The Lord of the Rings epic is more than a fantasy novel. It is part of the whole universe. There was a place in it for the own languages of different tribes and peoples, with which Tolkien populated his magical world.
Great storyteller and linguist
J. R. R. Tolkien himself created a miracle, not just writing a fantasy epic - he kind of breathed life into the universe of Middle-earth. The writer has done a colossal job of supplementing, deepening and detailing the events in the book "The Lord of the Rings". Including a professor of linguistics at Oxford University painstakingly developed languages for elves and dwarves, higher beings and mere mortals, even orcs. These are not scattered words, not meaningless and random sets of sounds for concepts and names. Tolkien put all his talent, deep knowledge and tremendous experience into them, he came up with adverbs professionally, according to all the rules of word formation.
All the peoples of Middle-earth and the universe of Arda in general have legends, historical chronicles, genealogies, legends about forerunners and higher beings, which are included in separate literary works or mentioned in the central one - “The Lord of the Rings”. The epic itself began with the writing by the author of scattered passages about some legends of a fairy-tale country, which Tolkien compiled from his youth. in somemoment they began to merge with each other, close in a chain of events, thus the universe of Middle-earth and Arda was born.
Here we will talk about one of the fictional languages - the black dialect of Mordor.
“In Mordor, where the eternal darkness…”
The most famous saying in this dialect is the fiery inscription on the ring of Omnipotence.
As Gandalf explained to the surprised Frodo in The Lord of the Rings, who did not understand the runes on the ring, although he studied Elvish - the inscription was made in black dialect. The enemy language does not have its own writing.
The Black Speech is a language invented by Tolkien. According to his plan, the adverb is considered artificial in the work itself. Sauron created it for his subjects, who spoke scattered dialects or the warped Westorn, the common language of the peoples of Middle-earth. The Black Lord, not possessing a light and creative power, stole writing, as he had long ago done, from his eternal opponents - the elves. Even creating the ring of Omnipotence, he wrote down the black curse itself with the runes of the elvish language invented by Tolkien.
Phonation of the Curse of the Ring
All Tolkienists, even beginners, know a few words in the highest black dialect (spoken by the Nazgul and other dark hierarchs) - this is the phonation of the inscription on the ring of omnipotence. She is very famous, many fans of the fantasy epic know her by heart:
“Ash nazg durbatuluk, Ash Nazg Gimbatul, Ash Nazg trakatuluk
Ak burzum ishi krimpatul.”
One ring will conquer them, Onethe ring will find them, One ring will attract them
And with a single black chain forges.
Ghash
The orcs and other parts of the dark army, for example, the black tribes in its composition, have a simpler dialect, but the fictional language is the same. Another well-known word is ghash, orcish. When the Fellowship of the Ring was trapped in Moria's Hall of Remembrance, Gandalf closing the retreat overheard and told his friends that the enemies were repeating the word "ghash" - fire in the black dialect.
Nazgul
As they say, the night of the Nazgûl is not remembered, especially in the black dialect. The ring-bearers preferred to speak Western. Nazgul is formed from two words - “nazg” and “guzz”, in Orcish - a ring and a ghost.
The word “nazg” is also present in the curse. It means the Ring of Omnipotence. The Nazgul also had their own nine rings, which Sauron gave them. With their help, he enslaved these great rulers of people, seducing them with power. And since then, they are neither alive nor dead, like ghosts, forever serving the Black Lord and the main ring.
Fantasy fans continue the work of the professor and the storyteller, studying and developing their favorite invented world, including the languages of the magical peoples.
