Languages

(This is the page for the languages present in the series, including Dragon. You may be looking for the species, or Undauntable's cat named Dragon instead.)

There are different languages spoken by the creatures in the Wings of Fire universe.

Dragon

The written language of dragons as shown in The Lost Heir (graphic novel), by Mike Holmes

A guide to the dragon alphabet for young dragonets, as shown in Moon Rising (graphic novel), by Mike Holmes

Dragon, or Dragonspeak, 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 prologue of The Lost Continent, when Clearsight arrives, it is stated that the Pantalan dragons speak the old language, and only a few of them speak Dragon, which was the old language at that time. As Luna and Jerboa III could understand each other, it is confirmed that modern Pantalans speak Dragon.

Wren is a scavenger known to speak Dragon, which she uses to communicate with Sky, her dragon friend. She later teaches Rose and Daffodil how to speak Dragon. According to her, the written language of Dragon has the appearance of a bunch of fire, claw, and moon symbols. It also has an alphabetical order, and is made up of letters, not characters.

Known Words

Dragon	Human Translation
"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."

Aquatic

Tsunami flashing the Royal SeaWing markings on her wings as seen in The Lost Heir (graphic novel), by Mike Holmes

Aquatic is the secret language used by SeaWings to communicate underwater. Instead of spoken words, Aquatic uses a series of talon gestures and the flashing of the bioluminescent stripes along the SeaWing's body. Due to the fact that only SeaWings possess these stripes, the language is not spoken by dragons from any other tribe. Royal SeaWings have special spiral markings along their wings. Tsunami is a rare case of a SeaWing who does not understand Aquatic very well at all, being raised in a cave by the Talons of Peace. Whirlpool tried and failed to teach Aquatic to Tsunami by having her copy him lighting up his bioluminescent stripes in a recitation of a passage from one of Coral's scrolls. Riptide had a little more success, teaching it to Tsunami by showing her simple words and phrases and having her copy them. SeaWings also occasionally use Aquatic to pass secret messages without dragons from other tribes and dragons who do not understand Aquatic knowing what it means, like when Shark made the gesture: "Not right now, we'll finish this later," to the guards.

Known Signs

Aquatic	Translation
Making a circle with index claw	"Not right now, we'll finish this later."
An undescribed claw gesture	"Inform the Queen."
Three flashes on the tail stripes	"Squid-brain."
Short snout stripe flash	"Who?"
Snout stripes flashed twice	"What?"
Three different snout stripes each flashed once	"Where?"
Long snout stripe flash	"How?"
Short snout stripe flash followed by a long flash	"When?"
Triple snout stripe flash	"Why?"
Stripes along the dragon's side and talon gestures	"I will protect you."
Some tiny stripes on the snout	"Hello."
Spreading webbed claws	"I don't know."
Pointing and stripes on the side	"All right?"
A stripe on wings	"Silence."
Stripes on the sides of the body flashed twice fast	"Shut up!"[citation needed]
Scales flashing along part of wings	"Why are you acting like an indecisive jellyfish right now?"
Scales under wings	"[Pronoun] said to meet [pronoun] at the sunset beach of the Island Palace."
Scales under wings	"I'm sorry."
Flashing stripes from snout to tail made accidentally by Tsunami while trying to interact with Riptide	"Hey, sparkling teeth, I totally love three of your claws but not the others, and I wish your snout was a herring so I could eat it and also your wings sound like sharks snoring."
Some tiny stripes on the snout	"I love my/our egg."[citation needed]
Some tiny stripes on the snout	"Love."[citation needed]
Unspecified sequence of stripes alongside words	Indicates high anxiety.
One long tail stripe flash	"Sea urchin up his snout."
Two short tail stripe flashes and a flick of the talons	"Shark bait."
One quick flash of the tail stripes with a talon wiggle	"Creeping tentacle."
Two flashes with talons tapped together and pointed upward	"Stuck-up barnacle."
Two quick tail stripe flashes and a cricle drawn with a talon	"Moon eel."
One long tail stripe flash with a talon wiggle	"Sponge-snout."
Two short side stripe flashes with a talon on your heart	"My sweet seashell."
One short side stripe flash with a talon on your heart	"Ocean's delight."
One long side stripe flash while bringing talons together	"Adorable sea turtle."
Two short side stripe flashes with talons crossed across chest	"Beloved dolphin of my heart."
Three scale stripe flickers and a tail tap	"Sparkling teeth."
Three flashes of all snout stripes	"Three moons!"
Quick flash of side stripes with talons outstretched and wriggling	"Like sand through my talons."
Tail stripes flickering while tail whips back and forth	"Snapper got your tail?"
All scales flashing rapidly while talons shake wildly	"You look like you've been shocked by an eel!"

Gallery

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  Whirlpool speaking to Tsunami in the Aquatic class from The Lost Heir (graphic novel), by Mike Holmes
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  Shark speaking to the guards in Aquatic from The Lost Heir (graphic novel), by Mike Holmes
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  Tsunami speaking to Auklet in aquatic from The Lost Heir (graphic novel), by Mike Holmes
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  Riptide teaching Tsunami the phrase "squid-brain" in Aquatic from The Lost Heir (graphic novel), by Mike Holmes
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  Riptide teaching basic Aquatic to Tsunami from The Lost Heir (graphic novel), by Mike Holmes
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  Tsunami telling Coral that she will protect Auklet's Eggfrom The Lost Heir (graphic novel), by Mike Holmes

Pantalan

Pantalan was the original language spoken by the residents on the continent of Pantala. It appears that most words are based on plant parts. The language is not used in modern Pantala anymore, as Clearsight taught the Pantalan dragons how to speak Dragon. This language is most likely extinct.

Known Translations

Pantalan	Pyrrhian Translation
"Luna"	"Moon"
"Leefromichou"	"Where are you from?"
"Rootplace"	"Home"
"Treeharm"	"Harms the trees"
"Twigheartlot"	"Dragon/Dragons"
"Splinterfall"	"Damaged and broken falling trees"
"Wayroot"	"Where is your home?"

Human

Human is the human language. From a dragon's perspective, Human sounds like squeaking and chirping noises, while Dragon sounds like growling and roaring nonsense to humans. Sky is the only dragon known to speak Human partially.