Editing Westron (section)

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[[File:Linguistic Map of Middle-Earth.svg|thumb|upright=1.75|According to [[Tom Shippey]], Tolkien invented parts of [[Middle-earth]] to resolve the linguistic puzzle he had accidentally created by using three different [[Pseudotranslation in The Lord of the Rings|pseudo-translated]] European languages for those of peoples in his legendarium.{{sfn|Shippey|2005|pp=131-133}}]]

'''Westron''' (called '''''Adûni''''' in Westron, or '''''Sôval Phârë''''' meaning "Common Speech" in Westron), is the constructed language that was supposedly the '''Common Speech''' used in [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s world of [[Middle-earth]] in the [[Third Age]], at the time of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. It ostensibly developed from [[Adûnaic]], the ancient language of [[Númenor]]. In practice in the novel, Westron is nearly always represented by modern English, in a process of [[Pseudotranslation in The Lord of the Rings|pseudo-translation]] which also sees [[Rohirric]] represented by [[Old English]]. That process allowed Tolkien not to develop Westron or Rohirric in any detail. In the Appendices of the novel, Tolkien gives some examples of Westron words.