Black Speech

fictional language in the fantasy works of J. R. R. Tolkien
Intangible fictional_language Q686210
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Black Speech

Summary

Black Speech is a fictional language[1]. It draws 541 Wikipedia views per month (fictional_language category, ranking #5 of 24).[2]

Key Facts

  • Black Speech is the creator of J. R. R. Tolkien[3].
  • Black Speech's image is recorded as One Ring inscription.svg[4].
  • Black Speech's instance of is recorded as fictional language[5].
  • Black Speech's instance of is recorded as constructed language[6].
  • Black Speech's audio is recorded as The one ring.ogg[7].
  • Black Speech's writing system is recorded as Tengwar[8].
  • Black Speech's writing system is recorded as Latin script[9].
  • Black Speech's IETF language tag is recorded as art-x-black[10].
  • Black Speech's part of is recorded as languages constructed by J. R. R. Tolkien[11].
  • Black Speech's Commons category is recorded as Black Speech[12].
  • Black Speech's Wikimedia language code is recorded as art-bsp[13].
  • Black Speech's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01357f[14].
  • Black Speech's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Black Speech[15].
  • Black Speech's described at URL is recorded as https://cals.info/language/black-speech/[16].
  • Black Speech's described at URL is recorded as https://database.conlang.org/view/?conlang=98[17].
  • Black Speech's described at URL is recorded as https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Black_Speech[18].
  • Black Speech's described at URL is recorded as https://langmaker.github.io/db/mdl_blackspeech.htm[19].
  • Black Speech's from narrative universe is recorded as Tolkien's legendarium[20].
  • Black Speech's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://conlang.stackexchange.com/tags/tolkien-black-speech[21].
  • Black Speech's used by is recorded as Nazgûl[22].
  • Black Speech's used by is recorded as Sauron[23].
  • Black Speech's used by is recorded as Trolls[24].
  • Black Speech's used by is recorded as Barad-dûr[25].
  • Black Speech's linguistic typology is recorded as agglutinative language[26].
  • Black Speech's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 암흑어[27].

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Works and Contributions

Black Speech is the creator of J. R. R. Tolkien[3].

Why It Matters

Black Speech draws 541 Wikipedia views per month (fictional_language category, ranking #5 of 24).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . folk.uib.no. Retrieved . folk.uib.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . folk.uib.no. Retrieved . folk.uib.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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