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Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth: A Complete Guide to All Fourteen of the Languages Tolkien Invented Paperback – Illustrated, 28 May 1980
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This is the book on all of Tolkien's invented languages, spoken by hobbits, elves, and men of Middle-earth -- a dicitonary of fourteen languages, an English-Elvish glossary, all the runes and alphabets, and material on Tolkien the linguist.
- Print length224 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherHoughton Mifflin (Trade)
- Publication date28 May 1980
- Dimensions11.43 x 1.34 x 18.42 cm
- ISBN-100395291305
- ISBN-13978-0395291306
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- Publisher : Houghton Mifflin (Trade); Illustrated edition (28 May 1980)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 224 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0395291305
- ISBN-13 : 978-0395291306
- Dimensions : 11.43 x 1.34 x 18.42 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: 306,442 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 5 in Artificial Languages
- 225 in Celtic, English & Welsh
- 4,090 in Encyclopaedias (Books)
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J.R.R. Tolkien was born on 3rd January 1892. After serving in the First World War, he became best known for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, selling 150 million copies in more than 40 languages worldwide. Awarded the CBE and an honorary Doctorate of Letters from Oxford University, he died in 1973 at the age of 81.

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It is not, though it says on the cover, a "complete" guide, but a very good introduction.
I ordered it second-hand, recieved it within three days, neatly wrapped and with a small note, and I read it within two days. Worth the money!







