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TheodenOfRohan wrote:

Dragonovith wrote: "The language of Dale and the Long Lake would, if it appeared, be represented as more or less Scandinavian in character; but it is only represented by a few names, especially those of the Dwarves that came from that region. These are all Old Norse Dwarf-names."

It's from a letter Tolkien wrote to Naomi Mitchison. Almost every dwarf name, plus Gandalf’s name, are directly Norse. Meaning, the language of Dale relates to Westron in the same way Norse relates to English.

Ithilion, Discussions Moderator (Auta i lómë)