The Dragon's Spoken Language

Most dragons live in the Asiatic regions and a slang version of the dragon language has developed, influenced by Chinese (never to be spoken to The Dragon). The language has no future or past tense, only a present tense. They don’t conjugate verbs. In other words, it would be as though they were saying, “I is, they is, he is”, etc.

Frequency is a very important factor: for example, the word “I” has 101 different dragon words, depending on the frequency. “I am happy” has a much higher frequency than “I am sad”, and so a different word for “I” would be used in each case. Frequency also determines word order, much as in English. “Do come here!” has a more imperative nuance than “Won’t you come here?”

Nouns
There is no word for “a” and the word “the” does not change as in French or German. There are, therefore, no genders associated with nouns.

the world …………………………………..xit yataam
the dragon………………………………….xit zayagasong
the tree………………………………………xit yit
the ocean…………………………………..xit aaw
the grass…………………………………….xit limansangtriug
and …………………………………………...simmat, liyong, zuganyg
(different words used for different frequencies)

Sentences
It is pretty ………………………………..etti sa krimsaet
You are pretty (plural)……………..riysunis sai krimsaetyi
I am tired…………………………………..li wtang ma
They are tired…………………………..lisuun wtang r
He is glad…………………………………….uusaat ro nsto
We are glad…………………………………nstoyan uusaat
She is old…………………………………….osoyizat ro osozatin
You are old (singular)…………………riysu osoyizat z
I am hungry………………………………..adu ma we
Within the earth………………………..firma to sa
I command you to………………………ma tum se a
(used for young dragons)

Adjectives
sad………………………………………………sontt
happy………………………………………….song
tired…………………………………………..wtang
strong…………………………………………ghrun (h is silent)
tasty…………………………………………..yess
delicious…………………………………….yattumsaw
scared…………………………………………tarraeng
respectful………………………………….lizetxya
large………………………………………….parrat
small………………………………………….par
hot……………………………………………..solt
cold…………………………………………..brisolt
good………………………………………….czriyattgan
sick……………………………………………pust
well………………………………………….yamasatuung

Excerpt from Secrets of Hidden Realms