Questions tagged [tolkien-languages]
This tag is for questions about the languages constructed by J. R. R. Tolkien or mentioned in his works. His most developed languages are the Elvish languages Quenya and Sindarin. For in-universe questions, use with [tolkiens-legendarium].
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Extent of the Westron language
Westron (and/or its predecessor "Adûnaic") serve as the Common tongue in Middle-Earth and as with all languages, easily the most "fun" thing to do with them, is taking some words ...
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Spoken language of the Hobbits in LotR [closed]
Yesterday, while milling over iconic lines from the Lord of the Rings trilogy, something started bugging me – Whenever the Hobbits are amongst themselves wouldn't they speak… well 'Hobbitish' or at ...
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What does the inscription on the pot of gold in "A Conversation with Smaug" say?
Tolkien painted a watercolour picture of "A Conversation with Smaug" for the cover of The Hobbit.
In the lower left corner there is a pot containing a pile of gold with an Elvish(?) ...
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What is this wrong inscription at the Doors of Durin, the gate of moria?
I've been seeing around the internet this version of the gates of moria:
Would anyone know what is the inscription saying? It doesn't match the official image from Tolkien. Every resource that I look ...
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Who or what is "Nampat" in the chant of the Orcs in the Rings of Power?
In a recent episode of the Rings of Power, the Orcs are chanting the word "Nampat" during a march.
According to some websites it could mean either "Death" in Black speech, eg see ...
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By what name are the Pelennor Fields known to the commonfolk of Gondor?
I've recently discovered that "Pelennor" is not Westron, but Sindarin.
Taken from tolkiengateway.net:
The name Pelennor translates to "fenced, encircled land" in Sindarin. ...
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What is Tolkien's name for the language of Rohan?
Does Tolkien ever supply the name for the language that the Rohirrim speak, and if so what is that name?
(In the books this language is "translated" into Old English, but it should still ...
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What is Gandalf's Westron name, and why does he sign with a "G" rune?
Gandalf signs his letter to the bartender in Bree with a "G" rune:
But "Gandalf" is the English rendition of what's presumably meant to be Westron in-universe. What then is ...
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What are the lyrics of the song "Of Beren and Lúthien" in Sindarin?
"The leaves were long,
The grass was green,
The hemlock-umbels tall and fair,
And in the glade a light was seen..."
Does this song appear somewere written in Sindarin or Quenya? Did Tolkien ...
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Were the Sindar illiterate before the Flight of the Noldor?
If all Elvish languages are written in the Tengwar script, and in-universe, Tengwar was invented by Fëanor in Valinor, does this mean that the Sindar had no written language until they re-encountered ...
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Is Gálmód male?
What evidence is there for Gálmód to be the name of the father of Gríma the Wormtongue? Gandalf once addresses Gríma as "Gríma son of Gálmód", in a sentence otherwise consisting mostly of ...
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Did Tolkien write any parts the Lord of the Rings in Westron?
The Lord of the Rings involves a literary conceit that Tolkien has received the story (and perhaps more) as an actual history, translated from The Red Book of Westmarch. Given that Tolkien's world-...
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What are the official characters in tengwar for numbers? [duplicate]
I've seen different depictions for numbers in tengwar online, what are the official characters to depict number in tengwar? I'm particularly interested in the number 3.
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What does Eru Ilúvatar's name mean?
So I was wondering whether Eru Ilúvatar has any meaning in and of itself, in-universe, besides being the name of the Creator? Is it at all related to any words in Primitive Quendian, for example?
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