Black Speech

English Proper noun black speech A constructed language designed by J. R. R. Tolkien, intended to be associated with evil. en 2007 Joanna Podhorodecka Is lámatyáve a linguistic heresy? Iconicity in J.R.R. Tolkien’s invented languages Elżbieta Tabakowska; et al. Insistent Images 9789027243416 109 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4sWHJ3IpVToC&pg=PA109 Generally speaking, the articulation in Black Speech is quite violent. Diphthongs are practically absent and due to the relatively small number of sonorants, the transitions between particular sounds are sharp and abrupt. en 2009 Dimitra Fimi Tolkien, Race and Cultural History: From Fairies to Hobbits 9780230219519 75 Many later scholars have agreed with Tolkien on his general declarations about his languages (for example, that the Elvish languages are ‘beautiful’, while the Black Speech is cacophonous or that the languages originated Tolkien’s mythology) and skipped the whole issue of the role of the langauges in his fiction by treating them as a fanciful accessory unworthy of independent study. en 2021 Yens Wahlgren The Universal Translator: Everything You Need to Know About 139 Languages That Don’t Really Exist 9780750995924 278 Accepting Alexander Nemirovski’s theory that Tolkien’s Black Speech was based on the long-extinct Hurrian language, the group felt this was an appropriate starting point. Translations constructed language Bulgarian: bg черна реч f Polish: pl Czarna Mowa f See also art-bsp en Languages Artificial languages J. R. R. Tolkien