Do-gogoro

The language of the Goron, consisting of gutteral grunts, moans, sighs, and occasional hard, toothy consonants. A handful of Hylians have attempted to learn the language, but few have gained anything more than the ability to introduce themselves.

You sound less like the rumbling mountain, brother. More like small pebble dropped down distant mountain.

— Goron Explanation of difference between native and non-native speakers

The Gorons place an emphasis on ones loudness when speaking Do-gogoro, as being heard over the rumbling of Death Mountain is always a necessity.

Spoken by

• Goron Culture

Natively known as: do' goro /do' goro/

...and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind...
kul mup aw m̈oth dzoj kul kåth ḍedz peng dzoj mom derawp
Pronunciation: /kuʟ mup ɔ ɱoð ʣoʤ kuʟ kɑð ɖœʣ pœŋ ʣoʤ mom dœrɔp/
Do-goro word order: and he stood holding his hat and turned his wet face to the wind

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: b d g k m n p r ð ŋ ɖ ɗ ɱ ɹ ʟ ʣ ʤ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Dental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Retroflex	Velar
Nasal	m	ɱ		n			ŋ
Stop	p b			d		ɖ	k g
Implosive				ɗ
Affricate				ʣ	ʤ
Fricative			ð
Approximant				ɹ
Trill				r
Lateral approximant							ʟ

Vowel inventory: aɪ̯ o u æ œ ɑ ɔ ɔɪ̯ ʊ ʌ
Diphthongs: aɪ̯ ɔɪ̯

	Front	Back
High		u
Near-high		ʊ
High-mid		o
Low-mid	œ	ʌ ɔ
Near-low	æ
Low		ɑ

Syllable structure: (C)V(C)
Stress pattern: No stress
Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
aɪ̯	ie
æ	a
œ	e
ɔ	aw
ɔɪ̯	oi
ʊ	ů
ɑ	å
ʌ	ù
ð	th
ŋ	ng
ɖ	ḍ
ɗ	d’
ʟ	l
ʣ	dz
ʤ	j
ɱ	m̈
ɹ	r̈
◌̯

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Grammar

Main word order: Subject Verb Object (Prepositional phrase). “Mary opened the door with a key” turns into Mary opened the door with a key.
Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned before the noun.
Adposition: prepositions

Numbers

Do-goro has a base-10 number system:
1 - d’ukem̈
2 - pawɪ
3 - ub
4 - kawɪnbu
5 - jùr̈
6 - d’iegbůrraw
7 - kaw
8 - kawɪ
9 - duj
10 - m̈ed’ùkodz
Hundred - åth
Thousand - d’ůr̈

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = Suffix -æʣ
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Suffix -oð
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Prefix æ-
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Suffix -ʊ
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If starts with vowel: Prefix p-
Else: Prefix pɑ-
Noun to verb = Suffix -œʣ
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʣʊ
Else: Suffix -ʊʣʊ
Tending to = Suffix -ɔɪ̯
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -ʊn
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Suffix -o
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Prefix rʊ-
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -b
Else: Suffix -ʊb
Diminutive = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʤ
Else: Suffix -uʤ
Augmentative = If ends with vowel: Suffix -b
Else: Suffix -aɪ̯b