Orkish
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Orkish was a general term for the jumble of languages used by the Orcs, composed from corrupted borrowings from other languages of Middle-earth. The variations in Orkish between different tribes and types of Orc were so great that it was often useless for communication, and so a standard language was necessary. Sauron devised his Black Speech for this purpose in Mordor, but in practice the Common Tongue was more normally used.[1]
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Orkish and the Black Speech by Helge Fauskanger
- Yrksk Orðabók (Neo-Orkish wordlist from The Hobbit film series) by David Salo
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix F, "The Languages and Peoples of the Third Age", "Of Other Races"
| Languages in Tolkien's works | |
|---|---|
| Elvish languages | Avarin · Common Eldarin · Nandorin · Primitive Quendian · Quenya (Exilic · Valinorean · Vanyarin) · Silvan · Sindarin (Doriathrin · Falathrin · Númenórean · Mithrim · Old) · Telerin |
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| Dwarvish languages | Iglishmêk · Khuzdul |
| Other languages | Black Speech · Entish · Orkish · Valarin · Warg-language |
| Earlier legendarium | Gnomish · Ilkorin · Noldorin (Kornoldorin) · Qenya |
| Outside the legendarium | Animalic · Arktik · Mágol · Naffarin · Nevbosh |
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