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Tolkien Language 101:

Did you know that the One Ring is inscribed not with Sindarin or Quenya, but Black Speech?

Black Speech was a language created by Sauron and is thought to be a corruption of Quenya, the language of the high-elves, and Valarin, the language of the Ainur. 

The inscription itself is in Tengwar, a script created by the elves for their own language.

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