ext_4752 ([identity profile] xiphias.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] xiphias 2010-04-28 07:03 pm (UTC)

Honestly, I think Tolkien did do that. He created ancient forms of languages, then aged them into various descendant languages. I don't know how much cross-borrowing he did from one language to another, but I wouldn't be surprised if he did some. I wouldn't be surprised if the language the hobbits spoke WAS the Middle Earth equivalent of Yiddish.

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