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

biri - wells

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

hulzi - fighters

idwa - writhen

iforikh - flowering

ilmai - waters

irkant - auction

iskánta - rebuke

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

môkh - beneath

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

Phetekâri - The Tale-wardens

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

Dil-irmíz - The Berths

Dor Pherkha - The Cat's Cleft

Dûlkar - The Shadow Market

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

Hulzidâr - Home of the Fighters

Idwadâr - The Writhen-home

Ilmai Iforikh - The Flowering Waters

Ilmabiri - The Wells

Irkhadâr - The Sleeper

Itekh-kên - Seekers' Refuge

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

Kamrabezûr - The Vaults

Kan Skûrja - The Grim Shelter

Kâshtabil - The Crawling Tangle

Khabârkhad - The Crypts

Kruha-sûrja - Bastion Against the Beasts

Maj Khibi - The Netted Grove

Mâkhda Khorbo - The Fane of the All-Seing

Mâr Bahir - The Sail-haven

Nishabêt - Weavers' Nest

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

Tâkhdar - The Cellars

Thargushakâl - The Shoreward Stone

Umbar-môkh - The 'Neaths of Umbar

Umbarkhîl - The Cape of Umbar

Zîrar Tarka - The Shield Isles

Ships

Iskánta - Rebuke