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Origins and family

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	Adûnaic was derived from the [[House of Hador\|Hadorian]] tongue, related to the [[House of Bëor\|Bëorian]]—collectively called [[Taliska]].		Adûnaic was derived from the [[House of Hador\|Hadorian]] tongue, related to the [[House of Bëor\|Bëorian]]—collectively called [[Taliska]].

−	Taliska was not related to the [[Haladin]] tongue, at all therefore when the Númenóreans returned to [[Middle-earth]] in the Second Age, they did not recognise the peoples of [[Enedwaith]] and [[Minhiriath]] as their distant kin, who spoke [[Pre-Númenórean\|unrelated]] languages.	+	Taliska was not related to the [[Haladin]] tongue at all, therefore when the Númenóreans returned to [[Middle-earth]] in the Second Age, they did not recognise the peoples of [[Enedwaith]] and [[Minhiriath]] as their distant kin, who spoke [[Pre-Númenórean\|unrelated]] languages.
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	==On Numenor==		==On Numenor==
	Adûnaic was generally considered to be a language of less prestige than the [[Elvish\|Elven tongues]]. Thus most important documents and maps of Númenor, and most of the lords and ladies of the [[Dúnedain]], used [[Quenya]] or [[Sindarin]] names instead of Adûnaic ones. Even most commoners knew Sindarin to some degree.		Adûnaic was generally considered to be a language of less prestige than the [[Elvish\|Elven tongues]]. Thus most important documents and maps of Númenor, and most of the lords and ladies of the [[Dúnedain]], used [[Quenya]] or [[Sindarin]] names instead of Adûnaic ones. Even most commoners knew Sindarin to some degree.

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	==Etymology==		==Etymology==
−	Adûnaic is an Anglicized name of the language. The natives probably called in its own term *"Adûnayê" which would later become [[Adûni]].	+	Adûnaic is an Anglicized name of the language. The natives probably called in its own term *"Adûnayê" which would later become [[Adûni]].{{fact}}
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	== External Links ==		== External Links ==
	*[http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/adunaic.htm Ardalambion Article on Adûnaic]		*[http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/adunaic.htm Ardalambion Article on Adûnaic]

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	With the Downfall of Númenor came the end of classical Adûnaic. The study and preservation of the language was neglected by the Exiles of Númenor, because they associated it with the rebellious and repressive Númenórean Kings.		With the Downfall of Númenor came the end of classical Adûnaic. The study and preservation of the language was neglected by the Exiles of Númenor, because they associated it with the rebellious and repressive Númenórean Kings.

−	However, the Men of [[Middle-earth]] who descended from the early Númenórean sailors and colonists still spoke it as a [[Common Speech]]. This language eventually evolved into the [[Westron]] tongue widely spoken during the [[Third Age]].	+	However, the Men of [[Middle-earth]] who descended from the early Númenórean sailors and colonists still spoke it as a [[Westron\|Common Speech]]. This language eventually evolved into the [[Westron]] tongue widely spoken during the [[Third Age]].

	==Etymology==		==Etymology==

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Re-linked Elvish

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	Taliska was not related to the [[Haladin]] tongue, at all therefore when the Númenóreans returned to [[Middle-earth]] in the Second Age, they did not recognise the peoples of [[Enedwaith]] and [[Minhiriath]] as their distant kin, who spoke [[Pre-Númenórean\|unrelated]] languages.		Taliska was not related to the [[Haladin]] tongue, at all therefore when the Númenóreans returned to [[Middle-earth]] in the Second Age, they did not recognise the peoples of [[Enedwaith]] and [[Minhiriath]] as their distant kin, who spoke [[Pre-Númenórean\|unrelated]] languages.
	==On Numenor==		==On Numenor==
−	Adûnaic was generally considered to be a language of less prestige than the [[Elven tongues]]. Thus most important documents and maps of Númenor, and most of the lords and ladies of the [[Dúnedain]], used [[Quenya]] or [[Sindarin]] names instead of Adûnaic ones. Even most commoners knew Sindarin to some degree.	+	Adûnaic was generally considered to be a language of less prestige than the [[Elvish\|Elven tongues]]. Thus most important documents and maps of Númenor, and most of the lords and ladies of the [[Dúnedain]], used [[Quenya]] or [[Sindarin]] names instead of Adûnaic ones. Even most commoners knew Sindarin to some degree.

	Most of the House of Bëor had been killed after the [[Dagor Bragollach]], but even during the Second Age a Bëorian accent of Adûnaic still survived in parts of Númenor, most notably in [[Emerië]] and around the harbour of [[Andúnië]].		Most of the House of Bëor had been killed after the [[Dagor Bragollach]], but even during the Second Age a Bëorian accent of Adûnaic still survived in parts of Númenor, most notably in [[Emerië]] and around the harbour of [[Andúnië]].

Arwen.lb at 19:19, 15 August 2010

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	[[Category:Adûnaic\| ]]		[[Category:Adûnaic\| ]]
	[[de:Adûnaïsch]]		[[de:Adûnaïsch]]
−	~~[[fi:Adûnaic]]~~
	[[fr:encyclo/langues/adunaique]]		[[fr:encyclo/langues/adunaique]]
		+	[[fi:Adûnaic]]

Gilgamesh at 07:11, 28 January 2010

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	*[http://www.phy.duke.edu/~trenk/elvish/index.html#course_adunaic Ni-bitha Adûnâyê] - an Adûnâic course		*[http://www.phy.duke.edu/~trenk/elvish/index.html#course_adunaic Ni-bitha Adûnâyê] - an Adûnâic course
	*[http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dc25cq9n_6gvtpq26p Wordlist]		*[http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dc25cq9n_6gvtpq26p Wordlist]
−	[[Category:~~Languages~~]]	+	[[Category:Adûnaic\| ]]
	[[de:Adûnaïsch]]		[[de:Adûnaïsch]]
	[[fi:Adûnaic]]		[[fi:Adûnaic]]
	[[fr:encyclo/langues/adunaique]]		[[fr:encyclo/langues/adunaique]]

Elendil at 09:47, 25 May 2009

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	[[fi:Adûnaic]]		[[fi:Adûnaic]]
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Sage: /* External Links */

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External Links

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	*[http://lalaith.vpsurf.de/Tolkien/Grammar.html Lalaith's Guide to Adûnaic Grammar]		*[http://lalaith.vpsurf.de/Tolkien/Grammar.html Lalaith's Guide to Adûnaic Grammar]
	*[http://www.phy.duke.edu/~trenk/elvish/index.html#course_adunaic Ni-bitha Adûnâyê] - an Adûnâic course		*[http://www.phy.duke.edu/~trenk/elvish/index.html#course_adunaic Ni-bitha Adûnâyê] - an Adûnâic course
		+	*[http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dc25cq9n_6gvtpq26p Wordlist]
	[[Category:Languages]]		[[Category:Languages]]
	[[de:Adûnaïsch]]		[[de:Adûnaïsch]]
	[[fi:Adûnaic]]		[[fi:Adûnaic]]

Sage at 09:00, 6 January 2009

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	'''Adûnaic''' ("Language of the West") was the language of the [[Men]] of [[Númenor]] during the [[Second Age]].		'''Adûnaic''' ("Language of the West") was the language of the [[Men]] of [[Númenor]] during the [[Second Age]].
	==Origins and family==		==Origins and family==
−	Adûnaic was derived from the [[House of Hador\|Hadorian]] tongue, related to the [[House of Bëor\|Bëorian]]—collectively called [[Taliska~~]]—and during the Second Age a Bëorian accent still survived in parts of Númenor, most notably in [[Emerië]] and around the harbour of [[Andúnië~~]]~~. Most of the House of Bëor had been killed after the [[Dagor Bragollach]], and therefore the Hadorian accent had become most prevalent~~.	+	Adûnaic was derived from the [[House of Hador\|Hadorian]] tongue, related to the [[House of Bëor\|Bëorian]]—collectively called [[Taliska]].

−	~~Adûnaic seems~~ not to ~~have been influenced by the language of the Second House of Men,~~ the [[Haladin]] tongue, at all: when the Númenóreans returned to [[Middle-earth]] in the Second Age, they did not recognise the peoples of [[Enedwaith]] and [[Minhiriath]] as their distant kin, ~~because these~~ spoke ~~Haladin~~ languages.	+	Taliska was not related to the [[Haladin]] tongue, at all therefore when the Númenóreans returned to [[Middle-earth]] in the Second Age, they did not recognise the peoples of [[Enedwaith]] and [[Minhiriath]] as their distant kin, who spoke [[Pre-Númenórean\|unrelated]] languages.
	==On Numenor==		==On Numenor==
−	~~Before the [[Shadow]] fell upon the isle,~~ Adûnaic was generally considered to be a language of less prestige than the [[Elven tongues]]. Thus most important documents and maps of Númenor, and most of the lords and ladies of the [[Dúnedain]], used [[Quenya]] or [[Sindarin]] names instead of Adûnaic ones. Even most commoners knew Sindarin to some degree.	+	Adûnaic was generally considered to be a language of less prestige than the [[Elven tongues]]. Thus most important documents and maps of Númenor, and most of the lords and ladies of the [[Dúnedain]], used [[Quenya]] or [[Sindarin]] names instead of Adûnaic ones. Even most commoners knew Sindarin to some degree.
		+
		+	Most of the House of Bëor had been killed after the [[Dagor Bragollach]], but even during the Second Age a Bëorian accent of Adûnaic still survived in parts of Númenor, most notably in [[Emerië]] and around the harbour of [[Andúnië]].
	===Days of Pride===		===Days of Pride===
−	~~However, about~~ 2,000 years into the Second Age, the Númenóreans began to envy the immortality of the [[Firstborn]]~~. These cold feelings~~ extended to the languages of the Elves~~, and thus~~ the Kings their [[King's Men\|followers]], used the Elven tongues less and less. Though the Kings and Queens had all taken their names in Quenya, after some time their supporters used Adûnaic ~~translations of these~~ names to refer to them. Eventually~~, the twentieth King (~~[[Ar-Adûnakhôr]]) took his name in Adûnaic and forbade anyone to speak the Elven tongues in his presence. ~~However, the~~ supremacy of Adûnaic was most strongly enforced by [[Ar-Gimilzôr]] ~~the twenty-third King~~: he outlawed the use of Elvish anywhere in Númenor, which antagonized the few [[Faithful]] Númenóreans still living in the land.	+	About 2,000 years into the Second Age, the Númenóreans began to envy the immortality of the [[Firstborn]], which extended to the languages of the Elves; the Kings their [[King's Men\|followers]], used the Elven tongues less and less. Though the Kings and Queens had all taken their names in Quenya, after some time their supporters used their Adûnaic names to refer to them.
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		+	Eventually [[Ar-Adûnakhôr]] took his name in Adûnaic and forbade anyone to speak the Elven tongues in his presence. The supremacy of Adûnaic was most strongly enforced by [[Ar-Gimilzôr]]: he outlawed the use of Elvish anywhere in Númenor, which antagonized the few [[Faithful]] Númenóreans still living in the land.
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		+	However, his son Inziladûn took a Quenya name again, [[Tar-Palantir]], repealed the ban on the Elven tongues and gave peace to the Faithful. His daughter [[Tar-Míriel\|Míriel]] would probably have continued his reforms, but her cousin [[Ar-Pharazôn\|Pharazôn]] seized power and, in addition, gave her an Adûnaic name (Ar-Zimraphel).

−	However, his son Inziladûn turned from the rebellion of the Kings before him and took a Quenya name again: [[Tar-Palantir]]. Tar-Palantir repealed the ban on the Elven tongues and gave peace to the Faithful. His daughter [[Tar-Míriel\|Míriel]] would probably have continued his reforms, but her cousin [[Ar-Pharazôn\|Pharazôn]] seized power and, in addition, gave her an Adûnaic name (Ar-Zimraphel). Ar-Pharazôn was the last of the Kings of Númenor, for when he felt the end of his life drawing near, he took a great army to [[Aman]] in an attempt to gain immortality. As a result of this action, Númenor itself was destroyed.
	==Decline==		==Decline==
	With the Downfall of Númenor came the end of classical Adûnaic. The study and preservation of the language was neglected by the Exiles of Númenor, because they associated it with the rebellious and repressive Númenórean Kings.		With the Downfall of Númenor came the end of classical Adûnaic. The study and preservation of the language was neglected by the Exiles of Númenor, because they associated it with the rebellious and repressive Númenórean Kings.

−	However, the Men of [[Middle-earth]] who ~~were mixed or~~ descended from the early Númenórean sailors and colonists still spoke it as a [[Common Speech]]. This language eventually evolved into the [[Westron]] tongue widely spoken during the [[Third Age]].	+	However, the Men of [[Middle-earth]] who descended from the early Númenórean sailors and colonists still spoke it as a [[Common Speech]]. This language eventually evolved into the [[Westron]] tongue widely spoken during the [[Third Age]].

	==Etymology==		==Etymology==

Sage: /* Decline */

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Decline

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	However, his son Inziladûn turned from the rebellion of the Kings before him and took a Quenya name again: [[Tar-Palantir]]. Tar-Palantir repealed the ban on the Elven tongues and gave peace to the Faithful. His daughter [[Tar-Míriel\|Míriel]] would probably have continued his reforms, but her cousin [[Ar-Pharazôn\|Pharazôn]] seized power and, in addition, gave her an Adûnaic name (Ar-Zimraphel). Ar-Pharazôn was the last of the Kings of Númenor, for when he felt the end of his life drawing near, he took a great army to [[Aman]] in an attempt to gain immortality. As a result of this action, Númenor itself was destroyed.		However, his son Inziladûn turned from the rebellion of the Kings before him and took a Quenya name again: [[Tar-Palantir]]. Tar-Palantir repealed the ban on the Elven tongues and gave peace to the Faithful. His daughter [[Tar-Míriel\|Míriel]] would probably have continued his reforms, but her cousin [[Ar-Pharazôn\|Pharazôn]] seized power and, in addition, gave her an Adûnaic name (Ar-Zimraphel). Ar-Pharazôn was the last of the Kings of Númenor, for when he felt the end of his life drawing near, he took a great army to [[Aman]] in an attempt to gain immortality. As a result of this action, Númenor itself was destroyed.
	==Decline==		==Decline==
−	With the Downfall of Númenor came the end of classical Adûnaic. The study and preservation of the language was neglected by the Exiles of Númenor, because they associated it with the rebellious and repressive Númenórean Kings. However, the [[~~Westron~~]] ~~tongue~~ or [[Common Speech]]~~, widely spoken in~~ [[~~Middle-earth~~]] during the [[Third Age]]~~, was largely derived from Adûnaic~~.	+	With the Downfall of Númenor came the end of classical Adûnaic. The study and preservation of the language was neglected by the Exiles of Númenor, because they associated it with the rebellious and repressive Númenórean Kings.
		+
		+	However, the Men of [[Middle-earth]] who were mixed or descended from the early Númenórean sailors and colonists still spoke it as a [[Common Speech]]. This language eventually evolved into the [[Westron]] tongue widely spoken during the [[Third Age]].
		+
	==Etymology==		==Etymology==
	Adûnaic is an Anglicized name of the language. The natives probably called in its own term *"Adûnayê" which would later become [[Adûni]].		Adûnaic is an Anglicized name of the language. The natives probably called in its own term *"Adûnayê" which would later become [[Adûni]].