Khuzdul, Language of the Dwarves - Tolkien's Languages (Updated)

Khuzdul is the secret Dwarvish language of Tolkien’s Middle-earth, and in this video, we explore its lore as well as the language and its functions! Thank you all so much for watching, let me know your thoughts about Khuzdul in the comments below! As always, a great thanks to the online artists whose visual works made this video possible! If you are one of the artists, please let me know and I will post your name and a link to your work in this description!

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[michael]

I would have liked the presentation of the dwarves spoken language and how it was crucial when Galadriel spoke the dwarven tongue to Gimli. this turned Gimli's resentment and fear to one that emboldened him to ask for 3 stands of her hair. Much more crucial to the story than some battle cry.

[ragnarcrockettsson]

I've always thought the resemblance that dwarvish writing had to Norse Runes to be awesome, can't wait to learn more about them!

[kaidorade]

Loved the nod to Nordic runes in Tolkien’s works! Makes me miss my Legendarium class back when I was in h.s. And we learned to read, write, speak elvish

[trevorp]

I once worked at a clinic whose head doctor basically wrote in Khuzdul.

I cant really explain it better than that he didnt do curvature on any letters he wrote. His R's were closed by two right-angle lines.

[orrointhewise]

"And do you know what this dwarf says to ai durugnul"

The master of language leaves yet another jewel behind for us to wonder about
The dwarvish tongue always sounded more harsh and structured to me than most.
Personally would love to hear two dwarves discuss, gossip, even argue in their language. The tales of the ages would sound very different from that point of view haha

[ErelasInglor]

I'm always amazed at how much gall and creativity goes behind expanding on the dwarvish language of Tolkien's world by media, games, etc.

[thebrotherskrynn]

Love how the tongue of Khuzdul grew gradually, with Tolkien planning out external influences and the slow growth into what it became in the Hobbit in the Third Age. And can't wait for the Fell-Beast video!

[brunoventura]

Tolkien was so absurdly genius, that he not only created so many peoples and races with their specificities and details, but even entire languages for each of them.

[Kielimies]

In light of Semitic languages, the Khuzdul word *iglishmêk* was most likely stressed on the final syllable, due to the long /e/.

The Sindarin word *angerthas* is stressed on the second syllable.

[shadowcloudspher]

Gimli: "Certainty of death, small chance of success. What are we waiting for?"

[Mark]

Doing much better with this video - any video you wish to produce will always be welcome. Happy Thanksgiving!

[UnknownWorldMusic]

Dwarves (teaching their children Khuzdul): Keep it secret, keep it safe!

[HeartlessRandomguy]

Dwarf teaching his kids Khazdul: Keep it secret, keep it safe

[edim]

The nod to Nordic runes is not only a nice touch, but also makes a lot of sense as Elder Futhark and Younger Futhark were mostly used for inscriptions on metal and stone, particularly runestones.

[JediKalElStarkiller]

I love this type of video on the languages of Middle Earth. Keep them coming.

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[januzzell]

Fascinating - love the linguistic subtleties of Tolkein - thank you for sharing

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[rickythend]

I so enjoyed this video and the sparsely known, immensely interesting subject matter.

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