> >>>> 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?
hrmm...are Ents capable of speaking Black Speech?
(*not* "would an Ent *want to*?"...*could an Ent* instead).