Shagâni

Shagâni is the language of Shagâna, or Near Harad.

It is closely related to, yet still distinct from, the Umbarrim language of Umbar, which is an Adûnaic-Shagâni creole language.

Common Terms

Words

dag - house

dumûri - daughters

edin - lands

en - one

favra - bone

gím - holt

hashtal-gûr - (a greeting, such as "well met" or "good day")

lai - emerald

lâkh - wither

lûbara - foreigner

lûkal - stranger

menundâri - eternal

min - second

nâmbadir - princes

níkhu - (an exclamation, such as "goodness")

pashâg - coward

thór - wood

ugdûmu - butcher

umûn - lord

Events

Lâg Dávrit - The Pale Blight

Ishími - The Anguished Wind

Madâr - The Realm-cleaving

Sabûdamar - The Red-rush Battle

People

Barkhûsh - The All-seeing (Sauron)

Dumûri - The Daughters

Idâmi - River-maids

Inkanûsh - The Secret Man (Gandalf)

Lûgula - Despot of the North (Hyarmendacil I)

Lûgula-min - Second Despot

Ugdûmu - Butcher (Hyarmendacil II)

Places

Adagím - The Corpseholt

Dag Usakâra - Usakâr the Hermit's House

Damarzâg - Bloody Vale

Danagír - Safe Path

Favrathór - The Bone Wood

Ghalbûru - Thieves' Cut

Esh-kimâkhi - Hallows of the Three

Ikorbân - Reedflood

Jirush - Swords' Cross

Laithór - The Emerald Wood

Lâkhedin - The Witherlands

Menundâri-en - The Eternal One

Nísaka - Abundant Kingdom

Nizukhûr - Brigands' Seat

Span of Nâmbadir - Span of Princes

Shagâna - The Fair Land

Shegdush - Swine-home

Shengarâsh - Encampment of the Rain/Mist

Sílabal - Wrackwade

Sûr Akil - Gorge of Woe

Tûkurdul - Gnaw-heap

Tûl Zakana - Well of Forgetting

Span of Zibâla - Flood-span