Prefixes and Suffixes	Appendix
	Black Speech - English Dictionary	Numbers, Weights and Measures,
	English - Black Speech Dictionary	Directions, Orc Army Ranks

	Black Speech Lessons I
	Lesson II - Black Speech Sounds and Pronunciation
	Lesson III - Verbs: Infinitives and Present Tense
	Lesson IV - Noun plurals
	Lesson V - Verbs: Future tense
	Lesson VI - Adjectives and Word Order
	Lesson VII - Prepositions
	Lesson VIII - Verbs: Past Tense
	Lesson IX - Numbers
	Lesson X - Pronouns and commands

The Land of Shadow's Black Speech

This dialect of the Black Speech know as the Shadowlandian Black Speech was created by Scatha, the great Dragon Queen of Mordor and Morgoth's Lair, and was made for the Dark Community of Mordor... the Land of Shadow.com and Dark Messages our community board. She has since expanded it's use across the web into many of our fellow Dark Sites, including Morgoth's Lair and Lugburz ensuring it's longevity over time and giving the dedicated students of this dialect of the Black Speech, a variety of forums and communities to discuss, learn, speak and write in the Dark Tongue of Mordor.

We will be forever grateful to Scatha and many other dedicated Black Speech linguists who contributed to this great work of linguistic wizardry that breaths life into the expedience of Tolkien's Land of Shadow. We Thank you Scatha!

An Introduction from Scatha the Black Speech Linguist

Then J. R. R. Tolkien invented the Black Speech for his Lord of the Rings trilogy, he created only a few phrases and orc names. In order to develop the language for use and communication, we have invented new words and have developed some grammatical rules. In order to make it clear which words came directly from Tolkien, and which ones were created by other people, source abbreviations (in all caps) are given with each word. This dictionary was based on several online Black Speech discussions and resources. (See URL's in Appendix below.) I tried to base my new words on Tolkien's original BS vocabulary and on his proper names for orcs. The rest I extrapolated from the sources noted below and from Quenya. I apologize if I have neglected to credit anyone. If you find that I have, please email me. Please also let me know if you find any errors or problems. Scatha

Several different groups and people have invented various versions of Black Speech. This is entirely in keeping with Tolkien's observations that orcs spoke many different dialects. These "dialects" are named by their creators. Mine is called "Uzg Bûrgulu-ob" (Land of Shadows). There is also a dialect called "Horngoth," another one by a Swedish LARP group called "Svartiska", and a defunct one by the name of Mugbûrz. If you decide to create your own dialect, please give yours a distinctive name. Please feel free to to use, share, or copy these dictionaries and lessons as you wish, but please do give credit to the various creators. Thank you.

*A note about accent marks: Accent marks or double vowels only indicate the length of the syllable, not stress. Because this dictionary was taken from many different sources, you'll find both versions of some of the long vowels (sorry!) but the double vowels are identical to accented vowels: û = uu, î = ii, â = aa.) They are interchangeable. The double or accented vowel should be pronounced as a long vowel: uu = "ooh," aa = aah, ii = eeh, oo = oh. This is important, because there are several words that would otherwise sound too similar (fil = cave, and fiil = bird.) Long vowels are alphabetized as though they were spelled out.

A note about pronunciation: According to Tolkien, the "l" should be pronounced like the American "dark l," as in "look." The "r" should be pronounced like the French "r." This will give your pronunciation of Black Speech words an appropriately horrible and scary sound.