the native tongue of Númenor
Akallabêth — the Downfallen
4 attested samples
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11 languages · 2 scriptsLanguages
Tolkien invented the languages first and the stories afterwards, and he gave them letters to be written in. Here is every tongue in the register — what it is, and a line of it that really stands in the books — and the two writing systems the appendix describes.
the tongue Sauron devised for his servants
ghâsh — fire
5 attested samples
Self-made language of the Ents
a-lalla-lalla-rumba-kamanda-lind-or-burúmë
1 attested sample
Secret tongue of the Dwarves
Baruk Khazâd! Khazâd ai-mênu! — Axes of the Dwarves! The Dwarves are upon you!
3 attested samples
Perverted jargons of the Orcs
tark — man of Gondor
1 attested sample
High-elven, the tongue of ceremony and lore
Elen síla lúmenn' omentielvo — a star shines on the hour of our meeting
4 attested samples
Everyday speech of the Elves east of the mountains
Lórinand — valley of gold
1 attested sample
the Grey-elven tongue, spoken daily in Gondor
Mae govannen — well met
4 attested samples
Tongue of the third clan, in Aman and in Beleriand
Elloi — Eldar
1 attested sample
language of the Valar made with bodily form
Tulukhedelgorûs — Laurelin
4 attested samples
the Common Speech of the West-lands
kuduk — hobbit
5 attested samples
Scripts
A script is not a language: the same tongue can be written in either of these, and both were used for tongues that were not their makers'.