Black Speech
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Black Speech is a harsh, guttural language mainly used by the Orcs of Tolagâl. The language was largely unintelligable to anybody not playing a Tolagâl Orc, though few existed who could understand and translate what the Orcs were saying, one such player being Marduk Akil.
Most players were put off by 'learning a new language' simply for the purposes of roleplaying and assumed the language was difficult to learn. A lot of people joined the Orcs of Tolagâl only to leave soon after complaining that the language was too difficult. The key to learning the language was simply to participate in the guild. Most members mixed a few of the most common Black Speech words such as "Gûr" (I), "Lat" (You), "Matat" (Kill) and "Ur" (What), etc. with Broken Britannian and enquired over party chat as to the meaning of any harder words used by the older members.
Background
Black Speech is a language spoken by certain Uruk-Hai in the old world. The Uruk-Hai started to enforce it for even the lesser orcs when they established their power in the new world. It is full of hard harsh words that originate from deep down the throat. Not many Orcs speak Black Speech fluently, they generally speak Broken Britannian with some Black Speech words in it. Only the oldest of the Orcs speak it fairly well.
Dictionary
It has been said that most of the current, advanced, Black Speech dictionary has been derived from Swedish. Apparently the language was never finished by Tolkien and so Swedish roleplayers contributed into making it a fully-fledged language with a dictionary containing hundreds of words.
Word List
| English | Black Speech |
|---|---|
| I | Gûr |
| You | Lat |
| You (plural) | Lati |
| He/She | Ta |
| We | Gûri |
| They | Tai |
| Yes | Nen |
| No | Nar |
| Okay | Zagira |
| What | Ur |
| All | Ûk |
| Thanks | Kamush |
| Is, am, are | Ti |
| To | U |
| Of | Raz |
| For | Ûr |
| And | Agh |
| Now | Ug |
| Out(side) | Nash(dar) |
| In(side) | Ishi(dar) |
| Where | Mal |
| Stupid | Pagog |
| Weak | Blagh |
| English | Black Speech |
|---|---|
| One | Ash |
| Two | Mash |
| Three | Nam |
| Four | Ruk |
| Five | Krak |
| Six | Ulm |
| Seven | Udu |
| Eight | Nog |
| Nine | Krith |
| Ten | Nuk |
| Eleven | Nuk-ash |
| Twenty | Mash-nuk |
| One-Hundred | Ash-nuk-nuk |
| Races | |
| Human | Tark |
| Elf | Illid |
| Drow | Burzillid |
| Dwarf | Shakutarbik |
| Hobbit | Stauchur |
| Undead | Zuzar |
| Orc | Uruk |
| Ogre/Troll | Olog |
| Animal | Alaj |
