Eldamo : Adûnaic : [θ]

Ad. [θ] ‹th›

Ad. [θ] ‹th›

The Adûnaic voiceless dental spirant was represented by “th” in Tolkien’s writing (SD/419), and was mostly derived from a primitive aspirated “t”: [tʰ] (SD/418). It is pronounced as the “th” in English “thin”.

References ✧ SD/418-419

Element In

Ad. t-series
Ad. voiceless-spirants

Phonetic Development

Ad. aspirates became voiceless spirants	θ	<	tʰ	✧ SD/418 (Th > Th); SD/419 (Th > Þ)
Ad. voiceless stops became spirants before homorganic spirants	θθ	<	tθ	✧ SD/419 (TTh > TÞ > ÞÞ)