Adûnaic

Adûnaic (i.e. "Language of the west") was a language of Men, spoken only by the Númenóreans during the Second Age.
==History==
Adûnaic was derived from Bëorian and Hadorian tongues, collectively called Taliska of the Atani. During the Second Age, a Bëorian accent still survived in parts of Númenor, most notably in Emerië and around the harbour of Andúnië. Most of the House of Bëor had been killed after the Dagor Bragollach, and therefore the accent of the House of Hador had become most prevalent.
Adûnaic seems not to have been influenced by the language of the Second House of Men, the Halethian language, at all: when the Númenóreans returned to Middle-earth in the Second Age, they did not recognise the people of Enedwaith and the Forest-folk of Minhiriath as their distant kin, because they spoke a descendent of the Halethian language.
===Black Adûnaic in the Third Age===
Westron or Common Speech, widely spoken in Middle-earth in the Third Age, was largely derived from Adûnaic. The Black Númenóreans of Umbar and other Númenórean colonies spoke a related tongue in the Third Age called Black Adûnaic, which was closer to the old tongue, as it was not enriched by Elvish influence.
==Conceptual history==
Unlike Khuzdûl and the many Elvish languages, J.R.R. Tolkien based the Taliskan branch of Mannish languages on . However, he conceived Adûnaic with "faintly Semitic flavour" due to the influence of Khuzdûl in Taliska since the Elder Days.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. IX: Sauron Defeated, Part Two: "The Notion Club Papers"
==Adûnaic wordlist==
*ar - royal
*nimir - elf
*zimra - jewel
* phel - daughter
*azru - sea
*aglaril - brilliant
*dolgu - black
*zagar - sword
* Îr - one
*arnu - king
*gimil - star
*minil - sky
*Ûrî - sun
*nilû - moon
*zadna - house
*zîr - friend
*thon - gatherer
*khôr - lord
*sapthan - wizard
*balak - ship
*Zôr - flame
*pharaz - gold
*adun - west
==References==
==External links==
*Adûnaic in Ardalambion
==See also==
*Neo-Adûnaic
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Azerbaijani 	آدونائیک (Southern)
Belarusian Cyrillic	Адунаік
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Адунаик
Chinese 	阿登奈克語
Dutch 	Adûnaïsch
Esperanto 	Aduna lingvo
French 	Adûnaïque
Galician 	Adûnaico
Georgian 	ადუნაიკი
German 	Adûnaïsch
Hebrew 	אדונאית
Italian 	Adûnaico
Japanese 	アドゥーナイク
Korean 	아두나익
Latin 	Lingua Adûnaica
Lombard 	Lengua adûnaica
Norwegian 	Adûnaisk
Persian 	آدونائیک
Polish 	Język adûnaicki
Portuguese 	Adûnaico
Russian 	Адунаик
Slovenian 	Adunajščina
Spanish 	Adunaico
Swedish 	Adûnaiska
Thai 	อดูนาอิค
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Адунаік
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