12:P3a
The Languages at the end of the Third Age (a)

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Volume: The Peoples of Middle-earth
Chapter:
Pages: 29–51
Paragraph count: 74
Token count: 8,227

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p29
The Languages
at the end
Third Age
§1␣I have written
§2␣We have in
p29–30
§3␣According to Elvish
p30
§4␣In Valinor, from
§5␣Now after long
p30–31
§6␣According to the
p31
§7␣Now the Men
§8␣When at last
p31–32
§9␣The language of
p32
§10␣This Common Speech
p32–33
§11␣Beside the Common
p33
[This paragraph was
§12␣Moreover, those were
p33–34
§13␣Now the people
p34
§14␣In this way
[The conclusion of
p35
§15␣More remarkable it
§16␣The Orcs had
p35–36
§17␣Trolls, in their
p36
§18␣Elves, it may
p36–37
§19␣The Elvish names
p37
§20␣To speak last
§21␣Since Hobbits were
[The latter part
p37–38
§22␣Among Hobbits [added:
p38
§23␣Now that language
p39
§24␣An example of
§25␣The Hobbits in
p39–40
[The end of
p40
§26␣As soon as
§27␣In the Shire,
§28␣In this way
p40–41
[The following passage
p41
But this was
On Translation
§29␣The linguistic situation
p41–42
§30␣The Elven-tongues I
p42
§31␣My treatment of
§32␣It will be
Note
p42–43
§33␣I will here
p43
§34␣This distinction was
§35␣It was one
§36␣Most of these
p43–44
§37␣Only in a
p44
§38␣Passing from the
§39␣For instance, if
p44–45
§40␣To translate the
p45
§41␣The nomenclature of
p45–46
§42␣The personal names
p46
§43␣More debatable, perhaps,
§44␣It seemed to
p46–47
§45␣This method entails,
p47
§46␣Hobbits very frequently
§47␣For the benefit
p48
Family names
Took Hobbit Tūc,
Baggins H. Labingi.
Brandybuck Earlier Oldbuck.
Bolger Merely an
Boffin Anglicized from
Gamgee H. Galbassi.
p48–49
Cotton H. Lothran.
p49
⸤¶§48¶⸥⸤¶Hobbit¶⸥
p49–50
Hobbit This, I
p50
⸤¶§49¶⸥⸤¶Personal names¶⸥
Bilbo The actual
Frodo On the
Meriadoc (Merry) The
p51
Peregrin (Pippin) The
Sam His real