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Iglishmêk was a Dwarvish language of silent gesture-signs.[1][2]
Etymology
Magnus Åberg theorizes that the word is composed of *'igal *"language" (as in aglâb) and *shimak *"gesture".[3]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar", p. 395
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "From Quendi and Eldar, Appendix D" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 39, July 1998, p. 5
- ↑ An analysis of Dwarvish in Mellonath Daeron webpage.
