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Falathren is simply a Sindarin name for the tongue of the Numenoreans, synonymous with Annúnaid. It translates literally to 'shore-language'.
'''Falathren''' is a [[Sindarin]] name for [[Westron]]. It is derived from the word ''[[falas]]'', "shore", as its first speakers settled on the shores of [[Middle-earth]].<ref>{{PM|Languages}}, The Languages at the end of the Third Age, p. 32</ref>
Other names for this language are Adûnaic and Numenorean. For more full information, see the page of [[Adûnaic]].
 
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Falathren is a Sindarin name for Westron. It is derived from the word falas, "shore", as its first speakers settled on the shores of Middle-earth.[1]

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "II. The Appendix on Languages", The Languages at the end of the Third Age, p. 32