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
Adûni
Westron

banakil
halfling
 
Barabatta Zilbirâpha
Barliman Butterbur (Barabatta literally means “quick-talker, babbler”)

Batti
Barney (nickname of Barliman Butterbur used by Gandalf)
⸱
Bralda-hîm
Heady ale (a fanciful alteration the true name of the Brandywine river)
⸱
Branda-nîn
Brandywine (but literally “Border-water, Marchbourn”)

castar
a coin of Gondor

Karningul
Rivendell

kuduk
hobbit
⸱
Laban-neg
Bag-end

Phurunargian
Dwarrowdelf

ribadyan
byrding, one celebrating an anniversary
 
Sôval Phârë
Common Speech
⸱
Sûza-t
the Shire

tapuc
rabbit, coney

tarkil
person of Númenórean descent

tharantîn
quarter, fourth part

tharni
in the Shire, a farthing; in Gondor, a coin worth the quarter of a castar

trân
smial
⸱ ⸱ 
tudnas, tunnas, tunas
guard, a body of men acting as guards

Commentary
We have picked up those Westron names from the Appendix F to The Lord of the Rings and its drafts published in The Peoples of Middle-earth.

The text is transcribed in tengwar or “letters of Fëanor” according to the general use of the Third Age created by Tolkien. We made use of Johan Winge’s typeface Tengwar Annatar.  Open this mode in Glaemscribe

References
Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel. The Lord of the Rings. London: HarperCollins, 1999. 3 vol. ISBN 0-261-10235-1.
Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel. The Peoples of Middle-earth. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. London: HarperCollins, 2002. 482 p. (The History of Middle-earth; XII). ISBN 0-261-10348-2.

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