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  2. Black Speech - Wikipedia

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    The Black Speech is one of the fictional languages constructed by J. R. R. Tolkien for his legendarium, where it was spoken in the evil realm of Mordor.In the fiction, Tolkien describes the language as created by Sauron as a constructed language to be the sole language of all the servants of Mordor.

  3. Khuzdul - Wikipedia

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    Translation Khuzdul names Translation Azaghâl: A lord of the Belegost Dwarves in The Silmarillion, ch. 20: Mahal: Aulë, known to the dwarves as the Maker. Azanulbizar 'Dimrill Dale' lit: "Shadows of streams/rills" or "Dark stream dale". Mîm: A Petty-Dwarf, possibly an 'inner name'. Barazinbar 'Redhorn' (Caradhras), also shortened to Baraz ...

  4. Orc (slang) - Wikipedia

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    Orc (Cyrillic: орк, romanised: ork), plural orcs (Russian and Ukrainian: орки), is a pejorative commonly used in Ukraine [1] to refer to a Russian soldier [2] [3] participating in the Russian-Ukrainian War and Russian citizens who support the aggression of Russia against Ukraine.

  5. List of translations of The Lord of the Rings - Wikipedia

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    J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings has been translated, with varying degrees of success, many times since its publication in 1954–55. Known translations are listed here; the exact number is hard to determine, for example because the European and Brazilian dialects of Portuguese are sometimes counted separately, as are the Nynorsk and Bokmål forms of Norwegian, and the ...

  6. Orc - Wikipedia

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    An orc (sometimes spelt ork; / ɔːr k / [1] [2]), [3] in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth fantasy fiction, is a race of humanoid monsters, which he also calls "goblin".. In Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, orcs appear as a brutish, aggressive, ugly, and malevolent race of monsters, contrasting with the benevolent Elves.

  7. Languages constructed by Tolkien - Wikipedia

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    The English philologist and author J. R. R. Tolkien created several constructed languages, mostly related to his fictional world of Middle-earth.Inventing languages, something that he called glossopoeia (paralleling his idea of mythopoeia or myth-making), was a lifelong occupation for Tolkien, starting in his teens.

  8. Elvish languages - Wikipedia

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    The Elves, or Mer, use languages derived from ancient Ehlnofex, including Dunmeris, Pyandonean, Orcish (Orsimeris) and Bosmeris. [12] Shiväisith: David J. Peterson: Thor: The Dark World: Finno-Ugric [13] The language of the Dark Elves. Written in Todjydheenil runes, based on Nordic runes. Övüsi: David J. Peterson: Bright [14] Hen Llinge ...

  9. Dwarves in Middle-earth - Wikipedia

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    Word stems: Not pronounceable words, only consonants: R-Kh-S "Orc-" Parts of speech: Nouns, verbs etc formed by inserting vowels into word stems; sometimes with doubling of a consonant: Rukhs "Orc"; Rakhâs "Orcs" Construct state: Word before noun taken as genitival, i.e. X Y = "The X of Y", "Y's X" Baruk Khazâd! "Axes of the Dwarves!" Nominal ...