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There are six '''languages''' in ''Dwarf Fortress'':
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* [[Divine language]]
 
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* [[Dwarven language]]
 
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* [[Elvish language]]
 
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* [[Goblin language]]
 
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* [[Human language]]
 
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==Vocabulary==
 
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There are 3,300 words (1,737 nouns, 698 verbs, 849 adjectives, and 16 prefixes).
 
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They are sorted into 2,195 root words. For instance, the noun "age" and the verb "to age" are under the same root word AGE.
 
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===Nouns===
 
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{{Noun dictionary}}
 
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===Verbs===
 
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{{Verb dictionary}}
 
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===Adjectives===
 
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{{Adjective dictionary}}
 
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===Prefixes===
 
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{{Prefix dictionary}}
 
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==Alphabet comparison==
 
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![[Dwarven language|Dwarven]]
 
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|A||À||Á||Â||Ä||Å||B||C|| ||D||E||È||É||Ê||Ë||F||G||H||I||Ì||Í||Î||Ï|| ||K||L||M||N|| ||O||Ò||Ó||Ô||Ö|| || ||R||S||T||U||Ù||Ú||Û||V|| || || || ||Z||40
 
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|A|| || || || || ||B||C||Ç||D||E||È||É|| || ||F||G||H||I||Ì||Í|| || || ||K||L||M||N|| ||O||Ò||Ó|| || ||P||Q||R||S||T||U||Ù||Ú|| ||V||W|| ||Y||Ÿ||Z||34
 
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|A|| || ||Â||Ä||Å||B|| || ||D||E|| || ||Ê||Ë|| ||G||H|| || || || || || ||K||L||M||N|| ||O|| || ||Ô||Ö||P|| ||R||S||T||U|| || ||Û|| || ||X|| || ||Z||26
 
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==Vocabulary comparison==
 
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Hilarious misunderstandings occur because many words overlap between languages.
 
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===Dwarven and Goblin===
 
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|an ||MEDITATION ||CAD
 
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|ar ||FLESH ||SKIRT (clothing)
 
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|ast ||SABRE ||BUCKLE
 
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|äs ||CAVE ||FRAY
 
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|bem ||FLUTE ||WERE
 
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|ber ||EARTH ||BARBARITY
 
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|bor ||CHUNK ||BALD
 
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|bul ||LARD ||SLOP
 
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|dum ||MOUTH ||OLIVE
 
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|eb ||SUCK ||PASTIME
 
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|ed ||EARLY ||STUNTED
 
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|em ||EAST ||JACKAL
 
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|er ||FAT ||CLOSE
 
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|es ||CLEAR ||REWARD
 
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|et ||LATE ||TRIFLE
 
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|gan ||DISH ||CLUB
 
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|gor ||PIT ||SLY
 
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|guz ||SIMPLE ||COMEDY
 
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|kast ||GENIUS ||GARNISH
 
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|keng ||STEAM ||PLAIN
 
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|kod ||BLOT ||KNIGHT
 
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|lam ||STONE ||MONKEY
 
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|laz ||SCALE (verb) ||DEARTH
 
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|lod ||ONE ||SOAK
 
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|mot ||STRANGE ||FUR
 
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|ner ||LAKE ||MULE
 
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|nog ||FOOT ||PRIDE
 
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|nol ||TONGUE ||AURA
 
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|num ||WIND (storm) ||IMPUNITY
 
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|ad || SUN || HAIR
 
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|ama || GOD || FENCE
 
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|ebe || BAND (group) || WORSHIPPER
 
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|elo || HOLY || RADIANCE
 
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|elu || RIPE || LITTLE
 
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|nonu || CREW || CALL
 
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|obe || VENERATE || GREATEST
 
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|omo || ROAR || CAVE
 
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|omu || MARKET || SLUG
 
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|ora || CLAP || GLIDE
 
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|oro || SWEEP || TRIM
 
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|ralu || SLUG || DIGNITY
 
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|ada || BERRY || TRUTHFUL
 
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|alu || WATER || WIND (storm)
 
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|ama || GOD || STAR
 
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|ame || GROW || COOPERATE
 
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|amo || SHOVE || NEO
 
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|ana || COUPLE || COSMOS
 
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|ani || OVER || AUNT
 
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|ano || SPIRIT || LOVER
 
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|apa || PADDLE || SKIRT (verb)
 
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|are || SEED || GOOD
 
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|ari || LIBERTY || BOOT
 
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|aro || FOOT || BLUE
 
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|aru || SYRUP || HEAD
 
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|ase || SPOT || SEED
 
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|asi || QUILL || SPEAR
 
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|aso || GRAY || LEAF
 
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|ata || PEBBLE || ZENITH
 
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|atho || ARM || SOUL
 
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|cema || BABY || CRY
 
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|coni || CREEP || ROOM
 
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|curo || BURDEN || RINGOBJECT
 
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|dana || MUSCLE || HOPE
 
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|dema || RAG || TOUCH
 
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|ebe || BAND (group) || LABOR
 
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|edi || FLECK || EGG
 
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|ele || EVER || PALE
 
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|elu || RIPE || AFFECTION
 
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|ene || BOLT || SHIMMER
 
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|eno || ULTIMATE || CITY
 
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|eri || LEAN || MAGIC
 
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|ero || PEACE || CONTINENT
 
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|eslo || CLIMATE || SHORE
 
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|ete || MONK || RUSH
 
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|eve || EVISCERATE || FLICKER
 
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|ica || PRICE || EAGLE
 
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|ika || HARVEST || SHEAR
 
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|iki || THORN || PLEAT
 
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|ile || FRUIT || RAY
 
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|ilo || PINNACLE || LAUD
 
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|ime || ONEPREF || DEAR
 
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|imi || CHILD || RUMOR
 
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|ina || HUG || BED
 
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|ini || TREAT || STRAP
 
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|ino || GUARD || FIN
 
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|isa || SHAFT || PINNACLE
 
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|isi || BAND (object) || NET
 
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|iwa || BARRICADE || APOGEE
 
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|iwo || MAW || BUSH
 
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|kara || GLORY || HEAT
 
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|lema || FULL || IVY
 
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|leru || PRIMITIVE || PEEK
 
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|lofi || WORSHIPPER || TROT
 
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|mela || SAVIOR || WHITE
 
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|momi || HAUNT || RUSTIC
 
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|mori || NEGATIVE || PLATE
 
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|muthe || LARD || CAMP
 
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|nani || TOE || COINCIDENCE
 
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|nelo || PASS (mountain) || FALSE
 
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|nonu || CREW || FLOOD
 
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|oda || FOG || WEEP
 
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|ofi || SIZZLE || TRITE
 
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|oma || BLOAT || WALK
 
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|omo || ROAR || BOY
 
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|ori || DISLOYAL || BRIDGE
 
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|othi || COOK || PLAIN (adj.)
 
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|paro || SLUDGE || SPLIT
 
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|paru || DRAWL || HUT
 
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|pima || KIN || WADDLE
 
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|radi || CASKET || KINDLE
 
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|rama || LIBERATE || FREE
 
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|rane || PASS (verb) || KNIGHT
 
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|rere || WHEEL || AMBIGUOUS
 
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|teme || TWO || LESSON
 
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|thili || ANGEL || DISTINCT
 
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|thine || DISEMBOWELMENT || DUMPLING
 
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|uce || THREAT || CALL
 
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|ula || GROWL || SENSUAL
 
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|ume || HUNGER || FUR
 
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===Elvish, Goblin, and Human===
 
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{| class = "wikitable sortable"
 
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! Word !! Elvish !! Goblin !! Human
 
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|aba || LAST || PEBBLE || MEDITATION
 
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|abo || SHUT || AGE || MAN
 
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|ala || FIRST || PROPHET || MATCH (equal)
 
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|ama || GOD || FENCE || STAR
 
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|ana || COUPLE || HOLE || COSMOS
 
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|aro || FOOT || WHISKER || BLUE
 
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|aru || SYRUP || MANGE || HEAD
 
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|ebe || BAND (group) || WORSHIPPER || LABOR
 
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|elu || RIPE || LITTLE || AFFECTION
 
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|eslo || CLIMATE || EQUITY || SHORE
 
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|nelo || PASS (mountain) || DEFECT (fault) || FALSE
 
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|nonu || CREW || CALL || FLOOD
 
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|oda || FOG || FLOOD || WEEP
 
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|oma || BLOAT || UNTRUSTWORTHY || WALK
 
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|omo || ROAR || CAVE || BOY
 
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|ume || HUNGER || LAVENDER || FUR
 
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{| class = "wikitable sortable"
 
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! Word !! goblin !! human
 
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|ab || TAME || FARM
 
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|aba || PEBBLE || MEDITATION
 
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|abo || AGE || MAN
 
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|ad || HEARTH || HAIR
 
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|ado || VIOLENCE || STONE
 
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|adu || STAKE || BOARD (plank)
 
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|ago || IMMORALITY || GEAR
 
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|ak || OOZE || TWIG
 
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|akul || LABOR || QUEST
 
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|ala || PROPHET || MATCH (equal)
 
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|ama || FENCE || STAR
 
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|an || CAD || GLORY
 
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|ana || HOLE || COSMOS
 
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|ar || SKIRT(clothing) || STILL (unmoving)
 
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|arad || SUPPER || DRUM (verb)
 
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|aro || WHISKER || BLUE
 
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|aru || MANGE || HEAD
 
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|as || MYSTERY || DOOR
 
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|asa || BOTHER || METEOR
 
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|aslu || EVER || CIRCLE
 
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|asto || DRINKER || DESERT
 
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|asu || BEND || HAZE
 
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|ath || SPLASH || INFERIOR
 
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|atu || FLY(animal) || RUST
 
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|bok || ABSOLUTE || VIGOR
 
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|dak || PADDLE || SHACK
 
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|deng || GLOVE || KING
 
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|duka || REGAL || SUGAR
 
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|ebe || WORSHIPPER || LABOR
 
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|ega || VULGAR || TAME
 
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|elu || LITTLE || AFFECTION
 
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|em || JACKAL || GLOSS
 
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|en || MITE || LEGEND
 
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|engo || LETTER || SUCK
 
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|er || CLOSE || CALM
 
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|es || REWARD || POINT (verb)
 
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|eslo || EQUITY || SHORE
 
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|esme || SULLEN || PALM
 
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|espo || GIFT || TAUT
 
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|gol || CONVENIENT || MEAN (low)
 
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|gut || STRANGE || GRUB
 
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|kas || DENOMINATION || CONTROL
 
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|kod || KNIGHT || STALK
 
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|kose || GLAD || SWIFT
 
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|kud || DESTRUCTION || CLEAVE
 
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|kuda || CLAP || SANDAL
 
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|kul || DESERT (verb) || HOLE
 
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|lam || MONKEY || BREAD
 
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|lod || SOAK || LARGE
 
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|lon || SUBORDINATE || DATE (verb)
 
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|mon || PLANE || HOLY
 
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|mong || AUTONOMY || NATION
 
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|mubo || SLIM || MIND
 
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|muk || MERCHANT || SEIZE
 
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|nelo || DEFECT (fault) || FALSE
 
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|ngab || WITHER || DEFECT (fault)
 
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|ngok || LACE || GUT
 
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|nonu || CALL || FLOOD
 
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|nor || DIMPLE || COLD
 
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|nul || DEIFY || SORROW
 
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|ob || FRAME || UN
 
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|obu || HAIL (greet) || LUNCH
 
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|oda || FLOOD || WEEP
 
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|odo || RIPE || UNTHINKABLE
 
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|odu || ARM || BLIND
 
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|og || PLAIN (adj.) || PULL
 
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|oko || SHEEN || PAD (noun)
 
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|ol || KEEPER || SPORT
 
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|olo || CRAWL || WALL
 
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|om || BURST || CROSS (noun)
 
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|oma || UNTRUSTWORTHY || WALK
 
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|omo || CAVE || BOY
 
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|on || GUTTER || PRAISE
 
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|ong || GLIMMER || SULLEN
 
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|ongu || COTTON || HAMMER
 
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|ono || HATCHET || TOWER
 
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|onu || BOG || RUB
 
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|or || EVERLASTING || LIP
 
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|oru || HAME || FOREVER
 
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|osa || SOUR || ABSOLUTE
 
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|osp || FOUNTAIN || AXE
 
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|ost || ARROW || TERROR
 
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|ostra || LACONIC || SLITHER
 
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|ot || GARLIC || EAT
 
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|otod || VERMIN || COLORLESS
 
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|otu || FISHANIMAL || VIRTUE
 
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|oxa || UNCERTAIN || TRAMPLE
 
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|ozo || STORM || FACTION
 
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|reko || FILTH || GHOUL
 
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|rom || CONSTRUCT || AGELESS
 
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|rud || AMBER || GRAVEL
 
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|sor || INFLUENCE || FUNERAL
 
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|sted || LARGE || APEX
 
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|-
 
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|stran || BILE || IMAGE
 
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|-
 
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|sur || SQUIRT || SHAME
 
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|-
 
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|tar || SOMBER || LAND
 
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|-
 
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|tet || TOUCHY || BREAK
 
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|-
 
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|tod || TWINKLE || BAR
 
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|-
 
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|tode || DISLOYAL || MEAD
 
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|-
 
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|tol || LAMB || YEAR
 
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|-
 
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|tul || TOAST || WARM
 
−
|-
 
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|ube || NOOSE || PLUM
 
−
|-
 
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|ubo || TRUSTWORTHY || DIRT
 
−
|-
 
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|ul || GLAZE || LESSER
 
−
|-
 
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|ule || JOKE || OPEN
 
−
|-
 
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|ulo || STICK (verb) || ENTRANCE (verb)
 
−
|-
 
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|ume || LAVENDER || FUR
 
−
|-
 
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|umo || HUSTLE || BAD
 
−
|-
 
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|ung || BACK || VOID
 
−
|-
 
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|ur || BRIGHT || ROCK
 
−
|-
 
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|ura || SCOLD || DEATH
 
−
|-
 
−
|uram || GLOSS || TUMMY
 
−
|-
 
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|us || GOOSE || GORGE (noun)
 
−
|-
 
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|use || TWIG || ACT
 
−
|-
 
−
|ustol || MURDER || SPY
 
−
|-
 
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|usu || CUDGEL || HOLLOW
 
−
|-
 
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|uta || CARRY || PIT
 
−
|-
 
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|uzo || CONFLICT || TENACITY
 
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|}
 
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===Dwarven and Elvish===
 
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None. Dwarves and Elves dislike each other so much, they made sure to keep their languages completely separate.
 
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==Observations==
 
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===Vocabulary===
 
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There are words for "[[pearl]]" (''kovest'') and "pumpkin" (''fongbez'') both of which do not even exist in-universe.
 
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There are names for every color except "orange". They have a word for "[[amber]]", "amethyst", "aqua", "aquamarine", "auburn", "azure", "beige", "black", "blue", "brown", "cerulean", "charcoal", "chestnut", "chocolate", "cinnamon", "crimson", "ecru", "emerald", "fuchsia", "golden", "goldenrod", "gray", "green", "heliotrope", "indigo", "ivory", "jade", "lavender", "mahogany", "maroon", "mauve", "mint", "ochre", "olive", "pale", "pink", "puce", "purple", "red", "rosy", "saffron", "scarlet", "silvery", "tan", "teal", "turquoise", "umber", "vermilion", "violet", "white", and "yellow" but not "orange". (Actually, there are noun forms for "lime", "orange", "lilac", "moss", "periwinkle", and "plum", but no matching adjective form.)
 
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There are no words for "dwarf", "human", "elf", or "goblin" in any of the languages.
 
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In Simon Swerwer’s “Highway to the Danger Room”, goblin translates to ''omer-ar'' which means “green flesh”.
 
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===Morphology===
 
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The four predefined languages (Dwarven, Elvish, Human, and Goblin) have no real [[wikipedia:Morphology (linguistics)|morphology]]. So, for example, the adjective "oaken" and the noun "oak" are the same word. For another example, the verb "to dream", the adjective "dreamy", and the noun "dream" are all the same word.
 
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==Word length and letter frequency==
 
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<gallery>
 
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File:Wordlengthgraph.png|Word length frequencies in all languages except Kobold.
 
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File:Letterfrequencygraph.png|Letter frequencies in all languages except Kobold.
 
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</gallery>
 
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{{-}}
 
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==Input==
 
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Because ''Dwarf Fortress'' does not properly translate normal Unicode input into [[character table|CP437]], the game's native character set, attempting to enter many of the letters used in the various languages, like á or ô will produce a totally different symbol instead — the symbol whose CP437 code (the bold-italic numbers in the [[character table]]) corresponds to the Unicode number of the letter entered (the unstyled numbers just above the CP437 codes, but note that these are in hexadecimal). Perusing the table will show that this in fact ''only'' lines up correctly for the NUL character (useless) and the "normal" letter/punctuation range from the space (0x20) to ~ (0x7E). Anything else will produce either the corresponding character, if there is one, or unknown results possibly dependent on the host operating system. To insert a particular character outside the "matching" range, such as Ñ, you must find its CP437 code – 0xA5 for Ñ – and insert the character with that code in Unicode - in this case, ¥. DF will conveniently misinterpret your input as the intended character. Note, however, that many character codes in the CP437 set do not correspond to printing characters in unicode ­– 0x7F-0x9F, for example, which covers many of the accented vowels; these won't appear on keyboards, but any kind of direct unicode input will probably still work.
 
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==Grammar==
 
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A study on Dwarven language and grammar has been done on the Bay 12 Forums, at http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=173289
 
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[[Category:Language|Language]]
 
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[[ru:Language]]
 

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