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The White CouncilRe: For Michael re: the Éothéod in Arnor and the names of the IstariTolkien and Inklings Discussion |
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The White CouncilRe: For Michael re: the Éothéod in Arnor and the names of the IstariTolkien and Inklings Discussion |
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Posted by Michael Martinez on January 16, 2000 at 15:51:35 In Reply to: Re: For Michael re: the Éothéod in Arnor and the names of the Istari posted by Berembrôg on January 16, 2000 at 09:37:09:
Yes, that is speculative. But since Tolkien doesn't speak of other mounted peoples living in the Vales of Anduin, I think it's a pretty safe speculation. : [snipped the linguistic family tree] : 1) What exactly is the difference between Adûnaic and Bëorian? : wouldn’t the latter simply be a dialect of the former? I'm not really qualified to say (I don't know if anyone is). I think a strong argument can be made for Beorian to be extremely close to Adunaic, but I don't know if it can be argued that Beorian was only a dialect of the mother language. : 2) You state that Westron developed out of Adûnaic Beleriandic. : I was under the impression that it developed in the latter part : of the Second Age along the coastlines of ME. I concur that it : is highly possible, indeed probable, that Westron may have been : influenced by the Beleriandic spoken by Númenoreans who had : contact with ME during this period. Could you please explain : further the connection? Well, technically, Westron was a blending of several languages, as I understand it. But the "core" language was that brought back to Middle-earth by the Numenoreans. These were all descendants of the Edain who settled in Beleriand.
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