anghraine: an armoured woman with a sword against a gold background (éowyn (pelennor))
Anghraine ([personal profile] anghraine) wrote2022-01-25 10:51 am

Tumblr crosspost (10 May 2020)

diocletianscabbagefarm replied to this post:

fun trivia but apparently only Theoden spoke Sindarin and Gondorian, but not rohirric

I replied:

I don’t remember Tolkien ever saying that tbh. Théoden instituted a requirement that every person allowed entry to Rohan had to speak the language of the Mark (we don’t know what it’s called), unless they were Gondorian.