Re: Sauron's conlang (was: Intergermansk - Three Rings)

Quoting Rodlox <Rodlox@...>:

> > >>>> I do not think he did. Of course the Black Speech was a conlang,
> > >>>> devised
> > >>>> by Sauron   ;)
>
> > Obviously that way, what else? Let me quote the sentence in full:
> > "It is said that the Black Speech was devised by Sauron in the Dark Years,
> >   and that he had desired to make it the language of all those that served
> > him, but failed in his purpose"
>
>   so in other words, Sauron attempted to make an International Language?
Yup. Some people have interpreted it as a jab at Esperanto, which JRRT, IIRC,
disliked on the grounds it wasn't "organic" enough.

>  hrmm...are Ents capable of speaking Black Speech?
>
>  (*not* "would an Ent *want to*?"...*could an Ent* instead).
Well, there's no reason not to assume they could have learnt it, given they had
someone willing to teach them.

                                                       Andreas