The first thing this one's going to need is a better name. Sure, it's what Tolkien called the language Sauron created for his minions, but frankly it's a lousy name. Since its story is about the same - created by a big baddie on purpose to unite underlings - I'll probably name it after that someone. Whatever that name ends up being. I should probably work on that, too.
Instead of basing it on Elvish, as Sauron did, this will be based on Draconic. Now, Draconic is probably the most grammatically complex language in my long list, and my Black Speech emphatically is not. It's much simpler, as the evil overlord in question is essentially human in nature. He just reveres dragons. My goal in this is to make something that feels like a fairly educated knock-off of Draconic in sound and vocabulary, but without the intricate grammar.
It should sound pretty overtly evil. Though a central part of the Draconic language group, I really haven't given much thought to the specifics. However, it needs to have a fair bit done before I work on anything else in the group except perhaps Parseltongue, to which it has no direct relationship.
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