Common Tongue

Common Tongue
   The Common Speech of the Westlands.
   The Common Language used throughout the northern and western lands of Middle-earth. It developed from the Númenórean tongue, Adûnaic, but with many additions and changes from other languages, to become almost universally spoken.

J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth glossary. . 2003.

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