Tamriel talk:Dwemer Alphabet

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[edit] Dwemer script on the KotN box

After reading the article about the Tamriel:Daedric Alphabet I've discovered the runes on the siede of the DVD boxes for the first time. Curious I've looked what is written on the Knights of the Nine box. I do not know if this box (containing all DLCs) is availible in the US. But on the German version they're runes, too. But these are Dwemeri runes. According to this chart the text reads:

UMARILA A?LNADA RA?UYAR A? OIOEALA

The ? are standing for unknown letters. The U was assumed by me, because of the likeness to Umaril. The text seems not to make any sens. If somebosy knows the translation or can read more from these runes please tell me (and the rest of the people that want to decode the Dwemeri). If a picture of the runes is needed: you can find one here. --Killfetzer 18:13, 11 October 2007 (EDT)

Ooh, good catch! We've known for a while that Ayleid text is written in Dwemer script. I'll have to take a closer look at these later. It's too bad a lot of the text is obscured and un-readable, but we might be able to extract some new letters out of this. --TheRealLurlock ^Talk 22:46, 11 October 2007 (EDT)

Looks to me like it's trying to say "As oiobala Umarile, Ehlnada racuvar" (rearranged), which is written in blood around Anvil Chapel's altar and referred to by the prophet at the start of the quest. It translates as "By the eternal power of Umaril, the mortal gods shall be cast down". See this note for more details. --Rpeh^{•T•C•E•} 00:10, 12 October 2007 (EDT)

Thank you, Rpeh. Than we have at least some more Dwemeri/Ayleid runes. Especially the Y looks really Dwemeri like. But the text seems to be Ayleid. Another hint that the two scripts are identical. --Killfetzer 03:25, 12 October 2007 (EDT)

Is there any chance you could upload a scan so we can see the new letters? --Rpeh^{•T•C•E•} 03:43, 12 October 2007 (EDT)

Done. I hope Bethesda solves the remaining letters in TES V ;) --Killfetzer 05:07, 12 October 2007 (EDT)

[edit] Ayleid language example

I'm just curious about where the example in the picture to the left can be seen in-game, in which Ayleid ruin.--Quill 08:47, 13 February 2008 (EST)

I'm guessing from the translation that it is in Vahtacen. --Gaebrial 09:24, 13 February 2008 (EST)

A guess as good as any, but still a guess. Somebody knows, and I too would like to. :) --Quill 16:53, 13 February 2008 (EST)

Unfortunately the editor who uploaded the image is no longer active on the site, so you're unlikely to get an answer from him. And the lack of more definitive responses from anyone else probably means that none of the active editors know, either. So all you're likely to get are guesses. If you want to find out for sure, you're probably going to have to go and explore on your own, or search the game's .bsa file for that texture and then see where it was used. --Nephele^Talk 01:43, 15 February 2008 (EST)

It's from Cloud Top. --Nephele^Talk 10:20, 12 June 2008 (EDT)

[edit] Re-Formatting

This page is, to be frank, a complete mess. I think it needs some serious re-formating. --HMSVictory^Talk 11:19, 22 April 2008 (EDT)