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Post by Legolas on Mar 26, 2004 22:51:56 GMT -5
does anybody know anywhere tolkien's other languages are? i know he only wrote a couple things in khuzdul (dwarvish), and nothing directly in the language of the rohirrim, the ring, ghash, and the orc's curse in the black speech, but that's all i know.
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Post by Ilúvatar on Apr 30, 2004 18:06:20 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure Tolkien wrote around 36 or 37 languages. That's a lot, considering he was also working and raising a family. Maybe there are others out there who know a bit more about his languages.
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Post by Hyarion on Jul 5, 2004 11:05:47 GMT -5
It all depends on how you look at it. Technically Tolkien never completely finished a language so he never wrote any. But if your speaking of just a few created words count as a language then I think Illuvatar is correct. Some of the main languages of Middle-Earth include:
· Adunaic · Doriathrin · Druadainic · Dunlending · Entish · Haradrian · Khandian · Khuzdul · Nandorin · Orcish · Quenya · Rohirric · Sindarin · Hobbit
Hope this helps.
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Post by Lomadia on Jul 5, 2004 16:48:44 GMT -5
There's a tiny, tiny bit in one of the Appendices, I believe it's Appendix E. Tolkien discusses the languages of Trolls and Orcs, and he says that Khuzdul is kept a secret amongst the Dwarves.
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Post by Pandora on Jul 15, 2004 5:04:26 GMT -5
WoW... I didn't knew that there was so much languages created... That's a very good thing about this Forum... You always learn something...
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Post by Manwë Súlimo on Jul 27, 2004 13:23:02 GMT -5
Animalic was a language that Tolkien's young cousins made up. He also helped them make up Nevbosh. HIs language, Naffarin was based on Nevbosh. move.to/ardalambion talks about the languages he made up.
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Post by Eru on Jul 27, 2004 13:34:36 GMT -5
This site something you might want to add to Tolkien Resources.
I moved it there from the Advertising section.
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Post by Isengard on Aug 4, 2004 0:07:51 GMT -5
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Post by Sidhren on Sept 7, 2005 13:43:06 GMT -5
The two most elaborated languages Tolkien made were the main elven languages; Sindarin and Quenya. In fact the whole idea of Middle-earth was born to give these languages a history. Tolkien was interested in languages and mythology since he was very young. Sindarin was inspired by Welsh and Quenya by Finnish. And then he needed someone to speek his languages and created The Elves.
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