Dwarven Language Resources?

[Arbiter of Wyrms]

I have Races of Stone and Dragon 278. What other resources am I missing for advice on the Dwarven language?

 

[smootrk]

Tolkien

Start Here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirth

 

[Vraille Darkfang]

Find your Uncle.

Make sure he is around your young, impressionable, nephew.

Drop something heavy "accidentlly" onto his foot.

The accompaning sounds can form the basis of any number of Dwarven Verbs/Nouns/Adjectives.


(This actually works really well for dwarven curse words, to this day "Frick, de'rick tho shivle regris umere grave" is one of the worst things a dwarf can call you.

 

[Clueless]

So a continual stream of "Nuts. nutsnutsnuts... nuts." is dwarven cursing?

 

[the black knight]

What other resources am I missing for advice on the Dwarven language?

Uh... your imagination?

 

[countgray]

Dwarven Language

There is a substantial amount of information about the Dwarven language of the Forgotten Realms in the sourcebook Dwarves Deep. It includes a glossary of many Dwarven words.

It is available from Paizo or RPGnow.com as a legal PDF download for around $4.

Check out this link: http://paizo.com/store/brand/forgottenRealms/roleplayingGames/2ndEdition/v5748btpy7mku

 

[countgray]

Daily Dwarf Common

Also check out this link to some common phrases and words a dwarf might say in the Realms:

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/rl/20061018a

 

[countgray]

Some extra dwarven vocabulary from Ed Greenwood

Ed Greenwood posted on line some additional words of dwarven in a post over in the Candlekeep forums. The text of his post is as follows:

"The dwarven language section of FR11 was kept short, because even back then there was an attitude of “Runes are okay for dungeon inscriptions, but THIS is fluff! Keep it short, and give us more new monsters and magic instead!” You’ve no doubt noticed that I tended to stick to “adventuring-situation” words. However, I quite agree that a LOT is missing.
Quite honestly, I don’t have the time to work up a proper “tongue” right now, and probably won’t for a long time to come, but I can certainly expand the working Dwarvish vocabulary by listing some of the ‘missing words’ you mention, as follows:


adamantine: ohloro (usually shortened to “hloro” in everyday speech)
adamantite: oro
armor (plate or piece): harth
chain (linked end to end in rope-like form, not armor): burr
chainmail shirt: hauburr
cold: thorord (“THOR-ord”)
dragon: aug
giant (the creatures): raullen (“RAWL-un”) (literally “tall-walker”) (plural: raraullen)
gleam (reflected light, also a reflected image): spaerend (“SPAYUR-end”)
goblin: usarr (plural: sarr)
hammer: dorth
helm: tholdokh (“thole-DOCK”)
hoard (usually of a dragon, but can be any monster-guarded treasure): augdauh (“og-DAW”)
hobgoblin: usark (plural: sark)
journey (‘walk’): ullen (“ULL-en”)
kobold: ubol (plural: boldrin)
leathers (underlayer for armor, or forge-aprons and other protection): surk (plural: surrthen)
light (true, steady light, such as sunlight, moonlight, and phosphorescence): hara
light hammer (the weapon): hardorth (“HAR-dorth”)
light hammer (a finework tool, smaller than a hardorth): trast
mithral: himral (“HIMM-rall”)
pick (the tool or weapon, not the act of selection): isson (“ISS-awn”) (literally “pierce-stone”)
pierce: iss
priest: thaebrast (“THAY-brast”) (plural: thaebrar)
shield (the item): harbarak (“HAR-bay-ur-ak”) (often shortened to “barak” in daily use)
silver: thordspaer (literally “cold-gleam”)
stone: onn (“AW-nnn”)
tall (high): rau (“RAWW”)
war: aragh (“AR-ag”)
war hammer: aragh dorth
winter: arauthorord (“ar-AW-thor-ord”) (literally “great-cold”)