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== Languages ==

== Languages ==

:''Move to [[Tolkien's languages]].''

:''Move to [[Tolkien's languages]].''

In an interview with the BBC in 1972, shortly before his death, Tolkien said that he came up with the concept of a hobbit in part because he had been embarrassed about his own below-average height in his early childhood, and liked to imagine a world where he could be "normal" or even possibly "a hero". {{Fact}} Tolkien based his fictional languages largely on the sounds and style of [[Finnish]] (his Quenya or High Elvish language) and [[Welsh]] (Sindarin, or the tongue of the Grey Elves). His stories were influenced by [[Norse mythology]] which features dragons, elves and dwarves. He also knew and liked the [[Gothic]] language, and [[Old English]]. His Riders of Rohan are like [[Goth]]s in the way they fight, but speak Old English (e.g. Theoden, their king's name, is OE for "prince").

In an interview with the BBC in 1972, shortly before his death, Tolkien said that he came up with the concept of a hobbit in part because he had been embarrassed about his own below-average height in his early childhood, and liked to imagine a world where he could be "normal" or even possibly "a hero". {{Fact}} His stories were influenced by [[Norse mythology]] which features dragons, elves and dwarves. He also knew and liked the [[Gothic]] language, and [[Old English]]. His Riders of Rohan are like [[Goth]]s in the way they fight, but speak Old English (e.g. Theoden, their king's name, is OE for "prince").

== Christianity ==

== Christianity ==