Dragon (language)

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Dragon is the language spoken by Pyrrhian dragons, and later by Pantalans as well. It was formally named in The Lost Continent.

There is an old language as well, but the name of the old language is unknown. In The Lost Continent prologue, when Clearsight arrives, it is stated that the Pantalan dragons speak the old language and only a few Pantalan dragons speak the 'dragon' language. As Luna and Jerboa could understand each other in the epilogue of The Lost Continent, it is proven that Pantalans now use Dragon to speak. Some dragons may still know the old language, but choose to use the present one.

It was referred to as the ‘old language‘ in the prologue of The Lost Continent when Clearsight arrived on Pantala.

In the Prologue of The Hive Queen, Luna states that her name means 'Moon' in the old Pantalan language. As Luna means moon in Latin, this could imply at least some parts of the old language were Latin.

Known Words

Rrrrrr rrrrrmble rrrrrgle rrrrrbpity rrrrrflte = And stay away from dragons from now on.

Grumble growl roargle grawrf = Deathbringer

Roar roar roargle = Don't run away.

ROAR roar ROAR! = I said don't run away!

ROAR! GROARF! = Hey! Come back!

ROARITY ROAR ROAR ROAWR! = I won't eat you, I promise!

Orgle roargle roarfy growl = There. Now you can't run away.

Roarble groarf? = So. Where is the treasure?

ROARBLE roargrr argh roarf = All right, you're adorable, but that's enough.

Groar? Owrl? Roar? = Dreamvisitor? Treasure? Now?

Boarf = Thank you.

Roarble roarble? = Where's the rest?

Roarble roarble! ROAR! = The rest of the treasure. That you stole. Where this came from.

Roar roar growl roar roar = You're very cute, but you're all a lot of trouble.

Roar? Roar roargrr roar? = Oh. Do you want a ride? Are you sure?

Roarble roarble = All right. Hold on tight.

ROOOOOAAARRR roargrrrrROARGRRROAR! ROAAARGH? = This isn't all of it! Where's the Eye? Why isn't it here? You must have it! Where else could it be? I need the Eye of Onyx. It's my one chance to end the war! How am I supposed to end the war without it?

GRRRRMPH = Well said. That's very helpful.

Roarmorgrrroarble = You're brave and cute. I wish I could keep you. If Glory can have a sloth, I don't see why I can't have a scavenger or two. But it's too dangerous. I'd feel terrible if one of you got hurt.

Trivia

• Wren is the only scavenger known to speak Dragon, which she uses to communicate with Sky.
• The written language of Dragon has the appearance of a bunch of fire, claw, and moon symbols, according to Wren.
• Dragon may have some similarities to languages that vary meaning based on inflection, such as Mandarin. Speech such as "roarble roarble" can mean either "Where's the rest?" "The rest of the treasure?" or "All right. Hold on tight".