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53 relations: Adûnaic, Anglo-Saxons, Arnor, Artistic language, Balin (Middle-earth), Beleriand, Bilbo Baggins, Bree (Middle-earth), Cirth, Constructed language, Dúnedain, Drúedain, Durin, Dwarf (Middle-earth), Easterlings, Edain, Elf (Middle-earth), Eriador, Fantasy, Fictional language, First Age, Gondor, Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien, Khuzdul, Languages constructed by J. R. R. Tolkien, Lingua franca, List of hobbit families, List of Middle-earth rivers, Lonely Mountain, Man (Middle-earth), Meriadoc Brandybuck, Middle-earth, Minor places in Middle-earth, Mordor, Moria (Middle-earth), Númenor, Old Norse, Orc (Middle-earth), Peregrin Took, Quenya, Rhovanion, Rivendell, Rohirric, Samwise Gamgee, Sauron, Shire (Middle-earth), Sindarin, Taliska, The Hobbit, ..., The Lord of the Rings, Translations of The Lord of the Rings, White Mountains (Middle-earth). Expand index (3 more) »
Adûnaic
Adûnaic (or Adunaic) ("language of the west") is a fictional language in the fantasy works of J. R. R. Tolkien.
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Anglo-Saxons
The Anglo-Saxons were a people who inhabited Great Britain from the 5th century.
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Arnor
Arnor is a fictional kingdom in J. R. R. Tolkien's writings.
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Artistic language
An artistic language, or artlang, is a constructed language designed for aesthetic pleasure.
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Balin (Middle-earth)
Balin is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium.
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Beleriand
In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional legendarium, Beleriand was a region in northwestern Middle-earth during the First Age.
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Bilbo Baggins
Bilbo Baggins is the title character and protagonist of J. R. R. Tolkien's 1937 novel The Hobbit, as well as a supporting character in The Lord of the Rings.
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Bree (Middle-earth)
Bree is a fictional village in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, east of the Shire and south of Fornost Erain.
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Cirth
The Cirth (plural of certh, in Sindarin meaning runes) are a semi-artificial script, with letters shaped on those of actual runic alphabets, invented by J. R. R. Tolkien for the constructed languages he devised and used in his works.
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Constructed language
A constructed language (sometimes called a conlang) is a language whose phonology, grammar, and vocabulary have been consciously devised for human or human-like communication, instead of having developed naturally.
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Dúnedain
In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, the Dúnedain (singular: Dúnadan, "man of the west") were a race of Men descended from the Númenóreans who survived the sinking of their island kingdom and came to Eriador in Middle-earth, led by Elendil and his sons, Isildur and Anárion.
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Drúedain
The Drúedain are a fictional race of Men which were counted amongst the Edain, who made their way into Beleriand in the First Age, and were friendly to the Elves.
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Durin
Durin is the name of seven Kings of Dwarves in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium.
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Dwarf (Middle-earth)
In the fantasy of J. R. R. Tolkien, the Dwarves are a race inhabiting Middle-earth, the central continent of Earth in an imagined mythological past.
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Easterlings
In the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, "Easterling" and "Easterlings" were generic terms for Men who lived in the east of Middle-earth, who mostly fought under Morgoth and Sauron, not directly but rather on behalf of their own lords.
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Edain
In the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, the Edain were men (humans) who made their way into Beleriand in the First Age, and were friendly to the Elves.
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Elf (Middle-earth)
In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, Elves are one of the races that inhabit a fictional Earth, often called Middle-earth, and set in the remote past.
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Eriador
Eriador is a large region in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional world of Middle-earth.
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Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction set in a fictional universe, often without any locations, events, or people referencing the real world.
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Fictional language
Fictional languages are constructed languages created as part of a fictional setting, for example in books, movies, television shows, and video games.
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First Age
In the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, the First Age, or First Age of the Children of Ilúvatar is the heroic period in which most of Tolkien's early legends are set.
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Gondor
Gondor is a fictional kingdom in J. R. R. Tolkien's writings, described as the greatest realm of Men in the west of Middle-earth by the end of the Third Age.
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Hobbit
Hobbits are a fictional, diminutive, humanoid race who inhabit the lands of Middle-earth in J. R. R. Tolkien’s fiction.
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J. R. R. Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, (Tolkien pronounced his surname, see his phonetic transcription published on the illustration in The Return of the Shadow: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part One. Christopher Tolkien. London: Unwin Hyman, 1988. (The History of Middle-earth; 6). In General American the surname is also pronounced. This pronunciation no doubt arose by analogy with such words as toll and polka, or because speakers of General American realise as, while often hearing British as; thus or General American become the closest possible approximation to the Received Pronunciation for many American speakers. Wells, John. 1990. Longman pronunciation dictionary. Harlow: Longman, 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor who is best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.
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Khuzdul
Khuzdul is a constructed language devised by J. R. R. Tolkien.
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Languages constructed by J. R. R. Tolkien
The philologist and author J. R. R. Tolkien created a number of constructed languages.
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Lingua franca
A lingua franca, also known as a bridge language, common language, trade language, auxiliary language, vernacular language, or link language is a language or dialect systematically used to make communication possible between people who do not share a native language or dialect, particularly when it is a third language that is distinct from both native languages.
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List of hobbit families
Hobbits are a fictional race in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth books.
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List of Middle-earth rivers
Middle-earth, the main setting of J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, contains many rivers, some of which are described below.
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Lonely Mountain
In J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, the Lonely Mountain (Sindarin Erebor) is a mountain in the north of Rhovanion.
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Man (Middle-earth)
In J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth fiction, such as The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, the terms Man and Men refer to humankind – in contrast to Elves, Dwarves, Orcs, and other humanoid races – and does not denote gender.
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Meriadoc Brandybuck
Meriadoc Brandybuck, usually referred to as simply Merry, is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, featured throughout his most famous work, The Lord of the Rings.
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Middle-earth
Middle-earth is the fictional setting of much of British writer J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium.
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Minor places in Middle-earth
The stories of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium contain references to numerous places.
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Mordor
In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional world of Middle-earth, Mordor (pronounced; from Sindarin Black Land and Quenya Land of Shadow) was the region occupied and controlled by Sauron, in the southeast of northwestern Middle-earth to the East of Anduin, the great river.
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Moria (Middle-earth)
In the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, Moria was the name given at the beginning of the late Third Age to an enormous and by then very ancient underground complex in north-western Middle-earth, comprising a vast network of tunnels, chambers, mines and huge halls or mansions, that ran under and ultimately through the Misty Mountains.
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Númenor
Númenor, also called Elenna-nórë or Westernesse, is a fictional place in English author J. R. R. Tolkien's writings.
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Old Norse
Old Norse was a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements from about the 9th to the 13th century.
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Orc (Middle-earth)
In J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy writings, Orcs are a race of creatures who are used as soldiers and henchmen by both the greater and lesser villains of The Silmarillion, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings—Morgoth, Sauron and Saruman.
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Peregrin Took
Peregrin Took, more commonly known simply as Pippin, is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings.
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Quenya
Quenya is a fictional language devised by J. R. R. Tolkien and used by the Elves in his legendarium.
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Rhovanion
In the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, Rhovanion or Wilderland was a large inland region of north-west Middle-earth.
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Rivendell
Rivendell is an Elven realm in Middle-earth, a fictional world created by J. R. R. Tolkien.
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Rohirric
In the fictional world of Middle-earth by J. R. R. Tolkien, Rohirric (also Rohirian and Rohanese, see below) is the language of the Rohirrim of Rohan.
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Samwise Gamgee
Samwise "Sam" Gamgee (later known as Samwise Gardner)Appendix C to The Lord of the Rings is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium.
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Sauron
Sauron is the title character and main antagonist of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.
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Shire (Middle-earth)
The Shire is a region of J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional Middle-earth, described in The Lord of the Rings and other works.
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Sindarin
Sindarin is a fictional language devised by J. R. R. Tolkien for use in his fantasy stories set in Arda, primarily in Middle-earth.
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Taliska
Taliska is a constructed language devised by fantasy writer J. R. R. Tolkien.
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The Hobbit
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again is a children's fantasy novel by English author J. R. R. Tolkien.
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The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings is an epic high fantasy novel written by English author and scholar J. R. R. Tolkien.
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Translations of The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien, written originally in English, has since been translated, with varying degrees of success, into dozens of other languages.
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White Mountains (Middle-earth)
The White Mountains are a fictional mountain range in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, where they lie primarily in the Kingdom of Gondor, but partly also in the Kingdom of Rohan.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westron
