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'''Common Speech''' also known as [[Westron]] was the language that evolved from [[Adûnaic]] as spoken in [[Númenor]], as the common tongue of the peoples of [[Middle-earth]].  
The '''Common Speech''', also known as [[Westron]], was a [[Men|Mannish]] language that evolved from [[Adûnaic]] as spoken in [[Númenor]]. In the [[Third Age]], it functioned as the common tongue of the [[Free Peoples]] of the northwest of [[Middle-earth]].  


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Revision as of 04:33, 8 December 2006

The Common Speech, also known as Westron, was a Mannish language that evolved from Adûnaic as spoken in Númenor. In the Third Age, it functioned as the common tongue of the Free Peoples of the northwest of Middle-earth.