Orc Language

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What Humans Should Know

Our language is broken english mixed with some of our own orcish words along with some basic orcish from Tolkein.

The only words you humans need to understand are:

Gib (Give)  Urks (Orcs)  Tribuut (Tribute)tu (to) Wargod(Orcish god)

The correct response to an orc speaking the above phrase is to hand over some food and gold to appease the orc wargod.

Some other common words that you may find helpful are as follows:

Ug! hail Lusk axe gug’ye goodbye Lusk-r Axe warrior yub yes Womp mace nub no Womp-r Mace Warrior rulg thanks Kigg spear Hoowah! Horray! Igg dagger gruk understand Kigg-r Spear Warrior Shardie NPC orc Lig-r arrow Wargod Orcish God O’lig bow lat you Ligz-r Archer shinies gold Zult scimitar rejin reagent Zult-r Scimitar Warrior Mojo magic Kult kryss Mojoka/Mojokii Magic using orc Kult-r Assasin Mojo Water potion Sneek-r Thief

 

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What Orcs Should Know

Don’t use the word “I” to refer to yourself, instead use “me”.
Use broken english to fill in other words.

Examples:
“Hello, I want to join Shadowclan, I am a new orc”
becomes
“Ug, me wan join clan, me new orc”

“I need an axe, where can I find some equipment?”
becomes
“Me need lusk, wher kan me git thingies?”

Basic Dictionary All orcs need to know and use these words. Nub gruk no understand Igg Dagger Gug’ye goodbye K’igg Spear Hoowah! Cry of happiness/War-cry Mojo Magic humie human Shinies Gold Shardie/Shard orc NPC Orc Gruk Understand mojo water potion Rejin Reagents Nub No O’ligz Bow Lig-r Arrow Thingys Equipment Ligz-R Archer Ug! Hail Womp Blunt Weapon Womp-R Club/Mace Warrior Lusk-R Axe Warior Lusk Axe Yub Yes Wargod Orcish God Lat You Rulg Thanks Zult Scimitar Zult-R Scimitar Warrior Numbers Dictionary Orcs usually can not count very well Zuth Zero Hash Six Ash One Hdub Seven Dub Two Hgakh Eight Gakh Three Hfuth Nine Futh Four HH Ten H Five HHash Eleven Urucku Dictionary Words of the Shadow Clan orc virtue system Duhkta Orcish Principle Iggju Fighting Tactics Clog Might makes Right Gagru Deceptive Might Faugh Battle Cleverness/Speed Rokgagh Deceptive Tactics Snarf Deception Aughagh Deceit Urucku Orcish Virtue Ghigneh Connection to Wargod Kihagh Bloodlust Buorca Obediant Teamwork Ogba Brutality Highat Sneaky Extended Dictionary This is a list of words from Tolkien’s Black Speech. It is not required to know or even use these words, but is intended to provide a basis for those who wish to develop a more complete ‘orcish’ language. agh and albai elf (or) elves (n) amal where (relative) ash one bagronk dung-pit (n) búbhosh great (adj) bugd- call (v) burguul shadow (‘burz + guul’) (n) burzum darkness (n) buub pig (n) buurz dark (adj) dug filth (n) durb- rule (v) durub ruler (n) dush sorcery, magic (n) duump doom (v) fauth- lie hidden (v) gaakh let it be that gakh three gazat dwarf (n) ghaash (ghâsh) fire (n) ghaashum heat (n) gimb- find (v) glob fool (n) goi city (n) golug elves (n) goth lord, master (n) gund stone (n) guul (gûl) wraith (n) hai folk (n) hosh guts (n) ilid elf or elves (n) krak five krimp- bind (v) krith nine lat you lata- under (prep) lug tower (n) m- root of interogatives mal where? (interrog) mat- die (v) matuurz mortal (adj) mog voice (n) narkuu never nazg ring (n) nuut sky (n) olog Troll (n) prakh- lure (v) pushdug stinking (adj or participle) ronk pool (n) sha together with (prep) shakh lord (n) shara man (n) sharkuu (sharkû) old man (n) skai or skah exclamation of contempt snaga slave (also used by Uruk-hai as ‘orc ofsmaller breed’ srinkh- gather (v) (transitive) ta him tab his tak them tala above thrak- bring (v) throqu- devour (v) tug only (adv) u to (prep) udu seven uliima throne (n) uruk larger breed of orcs (n) uzg land (n) za this zagh mountain pass (n) Grammar -at verb infinitive -hai people (collective plural) -i or -u noun plural after consonant -ishi in (a suffixed postposition: burzum-ishi,”in the darkness”) -ob of (case suffix) -ub- verb future tense suffix -ug verb present active participle -uga verb past passive participle -uuk (-ûk) all -ul them -um -ness, -yness (n) -uur for (case suffix) -uurz a common adjective-forming suffix -z noun plural after vowel a- prefixed to an interrogative makes itinto a relative Extrapolatedwords gunduurz stony, rocky, rough (adj) duguurz filthy, dirty (adj) shara-hai mankind (n) globuurz foolish, silly (adj) bagronk-ishi ill, dying (literally ‘in the dung-pit’) snaguurz fawning, groveling (adj)

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Optional Advanced Orcish by Gulghrim

Nouns:

Yes – Yub
No – Nub
Hail – Ug
Goodbye – Gug’ye
Thanks – Rulg
Orc – Uruk
Female orc – Kuruk
Noble orc(tribe leader) – Nob
Orc adult – Grunt
Orc child – Gruntee
War – Trug
God – Ulu
The orcish god (Wargod known as the Guardian)- Trugulu
NPC orc(seen by the Shadowclan as traitorous orcs) – Puluruk
Treasure – Bulag
Gold – Rubug
Gem – Kushma
Tribute – Purub
Axe – Lusk
Scimitar – Zult
Mace – Womp
Shield – Oltha
Dagger – Igg
Spear – Kigg
Kryss – Kult
Arrow – Lig
Bow – Olig
Axe wielding orc – Luskhu
Scimitar wielding orc – Zulthu
Mace wielding orc – Womphu
Spear wielding orc – Kigghu
Archer orc – Olighu
Assassin orc –  Kulthu
Orc thief –  Fulu
Apprentice orcish mage – Mojokii
Orcish mage – Mojoka
Craftsman orc(maker) – Kabuhu
Light – Jurzum
Darkness – Burzum
Fire – Ghaash
Water – Brugh
Earth – Abhu
Wind – Yula
Lord – Shakh
Master – Goth
Ruler – Durub
Army – Rukh
Magic – Dush
City – Goi
Voice – Mog
Fool – Glob
Man/woman – Shara
Old person – Sharkuu
Young person – Narkuu
Throne, chair – Uliima
Land – Uzg
Trip – Zalu
Mountain – Zagh
Tree/forest/wood – Galu
Warrior – Trughu
Thief – Fulag
Sailor – Ulbha
Traitor – Pulagh
Troll or ogre – Olug
Elf – Golug
Dark elf – Buurz’golug
Dwarf – Gazat
Duergar – Buurz’gazat
Human – Ulug
Tall humanoid – Puglug
Small humanoid – Ruglug
Pig – Buub
Boar – Pugbuub
Gorilla – Bugarug
Follower/disciple – Gulug
Evolution – Grakhug
Doom – Duump
Stone – Gund
Tower – Lug
Sky – Nuut
Mortal – Matuurz
Never – Narkuu
Slave – Snaga
Death – Magru
Food – Rabu
A drink – Agral
World – Puguzg
Prophecy – Baghu
Prophet – Bagath
The end of the world – Brukha

Noun plural:

Put a ‘z’ after vowel
Example:
Slave – Snaga
Slaves – Snagaz

Put a ‘u’ after consonant
Example:
Pig – Buub
Pigs – Buubu

Adjectives:

Beautiful – Luba
Big – Pug
Coward/something meaningless – Nubhosh
Dark – Buurz
Drunk – Gral
Foolish/stupid – Globuurz
Great/something amazing – Bubhosh
Little – Rug
Magical – Mojo
Ring – Nazg
Stinking – Pushdug
Ugly – Bratug

Pronouns and miscellaneous:

I/me – Ulg
My/mine – Ulga
You – Lat
Your – Lut
Him/her – Ta
His/her – Tab
We/us – Glu
Them – Tak
Their – Tuk
This – Za
That – Zu
Than – Ol
To – Ula
For – Bra
Are – Plu
Like – Jul
How – Krub
From/by – Tlug
Only – Tug
And – Agh
Of – Ogh
Is – Ib
All – Kag
Where (Relative) – Amal
Where (Interrogative) – Mal
When (Relative) – Abul
When (Interrogative) – Bul
Acknowledgement – Dabu
Above – Tala
Under – Lata
Front – Tulu
Behind – Lutu
Together – Sha
Through – Thrak

Verbs:

Becoming – Mag
Being – Grob
Believe – Klut
Bring – Prakh
Calling – Bugd
Conquering – Throku
Dying – Mat
Eating – Rag
Enter – Valg
Gathering – Srinkh
Giving – Blukh
Go – Bu
Having – Prugh
Hiding – Fug
Knowing – Urth
Let – Gab
Let’s go – Gabbu
Lie hidden – Fauth
Looking – Trag
Making – Kabu
Mix – Nag
Serving – Snug
Stealing – Tabu
Surrounding – Krimp
Taking – Fugru
Understanding – Gruk
Wanting – Bagru

Verb suffixes:

Present – Ug
Past – Uga
Future – Ub

Example:

Stealing – Tabu
Steal – Tabuug
Stole – Tabuuga
Will steal – Tabuub

Numbers:

Zero – Zuth
One – Ash
Two – Dub
Three – Gakh
Four – Futh
Five – Krak
Six – Blug
Seven – Udu
Eight – Tukh
Nine – Krith
Ten – Ash’zuth
Eleven – Ash’ash
Twelve – Ash’dub
Twenty – Dub’zuth
Etc.

Virtues – Urucku:

Might – Clog
Cleverness – Faugh
Deception – Snarf

Bloodlust(Luskhu)- Kihagh
Brutality(Womphu)- Ogba
Tactics(Kigghu)- Iggju
Deceit(Kulthu)- Aughagh
Deceptive might(Olighu)- Gagru
Deceptive Tactics(Zulthu)- Rokgagh
Connection to Wargod(Mojoka)- Ghigneh
Obediance, teamwork(Kabuhu) – Buorka

Orcish bloodlines ranks:

The warriors(Luskhu, Womphu, Kigghu and Olighu:)

Gu’
Ug’
Wa’
Blud’

The thieves:

Gu’Fulu
Ug’Fulu
Wa’Fulu
Blud’Fulu

The craftsman orcs

Lata’Kabuhu
Tala’Kabuhu
Pug’Kabuhu

The mage orcs

Mojokii
Apprentice Mojoka
Mojoka
Blud’mojoka

The assassin orcs

D’vungt
Kultar
Kulthu
Blud’Kulthu

The priest orcs

Lata’makh
Makh
Namakh

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Orcish Grammar

by Yorick of Yew

Note: What follows is the language of the Shard Clan (NPC orcs), which most Shadowclan orcs do not speak.  Zult-R orcs are most likely to know the Shard Clan language.

This volume, and others in the series, are sponsored by donations from Lord Blackthorn, ever a supporter of understanding the other sentient races of Britannia. –

The Orcish tongue may fall unpleasingly ‘pon the ear, yet it has within it a complex grammar oft misunderstood by those who merely hear the few broken words of English our orcish brothers manage without education.

These are the basic rules of orcish:

Orcish has five tenses: present, past, future imperfect, present interjectional, and prehensile.  Examples: gugroflu, gugrofloog, gugrobo, gugrolu!, gugrogug.

All transitive verbs in the prehensile tense end it “ug.”  Examples: urgleighug, biggugdaghgug, curdakalmug.

All present interjectional conjugations start with the letter G unless the(y) contain the third declensive accent of the letter U.  Examples: ghothudunglug, but n azhbuugub.

The past tense can only refer to events since the last meal, but the prehensile tense can refer to any event within reach.

The present tense is conjugated like the future imperfect tense, when the interrogative mode is used by pitching the sound a quarter-tone higher.

Orcish hath no concept of person, as in first person, third person, I, we, etc.

Orcish grammar relies upon the three cardinal rules of accretion, prefixing, and agglutination, in addition to pitch. In the former, phonemes combine into larger words which may contain full phrasal significance. In the second, prefixing specific phonetic sounds changes the subject of the sentence into object, interrogative, addressed individual, or dinner.

Agglutination occurs whenever four of the same letter are present in a word, in which case, any two of them may be removed or slurred.

Pitch changes the phoneme value of individual syllables, thus completely altering what a word may mean. The classic example if “Aktgluthugrot bigglogubuu dargilgaglug lublublub(“) which can mean “You are such a pretty girl,” “My mother ate your primroses,” or “Jellyfish nose paints alms potato,” depending on pitch.

Orcish poetry often relies upon repeating the same phrase in multiple pitches, eve(n) changing pitch midword. None of this great are is translatable.

The orcish language uses the following vowels: ab, ad, ag, akt, at, augh, auh, azh, e, i, o, oo, u, uu.  The vowel sound a is not recognized as a vowel and does not exist in their alphabet. The orcish alphabet i(s) best learned using th(e) classic rhyme repeated at 23 different pitchs:

Lugnog ghu blat suggaroglug. Gaghbuu dakdar ab highugbo, Gothnogbuim ad gilgubbugbuilug Bilgeaugh thurggulg stuiggro!

A translation of the first pitch:
Eat food, the first letter is ab,
Kill people, the next lette(r) is ad,
I forget the rest But augh is in there somewhere!

What follows is a complete phonetic library of the orcish language:  ab, ad, ag, akt, alm, at, augh, auh, azh, ba, ba, bag, bar, baz, bid, bilge, bo, bog, bog, brui, bu, buad, bug, bug, buil, buim, bum, buo, buor, buu, ca, car, clog, cro, cuk, cur, da, dagh, dagh, dak, dar, deak, der, dil, dit, dor, dre, dri, dru, du, dud, duf, dug, dug, duh, dun, eag, eg, egg, eichel, ek, ep, ewk, faugh, fid, flu, fog, foo, foz, fruk, fu, fub, fud, fun, fup, fur, gaa, gag, gagh, gan, gar, gh, gha, ghat, ghed, ghig, gho, ghu, gig, gil, gka, glu, glu, glug, gna, gno, gnu, gol, gom, goth, grunt, grut, gu, gub, gub, gug, gugh, guk, gulg, gur, gurt, ha, hagh, hat, hig, hig, hok, hrak, hrol, hug, i, ig, igg, igh, ign, ihg, ikk, it, jak, jek, jja, ju, juk, ka, ka, ke, kgh, kh, ki, klap, klu, knod, knu, kod, krug, kt, kug, lat, log, log, lub, lug, lug, luh, ma, nag, nar, natz, neg, neh, nog, nug, nug, nuk, o, oag, ob, og, ogh, oh, olm, om, oo, oog, oth, pa, pig, qo, qua, quil, rekk, rim, ro, rod, ru, rug, rukk, rur, sag, sah, sg, snarf, stu, thu, thu, thu, thug, tk, tug, u, ud, ug, ugh, ukk, ulg, urd, urg, urgle, ut, zug.

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Writing credit goes to: http://www.shadowclan.org/catskills/language.htm#orc. Copied to Stratics and edited by Stupid Miner. June 2009.