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03-31-2003, 12:03 PM | #1 |
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Understanding one another in the Fellowship
Since there were people representing different races in the Fellowship, do you think they understood each other. I mean,for instance, would Legolas understand the Dwarvish language Gimli speaks and would Gimli understand Elvish? Reply soon with your opinion.
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03-31-2003, 12:11 PM | #2 |
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well Legolas surely wouldn't understand Khuz-Dul (Dwarvish) as that tongue was kept nearly completely secret from non-Dwarves. As for Gimli,speaking "Elfish",I don't know.Probably not.
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03-31-2003, 12:56 PM | #3 |
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Gimli did know elvish. A lot of dwarves did. When they were all at the gate of Moria you will notice that the words were written in Elvish, Quenya I think, and Gimli certainly knew what it said, just not how to solve the riddle. I hope that answers your question.
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03-31-2003, 01:20 PM | #4 |
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All of the members of the Fellowship spoke Westron, the "common tongue" spread by the Numenoreans during their dominion on Middle-Earth. Thus, while some may have not understood the native tongues of others, they were all able to communicate with each other.
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Phrim has given the correct answer.
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03-31-2003, 04:10 PM | #6 |
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Basically, the Fellowship was nothing like the U.N.
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