English to Black Speech Translator

The Black Speech was devised by Sauron as the language of Mordor. Tolkien recorded only a handful of words, most famously the inscription on the One Ring itself.

Lamethir translates between English and Black Speech with a dictionary of 38 words, plus a browsable lexicon, grammar & lore guide, and Tengwar script transcription.

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