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| **//Black Speech//** is one of the fictional languages invented by [[wp> | **//Black Speech//** is one of the fictional languages invented by [[wp> | ||
| - | Black Speech is divided into //Classical Black Speech// invented by Sauron and //Debased Black Speech//, a collective name for various dialects and languages spoken by Orcs in the Third Age. While some words of Black Speech were borrowed from languages of Orcs of the First Age (like suffix " | + | [[canon|Canonical]] |
| ===== Internal history and Classical Black Speech ===== | ===== Internal history and Classical Black Speech ===== | ||
| In internal history, Black Speech is a // | In internal history, Black Speech is a // | ||
| - | > It is said that the Black Speech was devised by Sauron in the Dark Years, and that he had desired to make it the language of all those that served him, but he failed in that purpose. From the Black Speech, however, were derived many of the words that were in the Third Age wide-spread among the Orcs. | + | > It is said that the Black Speech was devised by Sauron in the Dark Years, and that he had desired to make it the language of all those that served him, but he failed in that purpose. From the Black Speech, however, were derived many of the words that were in the Third Age wide-spread among the Orcs((all cites are from Appendix F to LOTR except otherwise stated)). |
| > but after the first overthrow of Sauron this language in its ancient form was forgotten by all but the Nazgûl. When Sauron arose again, it became once more the language of Barad-dûr and of the captains of Mordor. | > but after the first overthrow of Sauron this language in its ancient form was forgotten by all but the Nazgûl. When Sauron arose again, it became once more the language of Barad-dûr and of the captains of Mordor. | ||
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| > So it was that in the Third Age Orcs used for communication between breed and breed the Westron tongue; and many indeed of the older tribes, such as those that still lingered in the North and in the Misty Mountains, had long used the Westron as their native language, though in such a fashion as to make it hardly less unlovely than Orkish. | > So it was that in the Third Age Orcs used for communication between breed and breed the Westron tongue; and many indeed of the older tribes, such as those that still lingered in the North and in the Misty Mountains, had long used the Westron as their native language, though in such a fashion as to make it hardly less unlovely than Orkish. | ||
| - | >To Pippin’s surprise he found that much of the talk was intelligible; | + | >To Pippin’s surprise he found that much of the talk was intelligible; |
| ===== Neo Black Speech ===== | ===== Neo Black Speech ===== | ||
| - | **//Neo Black Speech//** is a collective name for different fan's attempts to reconstruct Black Speech, including Nûrlâm described here. Each version is called a " | + | **//Neo Black Speech//** is a collective name for different fan's attempts to reconstruct Black Speech, including Nûrlâm described here. Each version is called a " |
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| + | * [[ring-verse|Ring Inscription]] | ||
| + | * [[orcish_curse|Orcish Curse]] | ||
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