Shagâni

Shagâni is the name of both the language and the people of Shagâna, or Near Harad.

The language 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

gím - holt / wood

gurûm - watch

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

lâkh - wither

lûbara - foreigner

lûkal - stranger

menundâri - eternal

min - second

nâmbadir - princes

nisi - green / emerald

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

pashâg - coward

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

Dun Shûma - King's Fortress

Ghalbûru - Thieves' Cut

Esh-kimâkhi - Hallows of the Three

Ikorbân - Reedflood

Jirush - Swords' Cross

Lâkhedin - The Witherlands

Menundâri-en - The Eternal One

Nísaka - Abundant Kingdom

Nisigím - The Emerald Wood

Nisigurûm - Green-watch

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