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Khuzdûl is a fictional language in the fantasy works of J. R. R. Tolkien. One of the languages of Arda in Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, it is spoken by the Dwarves. Khuzdûl is usually written with the Cirth script. It appears to be based, like the Semitic languages, on triconsonantal roots: kh-z-d, b-n-d, z-g-l.
Khuzdul (pron [kʰuzˈdul]) is a fictional language created by J. R. R. Tolkien, one of the languages of Middle-earth, specifically the secret and private language of the Dwarves. He based its structure and phonology on Semitic languages, primarily Hebrew, with triconsonantal roots of words. Very little is known of the grammar.
Anglo-Saxon runes or Anglo-Frisian runes are runes that were used by the Anglo-Saxons and Medieval Frisians (collectively called Anglo-Frisians) as an alphabet in their native writing system, recording both Old English and Old Frisian (Old English: rūna, ᚱᚢᚾᚪ, "rune").
Variations of the ansuz rune. They are all transliterated as a. The i ͡ŋ bindrune. Transliteration means that the runes are represented by a corresponding Latin letter in bold. No consideration is given to the sound the rune represented in the actual inscription, and a good example of this is the ansuz rune, which
According to Tolkien himself, those found in The Hobbit are a form of "English runes" used in lieu of the Dwarvish runes proper. [19] They can be interpreted as an attempt made by Tolkien to adapt the Fuþorc (i.e., the Old English runic alphabet) to the Modern English language. [20]
2018 (Anglo-Saxon runes) Old English: Be Siwarde þam sidfeaxan [1] Der Struwwelpeter: Heinrich Hoffmann: Fritz Kemmler: Edition Tintenfaß: 2010 Old English: Petres Haran Saga [14] The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies, The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit: Beatrix Potter: A. A. Brunn: Fyrnlore Bookmearsing: 2018 Middle English
The language names and evolution shown for Middle-earth are as used in the 1937 Lhammas. [6] This was internally consistent, but for one thing. Central to the story was the history of the Noldor. Their language, Noldorin, evolved very slowly in the changeless atmosphere of Valinor. Tolkien had developed its linguistics in some detail.
Late in his life, he created a New English Alphabet structured like Tengwar but written in characters resembling those of Latin and Greek. [1] [2] In chronological order, Tolkien's Middle-earth scripts are: [2] Tengwar of Rúmil or Sarati; Gondolinic runes (Runes used in the city of Gondolin) Valmaric script; Andyoqenya; Qenyatic; Tengwar of ...