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| Like the eighteen rulers of [[Númenor]] before him, the nineteenth took the [[Sceptre]] with a [[Quenya]] name, [[Tar-Ardamin]]. In private, though, the [[King's Men]] called him by a name in their own [[Adûnaic]] language: Ar-Abattârik. This King was the last to follow the practice of using an official [[Quenya]] name. His son [[Ar-Adûnakhôr]] abandoned the old traditions, and used [[Adûnaic]] in his official name.
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| It should be said that there is some doubt over the character of Ar-Abattârik. He is listed in the detailed annals of The Line of [[Elros]] as the son of [[Tar-Calmacil]] and father of [[Ar-Adûnakhôr]], but in Appendix A I (i) to [[The Lord of the Rings]], the relevant section of the King-lists appears like this: '...[[Tar-Calmacil]]. After [[Calmacil]] the Kings took the sceptre in names of the [[Númenorean]] (or [[Adûnaic]]) tongue: [[Ar-Adûnakhôr]]...' It seems most likely, as Christopher Tolkien suggests, that this omission is probably a simple mistake, and that [[Tar-Ardamin]] or Ar-Abattarârik should appear in the list at this point.
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