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The '''Dwemer''' (pronounced /{{IPA|ˈdweɪ.məɹ}}/ or "Dway-mur") are a fictional race of [[Mer (Elder Scrolls)|elves]] from [[The Elder Scrolls]] video game universe.

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== Etymology ==
While the translation of [[mer]] is generally a non-issue, the translation of 'Dwe' remains an extremely contentious part of ingame etymology. The within the games. The [[Bosmer|Bosmeri]] authored [[Morrowind]] game book ''The Annotated Annuad'' translates Dwemer to mean 'the Deep Ones,'<ref name="Annuad">{{cite web|url=http://til.gamingsource.net/mwbooks/anuad.shtml |title=The Anuad Paraphrased |accessdate= |accessmonthday=August 21 |accessyear=2006 |author= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate=}}</ref> with supposed origin in the ancient tongue of the [[Races_of_The_Elder_Scrolls#Aldmer|Aldmer]], Aldmeris. The ''TES Translation Dictionary no'' states that the term was corrupted sometime in before it became part of the [[Cyrodiil|Cyrodiilic]] lexicon, and thus Dwemer became "short folk."<ref name="Dictionary">{{cite web|url=http://til.gamingsource.net/translation/ |title=The Elder Scrolls Translation Dictionary A-E: "Dwe-" |accessdate= |accessmonthday=August 21 |accessyear=2006 |author= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate=}}</ref> ''The Pocket Guide to the Empire'', an [[Imperial (Elder Scrolls)|Imperial]] pamphlet that shipped with [[The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard|Redguard]], questions the reading of Dwe as "short", introducing the translation of Dwe as "smart."<ref name="PGHammerfell">{{cite web|url=http://til.gamingsource.net/pge/hammerfell.shtml |title=The Pocket Guide to the Empire: Hammerfell, Sidebar: The Dwarves |accessdate= |accessmonthday=August 21 |accessyear=2006 |author= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate=}}</ref> Former developer Michael Kirkbride made a post on the [[The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard|TESA: Redguard]] Forums relating to the term. In February 1999 , while [[Morrowind (province)|Morrowind]] was still in its earliest stages of development, Kirkbride stated that the proper pronunciation of Dwemer was to be "DWAY-mare,"}}</ref> Outside the game, the Bosmer rendering of the term is almost universally accepted. In February 1999 , while [[Morrowind (province)|Morrowind]] was still in its earliest stages of development, developer Michael Kirkbride made a post on [[The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard|TESA: Redguard]] Forums stating that the term meaning Deep Folk.<ref name="Teasers">{{cite web|url=http://til.gamingsource.net/obscure_text/forum.shtml |title=Elder Scrolls Forum |accessdate= |accessmonthday=August 21 |accessyear=2006 |author= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate=}}</ref> The generally accepted reading of the term is as "Deep Folk," with the Translation Dictionary rating the reliability of the term as "high," seeing all other readings as corrupted.<ref name="Dictionary"/>}}</ref> The Translation Dictionary concurs,<ref name="Dictionary"/> as does The Definitive Guide,<ref name="Definitive">{{cite web|url=http://til.gamingsource.net/dwemer/#2 |title=The Definitive Guide to Dwemer: What's up with the word 'Dwemer'? |accessmonthday=August 21 |accessyear=2006}}</ref> with varying degrees of equivocation.

== History ==
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