Umbarrim
Umbarrim is the language of Umbar.
Historically, the Men of Umbar spoke Adûnaic, as direct descendants of the Men of Númenor. However, as the years went on, the Umbarrim people intermingled and mixed, both genetically and culturally, with the neighbouring Haradrim. Over the centuries, an Adûnaic-Haradrim creole language developed, and eventually replaced pure Adûnaic entirely. This creole is what is known as the Umbarrim language.
The Umbarrim language kept being influenced by the Haradrim, and the modern Umbarrim language is now much closer to pure Haradrim than it is to its Adûnaic roots, though there are still notable differences between the two neighbouring languages. However, the further away from Umbar Baharbêl one gets, the more similar the two languages becomes, eventually becoming pure Haradrim close to the border to Harad.
Common Terms
Words
- adar - fast
- bahir - sail
- baj - shore
- bakh - lower
- basha - bog
- bax - shallows
- bimai - brutes
- bîrix - winds
- bithi - yards
- bor - tower
- dar, dâr - hall, home, house
- dor - cleft
- garâkh - drowning
- ghadir - pools
- ghând - hungry
- ghar - grotto
- gherja - barrens
- ghol - upper
- grekhûl - lizard
- hêlsi - freedom
- idwa - writhen
- iforikh - flowering
- ilmai - waters
- irkant - auction
- jadam - bones
- jâsh - ship, fleet
- jeb, jêbel - stone
- jenîn - gardens
- jeraf - wisdom
- jid - cavern
- kamîr - chamber
- kan - shelter
- kâta - mire
- kateb - records
- khatûg - slashing
- khibi - netted
- khîl - cape
- khîn - grinding
- khorbo - all-seeing
- laja - meeting
- lakha - gathering
- lipha - serpent
- maj - grove
- mâkhda - fane
- mâr - haven
- mût - dead, death
- phadâl - wreckage
- pherkha - cat
- phêsi - whispers
- râhal - ward
- rapha - tales
- sêma - sky
- shedax - jaws
- skûrja - grim
- sûd - black
- sûr - citadel
- tabib - healers
- tadaul - light
- taj - flats
- tarka - shield
- tûl - tor
- zîrar - isles
Events
- Mût Tadaul - The Death of Light
Materials
- Abâshal - Sea-opal
- Bidulêkh - Dawn-sheen
- Deldêja - Shadow-tears
People
- Hadôru - He Who Returned
Places
- Baj Khatûg - The Slashing Shore
- Bâlakhat - The Devourer's Waters
- Basha Ghând - The Hungry Bog
- Bax Garâkh - The Drowning Shallows
- Bêkhmol - The Free Wharf
- Bor Sêma - The Tower of the Sky
- Dar Grekhûl - The Lizard-home
- Dâr Irkant - The Auction House
- Dâr Jeraf - The House of Wisdom
- Dâr Laja - The Meeting-hall
- Dâr Rapha - The House of Tales
- Dâr Tabib - The House of Healers
- Dor Pherkha - The Cat's Cleft
- Ghadir Sûd - The Black Pools
- Ghar Jâdam - The Grotto of Bones
- Ghax-hophra - The Living Burrow
- Gherja Mût - The Barrens of the Dead
- Grijâti - The Home of the Stranded
- Hâtaphor - The Snatcher's Den
- Idwadâr - The Writhen-home
- Ilmai Iforikh - The Flowering Waters
- Irkhadâr - The Sleeper
- Jâghimsa - The Wandering Wood
- Jâsh-bithi - The Ship-yards
- Jâshadar - The Fleet-fast
- Jeb Lipha - The Serpent-stone
- Jêbel Lakha - The Gathering Stone
- Jenîn Tûl - The Tor-gardens
- Jid Phêsi - The Cavern of Whispers
- Kamîr Kateb - The Chamber of Records
- Kan Skûrja - The Grim Shelter
- Kâshtabil - The Crawling Tangle
- Maj Khibi - The Netted Grove
- Mâkhda Khorbo - The Fane of the All-Seing
- Mâr Bahir - The Sail-haven
- Phadâl Bimai - The Wreckage of the Brutes
- Râhal Bakh - The Lower Ward
- Râhal Ghol - The Upper Ward
- Shedax Khîn - The Grinding Jaws
- Sûr Bîrix - The Citadel of Winds
- Taj-kâta - The Mire Flats
- Thargushakâl - The Shoreward Stone
- Umbarkhîl - The Cape of Umbar
- Zîrar Tarka - The Shield Isles