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<p>194.170.32.252: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Valarin''' is the tongue of the [[Ainur]]. As angelic beings with the ability to communicate through thought, strictly speaking the Valar had no need for a spoken language, but it appears that it was adopted as part of their assumption of physical, humanlike forms.<br /> <br /> Valarin was extremely alien to the ears of the [[Elves]], sometimes to the point of genuine displeasure, and very few of them ever learned the language, only adopting some of the Valarin words into their own [[Quenya]]. The Valar learnt [[Quenya]] instead, and used that to converse with the Elves, or with each other if Elves were present. Valarin seemed to use long words, for example the Valarin word for [[Telperion]], Ibrîniðilpathânezel is eight syllables long. The [[Vanyar]] adopted more words from Valarin into their dialect ''Quendya'' than the [[Noldor]], as they lived closer to the Valar.<br /> <br /> At least one word in the [[Black Speech]], '''nazg''' &quot;ring&quot;, seems to be borrowed from Valarin '''na</div>

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