl bthun ur. Du chal fahl ngalft, che du bthun ur. Du abak chal thu abazun nchur<br>duabthar, nchul duanchard. Th ur thuanchuth irknd, ur irkngth eftardn, thunch fahlz. Bthun abak dua<br>mzual th nchuan duarkng, chun fahlbthar thuanchardch anum ralz, th eftar thuachendraldch kagren thua<br>vanchningth.
|}
{{NewLeft}}
This is the longest Dwemeris transcription yet found, although no translation is provided. It does share some words with other languages, such as "Mer", suggesting a commonality of some sort.
{{NewLine}}
[[File:ON-interior-Honor's Rest 02.jpg|thumb|200px|right|An Elven inscription found in Honor's Rest.]]
An inscription is found on several altars in [[Online:Honor's Rest|Honor's Rest]]. If mirrored it is clear that it reads: [[IMAGE:DWEMER_D$.GIF|D]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_I$.GIF|I]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_V$.GIF|V]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_I$.GIF|I]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_N$.GIF|N]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_E$.GIF|E]] [[IMAGE:DWEMER_S$.GIF|S]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_T$.GIF|T]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_A$.GIF|A]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_R$.GIF|R]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_S$.GIF|S]], or "DIVINE STARS".
==Books==
Analysis of the books is inconclusive at this time. Part of the reason is that they are random characters - certain passages are repeated verbatim, but in a different order, from one book to the next, or even on both pages of the same book.<ref>According to ''Douglas Goodall'':
:"''Egg of Time and Divine Metaphysics are, as far as I know, random Dwemer letters. The letters don't have any real pattern or meaning. Dwemer books probably appear meaningless to anyone but a Dwemer anyway. I have some ideas on how Dwemer books might be misinterpreted by modern scholars, but it has little to do with the actual contents of the book.''"
[[General:Douglas Goodall Interview|Douglas Goodall Interview]]</ref> This smacks of copy/pasting by the artist who created the graphics for the pages. Also, substituting the known letters for their English counterparts does not reveal even a hint of readable text. If it's a cypher, it's not a simple one, because several different characters can be seen as single-letter words, whereas in a typical English-language cypher, you would only see two - 'A' and 'I'. A more complex cypher is still a possibility, but without knowing the key, or even the meanings of half of the letters, it would be quite a difficult task to decode it, assuming there is anything to decode.
==={{NewLine|Divine Metaphysics}}===
{|
|[[File:MW-book-Divine Metaphysics p1.jpg|Page 1]]||[[File:MW-book-Divine Metaphysics p2.jpg|Page 2]]
|-
|
VTDL ITSATDB*B CEK
BAG_CQ*DF ADIF GL*Q
KORAB SG RBCEMAO*
EDTF TCKIHN **QMY U
UGBL BUH B V R*FH B
VN CVNCW CGUKC UN
MFSODI KY VTDL ITS
Q_AMBYE_G* E FS WAV.
HL WCG*YA MOABD YK
* ERU*F G* H BEW
M*C ATDB*B CEK HFGD
IV_LQOGSE G INOQR*
BCREN **LAD YFTKI*
F*GAWH GB*I*WEHK C
|
*M *GFTS C*YDU BA_L
HWI A*_RBI *Q_VWR
KR_*U** VELWNR M*O
RV TW*YM *U RC *STB
OS _ROAQ OW*FK EGY
L* NL_ROIWHC DYOF
FBR MWVEK UNHO _R
MFV Y T JOG HFM NH
U *GCA RW SHV VR B
R D_ KE* YL TAQ* SE
QLI DHF*Y*_UDCK* H
_*_OHEY O GFF_* YO
D *WCWTN SIQ** W*ND
O * IQGAH FVC KWYB
|}
==={{NewLine|The Egg of Time}}===
{|
|[[File:MW-book-Egg Of Time p1.jpg|Page 1]]||[[File:MW-book-Egg Of Time p2.jpg|Page 2]]
|-
|
Q_AMBYE_G* E FS WAV
IV_LQOGSE G INOQR*
F*GAWH GB*I*WEHK C
EDTF TCKIHN **QMY U
UGBL BUH B V R*FH B
VN CVNCW CGUKC UN
HL WCG*YA MOA*D YK
MFSODI KY VTDL ITS
M*C ATDB*B CEK HFGD
KORAB SG RBCEMAO*
*AG_CQ*DF ADIF GL*Q
VTDL ITSATDB*B CEK
* ERU*F G* H BEW
BCREN **LAD YFTKI*
|
YFTKI* M*C G* H BEW
CEK GL*Q ATDB*B V
CVNCW RBCEMAO* VN B
KORAB SG ADIF HFGD
**LAD ITSATDB*B BUH
MOA*D CEK * ERU*F
VTDL VTDL *AG_CQ*DF
ITS C BCREN WCG*YA
MFSODI KY HL YK MY
UN CGUKC R*FH UGBL
EDTF H U TCKIHN **Q
F*GAW B G INOQR* E
GB*I*WEHK IV_LQOGSE
Q_AMBYE_G* FS WAV
|}
==References==
<references/>
==External links==
* [http://dwemerstudies.wiwiland.net/ Academy for Dwemer Studies] - includes a font containing all Dwemer glyphs
[[Category:Lore-Alphabets]]
{|class=wikitable
!Source!!A!!B!!C!!D!!E!!F!!G!!H!!I!!J!!K!!L!!M!!N!!O!!P!!Q!!R!!S!!T!!U!!V!!W!!X!!Y!!Z!!Unknown
|-
!Dwemer
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_A.GIF|A]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_UNK3.GIF|B]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_C.GIF|C]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_UNK2.GIF|D]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_E.GIF|E]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_F.GIF|F]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_G.GIF|G]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_UNK7.GIF|H]]*
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_I.GIF|I]]
|
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_K.GIF|K]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_L.GIF|L]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_M.GIF|M]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_N.GIF|N]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_O.GIF|O]]
|
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_UNK6.GIF|Q]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_R.GIF|R]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_S.GIF|S]]*
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_T.GIF|T]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_U.GIF|U]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_UNK1.GIF|V]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_W.GIF|W]]*
|
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_Y.GIF|Y]]
|
|rowspan=3|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_UNK5.GIF|?]] <sup>‡</sup> [[IMAGE:DWEMER_UNK4.GIF|?]]<br>[[IMAGE:DWEMER_UNK8.GIF|?]] [[IMAGE:DWEMER_UNK9.GIF|?]]
|-
!Wormgod
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_A^.GIF|A]]
|
|
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_D^.GIF|D]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_E^.GIF|E]]
|
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_G^.GIF|G]]
|
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_I^.GIF|I]]
|
|
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_L^.GIF|L]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_M^.GIF|M]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_N^.GIF|N]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_O^.GIF|O]]
|
|
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_R^.GIF|R]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_S^.GIF|S]]
|
|
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_V^.GIF|V]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_W^.GIF|W]]
|
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_Y^.GIF|Y]]
|
|-
!Ayleid
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_A$.GIF|A]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_B$.GIF|B]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_C$.GIF|C]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_D$.GIF|D]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_E$.GIF|E]]
|
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_G$.GIF|G]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_H$.GIF|H]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_I$.GIF|I]]
|
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_K$.GIF|K]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_L$.GIF|L]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_M$.GIF|M]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_N$.GIF|N]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_O$.GIF|O]]
|
|
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_R$.GIF|R]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_S$.GIF|S]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_T$.GIF|T]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_U$.GIF|U]]
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_V$.GIF|V]]
|
|
|[[IMAGE:DWEMER_Y$.GIF|Y]]
|
|-
!Skyrim
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-A.png|A]]
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-B.png|B]]
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-C.png|C]]
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-D.png|D]]
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-E.png|E]]
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-F.png|F]]
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-G.png|G]]
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-H.png|H]]
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-I.png|I]]
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-J.png|J]]
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-K.png|K]]
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-L.png|L]]
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-M.png|M]]
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-N.png|N]]
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-O.png|O]]
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-P.png|P]]
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-Q.png|Q]]
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-R.png|R]]
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-S.png|S]]
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-T.png|T]]
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-U.png|U]]
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-V.png|V]]
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-W.png|W]]
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-X.png|X]]
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-Y.png|Y]]
|[[File:Dwemer-SR-Z.png|Z]]
|rowspan=2|
|-
!Falmer <sup>†</sup>
|[[File:FALMER_A.png|16px|A]]
|[[File:FALMER_B.png|16px|B]]
|[[File:FALMER_C.png|16px|C]]
|[[File:FALMER_D.png|16px|D]]
|[[File:FALMER_E.png|16px|E]]
|[[File:FALMER_F.png|16px|F]]
|[[File:FALMER_G.png|16px|G]]
|[[File:FALMER_H.png|16px|H]]
|[[File:FALMER_I.png|16px|I]]
|[[File:FALMER_J.png|16px|J]]
|[[File:FALMER_K.png|16px|K]]
|[[File:FALMER_L.png|16px|L]]
|[[File:FALMER_M.png|16px|M]]
|[[File:FALMER_N.png|16px|N]]
|[[File:FALMER_O.png|16px|O]]
|[[File:FALMER_P.png|16px|P]]
|[[File:FALMER_Q.png|16px|Q]]
|[[File:FALMER_R.png|16px|R]]
|[[File:FALMER_S.png|16px|S]]
|[[File:FALMER_T.png|16px|T]]
|[[File:FALMER_U.png|16px|U]]
|[[File:FALMER_V.png|16px|V]]
|[[File:FALMER_W.png|16px|W]]
|[[File:FALMER_X.png|16px|X]]
|[[File:FALMER_Y.png|16px|Y]]
|[[File:FALMER_Z.png|16px|Z]]
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> {{Small|Speculative}}<br>
† {{Small|The Falmer alphabet bears many similarities with Dwemer script. See [[Lore:Falmer Alphabet|Falmer Alphabet]] for more information.}}
‡ {{Small|It is speculated that the unknown symbol [[IMAGE:DWEMER_UNK5.GIF|?]] is really the letter P, however this is not confirmed.}}
==Known Examples==
[[Image:AyleidLanguage example.jpg|thumb|left|An Ayleid inscription which reads "Av latta magicka, av molag anyammis", which translates to: "From light, magic; from fire, life".]]
Very little is known about the [[Lore:Dwemer|Dwemer]] language, otherwise referred to as '''Dwemeris'''. The above chart lists all characters with known transliterations. More characters exist in the books ''[[{{NAMESPACE}}:Divine Metaphysics|Divine Metaphysics]]'' and ''[[{{NAMESPACE}}:The Egg of Time|The Egg of Time]]'', but these have yet to be translated. (There is strong reason to believe that these books contain just random characters, and do not actually have any meaningful text.)
There are four examples of Dwemer inscriptions for which we have known, confirmed translations at this time. The example on the left is from [[Oblivion:Cloud Top|a ruin]] in [[Oblivion:Oblivion|Oblivion]]. Apparently, the Ayleids used the same script, or a closely related one, as the Dwemer. It reads:<br>
[[IMAGE:DWEMER_A$.GIF|A]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_V$.GIF|V]] [[IMAGE:DWEMER_L$.GIF|L]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_A$.GIF|A]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_T$.GIF|T]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_T$.GIF|T]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_A$.GIF|A]] [[IMAGE:DWEMER_M$.GIF|M]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_A$.GIF|A]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_G$.GIF|G]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_I$.GIF|I]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_C$.GIF|C]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_K$.GIF|K]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_A$.GIF|A]], [[IMAGE:DWEMER_A$.GIF|A]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_V$.GIF|V]] [[IMAGE:DWEMER_M$.GIF|M]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_O$.GIF|O]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_L$.GIF|L]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_A$.GIF|A]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_G$.GIF|G]] [[IMAGE:DWEMER_A$.GIF|A]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_N$.GIF|N]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_Y$.GIF|Y]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_A$.GIF|A]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_M$.GIF|M]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_I$.GIF|I]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_S^.GIF|S]]<br>
or "Av latta magicka, av molag anyammis", which translates to: "From light, magic; from fire, life". This is a reversal (perhaps unintentional) of the phrase translated in the book: ''[[{{NAMESPACE}}:Ayleid Reference Text|Ayleid Reference Text]]'': "From fire, life; from light, magic." The double 'm' in "anyammis" has been truncated to a single 'm', and the 's' is too obscured to see on this inscription, but otherwise, it is clearly the same text.<br><br>
[[Image:WormgodPipe.jpg|thumb|right|A Dwemer pipe which reads "Wormgod" in Dwemer runes.]]
Another confirmed example of Dwemer text is to the right. This inscription appears on all of the pipes inside Dwemer ruins in [[Morrowind:Morrowind|Morrowind]]. It reads simply <br>[[IMAGE:DWEMER_W^.GIF|W]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_O^.GIF|O]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_R^.GIF|R]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_M^.GIF|M]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_G^.GIF|G]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_O^.GIF|O]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_D^.GIF|D]] or "Wormgod", which was the nickname of Gary Noonan, one of the developers at Bethesda. Interesting to note is that unlike the Daedric language, this one features (minimal) punctuation. The dot underneath the last letter is probably not part of the letter, but rather an indicator of the end of the word. (Since it is repeated over and over again on the pipes.)<br><br>
[[Image:DwemerDoor.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A Dwemer door which reads "In loving memory, Gary Noonan, Sr." in Dwemer runes.]]<br><br><br>
A third known example is a tribute by Gary Noonan to his father placed on a door in Morrowind, shown right. The text reads:<br>
[[IMAGE:DWEMER_I^.GIF|I]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_N^.GIF|N]] [[IMAGE:DWEMER_L^.GIF|L]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_O^.GIF|O]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_V^.GIF|V]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_I^.GIF|I]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_N^.GIF|N]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_G^.GIF|G]] [[IMAGE:DWEMER_M^.GIF|M]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_E^.GIF|E]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_M^.GIF|M]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_O^.GIF|O]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_R^.GIF|R]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_Y^.GIF|Y]], [[IMAGE:DWEMER_G^.GIF|G]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_A^.GIF|A]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_R^.GIF|R]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_Y^.GIF|Y]] [[IMAGE:DWEMER_N^.GIF|N]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_O^.GIF|O]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_O^.GIF|O]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_N^.GIF|N]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_A^.GIF|A]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_N^.GIF|N]] [[IMAGE:DWEMER_S^.GIF|S]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_R^.GIF|R]]<br>
Which translates to: "In loving memory, Gary Noonan, Sr."
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[[Image:DwemerBanner.jpg|thumb|250px|left|A Dwemer banner from [[Redguard:Redguard|Redguard]].]]
The banner on the left can be found in [[Redguard:Redguard|Redguard]]. If you look closely, you'll see text written in blue color over the image. It's hard to read in places, but you can make out the following characters:
{|
|
[[IMAGE:DWEMER_A.GIF|A]] [[IMAGE:DWEMER_UNK3.GIF|B]]<br>
[[IMAGE:DWEMER_F.GIF|F]] [[IMAGE:DWEMER_G.GIF|G]]<br>
[[IMAGE:DWEMER_L.GIF|L]] [[IMAGE:DWEMER_M.GIF|N]]<br>
[[IMAGE:DWEMER_UNK6.GIF|Q]] [[IMAGE:DWEMER_R.GIF|R]]<br>
[[IMAGE:DWEMER_UNK1.GIF|?]] [[IMAGE:DWEMER_W.GIF|W]]
| || || ||
A B<br>
F G<br>
L M<br>
Q R<br>
V W
|}
And lower down, you'll see:
:[[IMAGE:DWEMER_S.GIF|S]] [[IMAGE:DWEMER_T.GIF|T]] [[IMAGE:DWEMER_U.GIF|U]] S T U
The significance of these remains unknown at this time. Since each group of characters is in consecutive alphabetical order, it seems likely that it's simply an alphabet.
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[[Image:OB-KotN-DwemerRunes.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Dwemer runes in the [[Oblivion:Chapel of Dibella|Chapel of Dibella]].]]
Another example can be found in the official [[Oblivion:Knights of the Nine|Knights of the Nine]] [[Oblivion:Official Plug-ins|Official Plug-in]]. At the beginning of the quest [[Oblivion:Pilgrimage|Pilgrimage]] the player finds an Ayleid text written on the floor of the [[Oblivion:Anvil|Anvil]] chapel. This text reads [[IMAGE:DWEMER_A$.GIF|A]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_S$.GIF|S]] [[IMAGE:DWEMER_O$.GIF|O]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_I$.GIF|I]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_O$.GIF|O]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_B$.GIF|B]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_A$.GIF|A]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_L$.GIF|L]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_A$.GIF|A]] [[IMAGE:DWEMER_U$.GIF|U]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_M$.GIF|M]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_A$.GIF|A]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_R$.GIF|R]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_I$.GIF|I]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_L$.GIF|L]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_E$.GIF|E]] [[IMAGE:DWEMER_E$.GIF|E]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_H$.GIF|H]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_L$.GIF|L]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_N$.GIF|N]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_A$.GIF|A]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_D$.GIF|D]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_A$.GIF|A]] [[IMAGE:DWEMER_R$.GIF|R]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_A$.GIF|A]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_C$.GIF|C]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_U$.GIF|U]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_V$.GIF|V]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_A$.GIF|A]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_R$.GIF|R]]
which translates to ''As oiobala Umarile, Ehlnada racuvar''. According to the prophet this means: ''By the eternal power of Umaril, the mortal gods shall be cast down.''
This text can also be found on the side of the [[Oblivion:Knights of the Nine|Knights of the Nine]] box.
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[[File:SR-misc-Dwemeris inscription.jpg|thumb|400px|left|A stone which translates both Dwemeris and the [[Lore:Falmer Alphabet|Falmer language]].]]
In Skyrim, a [[Lore:Calcelmo's Stone|stone]] which supposedly translates both Dwemeris as well as the [[Lore:Falmer Alphabet|Falmer language]] can be found in [[sr:Calcelmo's Tower|Calcelmo's Tower]]. The Dwemeris inscription transliterates into:
{| class=wikitable
|Chun thuamer arkngd chend duathand, th ahvardn btham. Amz thuamer ahrkanch kemelmzulchond aka<br>Mora, th thuangz ahrk, th duum melz thuabtharng, th kanthaln duabcharn mzin thuastur, btharumz thua<br>mer zel. Abakch duumarkng tuathumz amakai, th abakch avatheled kagr tuamkingth mzan. Du chal fahl<br>ngark, che du fahl bthun ur. Du chal fahl ngalft, che du bthun ur. Du abak chal thu abazun nchur<br>duabthar, nchul duanchard. Th ur thuanchuth irknd, ur irkngth eftardn, thunch fahlz. Bthun abak dua<br>mzual th nchuan duarkng, chun fahlbthar thuanchardch anum ralz, th eftar thuachendraldch kagren thua<br>vanchningth.
|}
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This is the longest Dwemeris transcription yet found, although no translation is provided. It does share some words with other languages, such as "Mer", suggesting a commonality of some sort.
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[[File:ON-interior-Honor's Rest 02.jpg|thumb|200px|right|An Elven inscription found in Honor's Rest.]]
An inscription is found on several altars in [[Online:Honor's Rest|Honor's Rest]]. If mirrored it is clear that it reads: [[IMAGE:DWEMER_D$.GIF|D]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_I$.GIF|I]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_V$.GIF|V]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_I$.GIF|I]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_N$.GIF|N]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_E$.GIF|E]] [[IMAGE:DWEMER_S$.GIF|S]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_T$.GIF|T]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_A$.GIF|A]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_R$.GIF|R]][[IMAGE:DWEMER_S$.GIF|S]], or "DIVINE STARS".
==Books==
Analysis of the books is inconclusive at this time. Part of the reason is that they are random characters - certain passages are repeated verbatim, but in a different order, from one book to the next, or even on both pages of the same book.<ref>According to ''Douglas Goodall'':
:"''Egg of Time and Divine Metaphysics are, as far as I know, random Dwemer letters. The letters don't have any real pattern or meaning. Dwemer books probably appear meaningless to anyone but a Dwemer anyway. I have some ideas on how Dwemer books might be misinterpreted by modern scholars, but it has little to do with the actual contents of the book.''"
[[General:Douglas Goodall Interview|Douglas Goodall Interview]]</ref> This smacks of copy/pasting by the artist who created the graphics for the pages. Also, substituting the known letters for their English counterparts does not reveal even a hint of readable text. If it's a cypher, it's not a simple one, because several different characters can be seen as single-letter words, whereas in a typical English-language cypher, you would only see two - 'A' and 'I'. A more complex cypher is still a possibility, but without knowing the key, or even the meanings of half of the letters, it would be quite a difficult task to decode it, assuming there is anything to decode.
==={{NewLine|Divine Metaphysics}}===
{|
|[[File:MW-book-Divine Metaphysics p1.jpg|Page 1]]||[[File:MW-book-Divine Metaphysics p2.jpg|Page 2]]
|-
|
VTDL ITSATDB*B CEK
BAG_CQ*DF ADIF GL*Q
KORAB SG RBCEMAO*
EDTF TCKIHN **QMY U
UGBL BUH B V R*FH B
VN CVNCW CGUKC UN
MFSODI KY VTDL ITS
Q_AMBYE_G* E FS WAV.
HL WCG*YA MOABD YK
* ERU*F G* H BEW
M*C ATDB*B CEK HFGD
IV_LQOGSE G INOQR*
BCREN **LAD YFTKI*
F*GAWH GB*I*WEHK C
|
*M *GFTS C*YDU BA_L
HWI A*_RBI *Q_VWR
KR_*U** VELWNR M*O
RV TW*YM *U RC *STB
OS _ROAQ OW*FK EGY
L* NL_ROIWHC DYOF
FBR MWVEK UNHO _R
MFV Y T JOG HFM NH
U *GCA RW SHV VR B
R D_ KE* YL TAQ* SE
QLI DHF*Y*_UDCK* H
_*_OHEY O GFF_* YO
D *WCWTN SIQ** W*ND
O * IQGAH FVC KWYB
|}
==={{NewLine|The Egg of Time}}===
{|
|[[File:MW-book-Egg Of Time p1.jpg|Page 1]]||[[File:MW-book-Egg Of Time p2.jpg|Page 2]]
|-
|
Q_AMBYE_G* E FS WAV
IV_LQOGSE G INOQR*
F*GAWH GB*I*WEHK C
EDTF TCKIHN **QMY U
UGBL BUH B V R*FH B
VN CVNCW CGUKC UN
HL WCG*YA MOA*D YK
MFSODI KY VTDL ITS
M*C ATDB*B CEK HFGD
KORAB SG RBCEMAO*
*AG_CQ*DF ADIF GL*Q
VTDL ITSATDB*B CEK
* ERU*F G* H BEW
BCREN **LAD YFTKI*
|
YFTKI* M*C G* H BEW
CEK GL*Q ATDB*B V
CVNCW RBCEMAO* VN B
KORAB SG ADIF HFGD
**LAD ITSATDB*B BUH
MOA*D CEK * ERU*F
VTDL VTDL *AG_CQ*DF
ITS C BCREN WCG*YA
MFSODI KY HL YK MY
UN CGUKC R*FH UGBL
EDTF H U TCKIHN **Q
F*GAW B G INOQR* E
GB*I*WEHK IV_LQOGSE
Q_AMBYE_G* FS WAV
|}
==References==
<references/>
==External links==
* [http://dwemerstudies.wiwiland.net/ Academy for Dwemer Studies] - includes a font containing all Dwemer glyphs
[[Category:Lore-Alphabets]]