Khuzdûl
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Khuzdul () is a fictional language created by J. R. R. Tolkien, one of the languages of Middle-earth, specifically the secret and private language of the Dwarves. He based its structure and phonology on Semitic languages, primarily Hebrew, with triconsonantal roots of words. Very little of its grammar is defined.
Key facts
- Language.name
- Khuzdul
- Language.creator
- J. R. R. Tolkien
- Language.created
- c. 1935
- Language.setting
- Middle-earth, the setting of the novel The Lord of the Rings, the secret and private language of the Dwarves.
- Language.fam1
- constructed languages
- Language.fam2
- artistic languages
- Language.script
- Cirth
- Language.posteriori
- Influenced primarily by Hebrew in phonology and morphology and other Semitic Languages
- Language.iso3
- none (mis)
- Language.glotto
- none
via Wikipedia infobox
Described at
CALS: Language: Khuzdul
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- constructed language
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- writing system
- Latin script
- from narrative universe
- Tolkien's legendarium
- linguistic typology
- fusional language
- described at URL
- tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Khuzdul
- used by
- Middle-earth dwarf
- Stack Exchange tag
- conlang.stackexchange.com/tags/tolkien-dwarvish
- exact match
- data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#Khuzdul
- CLCR language code
- qku
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
18 sectionsContents
- External history
- Internal history
- Secret language
- Iglishmêk
- Phonology
- Writing
- Grammar
- Nouns and adjectives
- Verbs
- Lexicon
- Placenames and names
- Words
- Consonantal roots
- References
- Primary
- Secondary
- Sources
- External links
Khuzdul () is a fictional language created by J. R. R. Tolkien, one of the languages of Middle-earth, specifically the secret and private language of the Dwarves. He based its structure and phonology on Semitic languages, primarily Hebrew, with triconsonantal roots of words. Very little of its grammar is defined.
== External history ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Khuzdûl” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.