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Letâs Talk About the Drowic Alphabet!
One of the things I want to revisit on this blog is the phonetics of Drowic, and before I rehashed my old ideas, I wanted to look at the actual alphabet that would actually turn those phonemes into language. I was typing up my thoughts to try to put together some kind of coherent justification for the Drowic alphabet Iâve come up with, and it started to get very⌠very long. At the risk of front-loading all of my rambling and bogging the whole post down, I have decided to skip to the fun part and put all the hows and whyâs under a cut for your optional perusal.
And so, I give you⌠the Drowic alphabet!
Now, about that rambling...
Selundas, malla'abban!
Greetings, honored allies!
As one may surmise from very dusty time-stamps from my previous posts, I have not been active on this blog for some time. In recent years my passions have meandered elsewhere, and I had gotten some nasty messages about it. I was discouraged and my interest in sharing my work dried up before my interest in drow culture and language did. Then the passion laid dormant for nigh on five years!
It is not beyond my notice that in recent months, the blog has been slowly gaining traction, through no input on my part. I'm delighted by all the recent activity, and that people hare still interested in following this blog even knowing it hasn't been properly updated since 2017. That being said, a lot has happened since then! I occasionally look back at the posts being reblogged and cringe, not out of distaste for the work itself, but because I know now that I could give you so much better!
And I plan to!
I'm currently very close to my exam date for professional licensing in my field, and there is a lot of pent up creativity sloshing around in my head. As is the nature of passion, my interest in drow has returned sharply in the past months, simmering underneath a pile of academia. I have so much I want to work on, especially where this blog is concerned!
I'll preface this with the caveat that while I plan on making changes to some of the material I had produced previously, I do not intend to delete any old content off this blog. I may mark older posts as "archival" and edit in links to updated versions, but I won't be purging the blog. I'll list out changes and additions I'd like to make in the near future, and if any of those things sound more interesting than the others, let me know and I can prioritize based on community interest!
Future Changes/Updates:
Drowic phonetics/pronunciation guide
Drow alphabet/script (possibly a TTF file?)
Expansions to the dictionary, focusing on various categories of interest
Expansions on optional lore/setting/culture (I'd like to add more "encyclopedia" to the "Encyclopedia Drowica" and I have a stockpile of what one might call "homebrew" drow culture and lore that might interest some people)
It will be a couple weeks still before I can add any updates in earnest, but good things come to those who wait. This is also a good time to send your feedback if there's anything you'd like to see moving forward or would like to see clarified or changed.
This is all I have for now, but keep your eyes open for updates in the near future!
Aluve!
Canonical Drow Words and Phrases
The list is mostly derived from the Forgotten Realms Wiki, though I have closely read through several of the LoD books, this is an undertaking I have only started several months ago and I havenât had time to comb through all available source material. If, while reading this list, you find any missing items and are able to provide a citation Iâll gladly accept additional words but for the time being the list is considered to be complete.
A few words are marked with an asterisk to indicate that, while they are considered to be âDrowâ words by several sources, these words are either translations or words direct from Common which reasonably should have a Drowic equivalent. These words I intend to look closely at when I provide an expansion on this list in the near future.
All canonical Drow words and phrases listed below the cut.
Keep reading
Iâm looking at this and a couple things jump out at me immediately.
âssâ, âggâ, âbbâ, ânnâ, and likely âmmâ are all separate phonemes from âsâ, âgâ, âbâ, ânâ, and likely âmâ. âszâ and âlhâ, âzhâ, possibly âdhâ and certainly âthâ may well be digraphs representing separate phonemes as well. one wonders if the apostrophes everywhere arenât ejectives or clicks, but marks that indicate the two letters or sounds do not âmixâ, âlâ doesnât palatize, âz'hâ is a sequence of two sounds instead of the likely fricative âzhâ, etc.
âlâ is treated as a vowel/syllabic resonant in certain cases(consider the plural of âgolâ -> âgolnâ and possibly âalurlssrinâ, but since âssâ is likely a single sound, this is prefectly explainable if Drow allows for CVCC and CCVC syllables to abut, then itâs just two clusters of two consonants in a perfectly permissible order, but consider the next point:)
with ârivvilâ pluralizing to ârivvinâ, it really seems like âlâ is more of a /Ę/ (palatal lateral approximate) (at least, when folowing âiâ) that readily turns to /j/ or even /i/ or /ÉŞ/ in certain environments, and I think â-ilnâ -> â-inâ while â-olnâ -> â-olnâ because /o/ is different enough to not cause assimilationâor the assimilation is to a velar or âdarkâ âlâ, where as /i/ isâthe only thing to explain here is why thereâs no lenthening of the vowel. Perhapse itâs levelling, or perhaps it was originally lengthened, but has since been shortened, either by analogy with words with similar l-n alternation, or through a regular sound change
The data is too sparse to be certain, but it looks like thereâs several different types of verbal nouns that get mapped onto the English infinitive. We have verbal nouns that end in a vowel or diphthong, like âblauthaâ and âbelbauââand âbauthaâ could well be a derived verb, since âblauthâ is an adverb (or perhaps the adverb is derived? which would be more ânormalâ, I guess?), âbelbauâ also shows an interesting alternation with âbelbolâ a noun meaning giftâpossibly derived from a verbal noun in the Perfect(ive)? But we also have so many more verbal nouns that end in bare consonants, like theyâre root verbs, which then have further nouns and adjectives derived from themâand some quite complicated! we have âelggâ (death, but also âto kill, to destroyâ) -> âelginnâ (âdeathâ, possibly an oblique case if Drow does cases, but it might also be plural? But idk if other digraph stems get a digraph plural), and âkyorlâ (âto watchâ) -> âkyorlinâ (âwatching, guardingâ); thereâs also âzhaunâ (âto learn, to knowâ) -> âzhaunilâ (âlearning, knowledge, wisdomâ) But we also have the sequence âxunâ (âto accomplishâ, âto workâ) -> âxundâ (âeffortâ, âstrivingâ, âworkâ) -> âxundusâ (âan achievementâ, âa completed workâ), which is partially replicated in âz'hinâ (âto walkâ) -> âz'hindâ (âan expeditionâ, âa journeyâ) this indicates a pretty complicated verbal, or at least derivational, system!
we see at least three, possibly four or more, types of plurals: 1. brorn -> brorna, rath -> ratha 2. gol -> goln, ilharess -> ilharessen, rivvil -> rivvin, kulg -> kulggen, haszak -> haszakkin 3. orb -> orbb 4. lhorb -> lhorbbyth if you look, you can see one of those plurals is actually a singular noun! âkulgâ is a blockage or snare, while âkulggenâ is a rampart or shieldâitâs pretty obviously that the plural got treated as a collective noun and then acquired singulative meaning. We see the plural suffix is â-nâ, âinâ, or âenâ depending on the preceding syllable, except in some places, like âkulgâ -> âkulggenâ, where the âuâ makes me expect âkulgginâ. We can see that certain consonants become digraphs in the plural, as in âhaszakâ -> haszakkin" and âkulgâ -> âkulggenâ, and âorbâ -> âorbbâ, but ether a different plural suffix was used and subsequently eroded by regular sound change, or the normal plural was added then filed off by an extremely specific sound change, bc b -> bb is an extremely unexpected plural, especially since itâs derived term âlhorbâ exhibits what appears to be another plural ending (or maybe itâs a suffix meaning something else!) in â-ythâ
I can pick out an augmentative suffix â-essâ changing âilharâ to âilharessâ, and more interestingly, the â-arâ that changed âelendâ (âusualâ, âtraditionalâ) to âelendarâ (âcontinued/continuingâ, âenduringâ) which, wow, what even is that.
Canonical Drow Words and Phrases
The list is mostly derived from the Forgotten Realms Wiki, though I have closely read through several of the LoD books, this is an undertaking I have only started several months ago and I havenât had time to comb through all available source material. If, while reading this list, you find any missing items and are able to provide a citation Iâll gladly accept additional words but for the time being the list is considered to be complete.
A few words are marked with an asterisk to indicate that, while they are considered to be âDrowâ words by several sources, these words are either translations or words direct from Common which reasonably should have a Drowic equivalent. These words I intend to look closely at when I provide an expansion on this list in the near future.
All canonical Drow words and phrases listed below the cut.

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Tonight and possibly tomorrow I will be working on composing the list of canonical words and phrases. Following that I will likely be posting a minor expansion on that list including mostly derivative words and some analysis of root words.
This weekend I'll have a real treat in store. I'll start working on a basic approach to drow hand code, beginning with signs for basic D&D races and classes.
At this point in time I'd like to invite my followers to send asks or submissions for specific D&D specific words you would like to see (perhaps an obscure playable race, a spell, or monster). I will also be able to provide names for individual characters in drow hand code.
If you would like to have your character given a name in hand code please use either the ask box, submission box, or private messaging to send me your character's name and a brief description of their physical and personality attributes (feel free to also link a picture of your character as it may get included in the video).
Submissions will be open through Saturday morning, but once I make the video I won't be taking new name submissions until the next time I revisit drow hand code.
Insults
Now with the formalities out of the way, letâs call people bad names! I have a big list, and Iâve subdivided it into two categories: general insults, and sexual insults. As with previous lists anything taken from canon material is indicated in italics. Credit to @vampyrrhicvictoryâ for phrases indicated with an *.
Content warning! This list contains words and phrases for vulgar sexual acts as well as rape. These acts themselves are not described, but there are translations provided. Each section is clearly marked, and sexual content is in the bottom portion. Please be careful if you are sensitive to these subjects, because while it is not my intent to harm anyone, these translations are an honest attempt at capturing the violent and misandrist nature of Drow society.
Proceed with due caution.
Prelude to Insults
Iâve compiled a list of insults and vulgarity. I hope everyone is pleased. But before I get into that Iâll be dropping a list of words (some from canon, some not) that helped me build the list of insults and may be important for understanding some of the idioms Iâve included.
See below the cut for some general use words that are soon to be helpful.
What's Next?
I've been working on a few different sets of stuff for this blog and wanted to know what everyone is more interested in as far as what they want to see next (I'll be posting it all eventually, this is just me getting a feel for what to prioritize). I'll list off my current endeavors, and you can reply or reblog to let me know what you're most interested in.
1) Some more supplementary grammar, reflexive verbs, cases, pluralization, and possession
2) Compiling a list of canonical words and phrases organized alphabetically and by part of speech
3) Expanding on some more cultural concepts, specifically food and holidays
4) Vulgar slang and curse words (specifically since I recall @shaydh had talked about wanting some)
Complex Verb Conjugation
For simple verb conjugation click here.
âTluâ is the verb âto beâ and is one of the few wildly irregular verbs in Drowic. The best option for the proper use of âtluâ is to memorize its many forms.
Passive voice is used to show that an action is done to someone by an unspecified source. In order to conjugate the passive voice, much like with the future tense, we leave the predicate verb in the infinitive form and conjugate the verb âtluâ (to be). Verbs can be used like adjectives in this case when they are describing an ongoing effect or action whether present past or future by adding the verb suffix âirâ such that the passive voice can be completed as follows:
These structures continue to hold true in the past and future passive tense.
And so on.
Complex verb conjugation continues below the cut.

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Simple Verb Conjugation
For complex verb conjugation click here.
Let's Talk Verb Conjugation!
Verb conjugation is an important part of any conlang, and while I think the Grey Company did a decent job establishing some verb conjugation, I don't think it's organized or structured in a concise manner that would otherwise make verb conjugation easier. There are also plenty of places in which canonical Drowic disobeys its own rules or seems not to have rules regarding verb conjugation. This is a symptom of the ailment I'm trying to cure which is that Drowic is currently not a proper conlang but a hack-job of a re-lexicalization.
Starting with the basics the way we say verbs changes depending on the conditions or the aspects of the actions they describe, but in their most basic form (i.e. âto _â) verbs are considered to be in the infinitive. For the purposes of establishing proper conjugation we will be working mostly with a regular verb âluthâ meaning âcastâ or âthrowâ.
First we will establish person, how the verb changes as the subject that is performing it changes. While in Common (i.e. English) we only change the verb conjugation for she/he/it/they (singular), in many other languages (most notably Latin root languages) the verb conjugation changes with every different case of person. This has the added bonus of simplifying the spoken verb such that one could say a verb without the subject simply because the subject is implied within the verb itself.
Also unlike English or even Latin root languages, some languages (such as Hawaiian, Lakota, Mandarin, and Tagalog) have a concept called clusivity, or the aspect of including or excluding the addressed party when using âweâ as in âwe _ togetherâ versus âwe _ but not youâ. I chose to establish verb conjugation like this in order to make Drowic more functionally efficient to speak.
Simple verb conjugation continues under the cut.
Drowic Pronunciation
Before I really dive into the meat of Drowic grammar, I want to establish a precedent for pronunciation that I donât think anyone has ever established, and that is how to pronounce different vowel and consonant sounds in Drowic. Drowic especially contains a lot of double-vowel and double-consonant sounds that we would not expect to see in English, and some of these warrant a bit of an explanation. If unlike English, the number of consonants between vowels doesnât influence the pronunciation of those vowels, then there needs to be a reason for the double consonant to exist that somehow inherently changes the pronunciation. In some cases we can understand that a double consonant is merely there to strengthen the sound of a week consonant and make it more defined, but in some cases we need to prop up the existing lexicon with a bit of deeper explanation. So Iâll begin by providing a pronunciation chart for a few common double-letter sounds before I start looking deeper into grammar.
Now that we have these principles of pronunciation established Iâll bee looking more closely at verb conjugation!
Titles
To recap in a more encyclopedic manner the information from this post, Iâll give entries for all of the titles covered and some of the aspects of the construction of these words. Iâm also going to reevaluate some of the words added by the Grey Company and suggest additional replacement entries, which will be indicated with a * symbol.
Drowic Titles and their Implications in Drow Society
The first thing I want to examine before I get into the real nitty gritty of Drowic lexicon and grammar, is to make an observation of how Drow approach gender and formal title. This analysis turned into a real dash-stretcher, so itâs all below the cut.
The Encyclopedia Drowica
This blog is primarily intended to fix some underlying issues with the Drow language from Dungeons and Dragons heretofore referred to as Drowic. Rather than starting from scratch, Iâll be working from the bare bones of what weâve been provided by WotC through canonical sources and alter and build upon these elements. Iâll also be attempting to provide a more encyclopedic approach to Drow lexicon including word etymology and cultural significance. I may be using some words from existing open-source materials (such as the Grey Company and Chosen of Eilistraee) but I wonât be keeping all of the additions from these and will be making a concerted effort to correct existing issues with the open-source lexicon and expand on aspects of Drowic from the way the language is written, to sentence structure and grammar, and even take a look at Drow Hand Code (DHC). Through this exploration of Drowic as a conlang I intend to also expand on some aspects of Drow culture not described by canon and hope to really flesh out the dark world of the Drow a bit more.

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