Sôval Phârë

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Sôval Phârë is the Adûnaic name for Westron, the Common Speech of Middle-earth in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium.

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Sôval Phârë canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Adûnaic term
constructed language
fictional language
alsoKnownAs Common Speech of Middle-earth
Common Tongue of Middle-earth
appearsIn The History of Middle-earth
The Lord of the Rings
The Silmarillion
Unfinished Tales
associatedWith Númenórean cultural expansion
creator J. R. R. Tolkien
documentedIn Appendix F of The Lord of the Rings
etymologyLanguage Adûnaic
fictionalUniverse Middle-earth
genre high fantasy
hasRole bridge language between different races in Middle-earth
influencedBy Adûnaic of Númenor
linked to: Adûnaic

Elvish tongues
inUniverseStatus most widely spoken language in the late Third Age
languageOf Middle-earth
meaning Common Speech
Common Tongue
nameInLanguage Adûnaic
partOf Tolkien’s linguistic subcreation
linked to: Elvish languages
primaryFunction lingua franca of Middle-earth
refersTo Common Speech
Westron
relatedTo Adûnaic
Elvish languages of Middle-earth
linked to: Elvish languages
setting legendarium of J. R. R. Tolkien
spokenIn Arnor
Bree
Eriador
Gondor
Rohan
The Shire
many regions of Middle-earth
timePeriod Third Age of Middle-earth
late Second Age of Middle-earth
usedBy Dwarves
Hobbits
Men of Middle-earth
many Free Peoples of Middle-earth
writingSystem Cirth
Tengwar

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Westron alsoKnownAs Sôval Phârë