Chatter: Atani

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Re: Chatter: Druedain

Post by Vardaen » Fri Mar 20, 2015 10:15 pm

Languages in the East of Men

Structurally and grammatically [Khuzdul] differed widely from all other languages of the West at that time; though it had some features in common with Adûnaic, the ancient 'native' language of Númenor. This gave rise to the theory (a probable one) that in the unrecorded past some of the languages of Men - including the language of the dominant element in the Atani from which Adûnaic was derived - had been influenced by Khuzdul.

The Peoples of Middle-Earth, HoME Vol 12, Part 2, Ch 10, Of Dwarves and Men: Notes, Note 4
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J.R.R. Tolkien, Council of Elrond, The Fellowship of the Ring

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