| Khuzdul | |
|---|---|
| Created by | J. R. R. Tolkien |
| Date | c. 1935 |
| Setting and usage | Middle-earth, the setting of the novel The Lord of the Rings, the secret and private language of the Dwarves. |
| Purpose | |
| Cirth | |
| Sources | Influenced primarily by Hebrew in phonology and morphology and other Semitic Languages |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | None |
Khuzdul (pronounced [kʰuzˈdul]) is a fictional language created by J. R. R. Tolkien, one of the languages of Middle-earth, specifically the secret and private language of the Dwarves. He based its structure and phonology on Semitic languages, primarily Hebrew, with triconsonantal roots of words. Very little is known of the grammar.