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'''Dunlendish''' was the [[Mannish]] tongue used by the [[Dunlendings]], who inhabited the lands west of the [[Misty Mountains]] and northward from the [[Gap of Rohan]]. The language is now almost completely lost, and only a single recorded word remains - forgoil, a Dunlendish word literally meaning 'strawheads', and used as an insult for their mortal enemies, the [[Rohirrim]]. At one time, a language akin to Dunlendish was spoken by some of the [[Hobbits]] of [[Stoor-kind]], but by the later [[Third Age]] their descendants in the [[Shire]] had long abandoned it for the [[Common Speech]]. | |||
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Revision as of 22:39, 8 March 2007
Dunlendish was the Mannish tongue used by the Dunlendings, who inhabited the lands west of the Misty Mountains and northward from the Gap of Rohan. The language is now almost completely lost, and only a single recorded word remains - forgoil, a Dunlendish word literally meaning 'strawheads', and used as an insult for their mortal enemies, the Rohirrim. At one time, a language akin to Dunlendish was spoken by some of the Hobbits of Stoor-kind, but by the later Third Age their descendants in the Shire had long abandoned it for the Common Speech.
