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03-20-2002, 06:31 PM
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Elven Warrior
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Need help with dwarvish
I was working out the alphabet (found in the Hobbit) today and it said that there is no rune for Z. What about stuff like Khazad-Dum (sp?)? Does anybody know what stands for the Z sound in dwarvish?
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03-20-2002, 06:33 PM
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The Insufferable
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It might bave been something like 'Khashad-dum'.
The spellings were angelecized. OFr example Felagund = Felackundo
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03-20-2002, 07:19 PM
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03-20-2002, 08:22 PM
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The alphabet in the Hobbit belongs to Anglo-Saxon, it was not invented by J. R. R. Tolkien and was never used by the Dwarrows of his world.
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03-21-2002, 02:21 PM
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Maybe it is represented by a dipthong.
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