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This article is related to the type of "accent" one would have speaking something like "[Westron]" ("[Common Tongue]"). As in would it be a german-like accent, or British "cockney" accent etc. Not as in reference to "Accent marks".

This started as an email discussion on several email lists, then the [Accents Rough Draft] was a rough copy/pasting of the releveant responses in this section of the site as a starting point to hammer out the details into a more cohesive whole on these wiki pages.

There have been various arguments about the language origins of some of 
[J..R.R. Tolkien's] languages, as well as protestations over the accents used in [Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings Movies], [BBC productions], etc.
This includes some people being upset with everyone having UK-based accents 
only (London, Cockney, Welsh, Scottish, etc.), and not including Baltic, 
Slavic, Asian, African, "American", Finnish, Spanish, etc.

The question: Where one can find relatively clear definitions of the "accents" 
for different cultures when they are using the [Common Tongue]?

The hope is that once this page is laid out in a proper Wiki format that many will find it a very useful resource, not just for "acting with a proper accent" in a [RPG] setting, but also for any other non-gaming Tolkien enthusiast or language scholar. Some know from unpleasant interactions that some/many of the more scholarly Tolkien fans who do not participate in role playing gaming tend to take a rather dismissive, if not completely condescending or sneering, attitude towards [RPGers]. But the hope is that some will over come their bias and participate in this topic since it has merit outside of gaming, and could be useful to all fans of [J.R.R. Tolkien's Works].

The goal is for specific listings by [Tolkien] (either [JRRT] or 
[CT]), defining the language roots/similarities to "our world's" 
languages, for the "[Pure Tolkien Canon]" listings. Then for [Non-Canon] please be sure to cite your sources and background reasons.

Below is a list of accents to get details on. The ones that have received a response will link to the coresponding Wiki page in this section of the site.

If you see a little red question mark next to the item, that means a page has not yet been created. If you have some input on that topic, please feel free to create a wiki page on that topic by clicking on that <font color="red">? ([RED Question Mark])</font>,

Different [Farthings of The Shire]: (Accents such as (London? Yorkshire? Cornwall? Welsh? Cockney? Irish? Scottish? etc.) 
[North Farthing Accent]
[South Farthing Accent]
[East Farthing Accent]
[West Farthing Accent]

[Bilbo Accent]

[Frodo Accent]

[Pippin Accent]

[Merry Accent]

[Samwise Gamgee Accent]

[The Gaffer Accent]

[Farmer Maggot Accent]

[Breelanders Accent(s)] 

[Barliman Butterbur Accent]

[Dunedain Accent](Aragorn et al (Adunaic in the latter 3rd and early 4th ages))

[Istari] 
 [Gandalf Accent] 
 [Radagast Accent]
 [Saruman Accent]
 [The Blue Wizards]
   [Alatar Accent]
   [Pallando Accent] 

[Tom Bombadil Accent]

[Beorn Accent]

[Beorning Accent]

[The Nazgul]
   [Lord of the Nazgul Accent]
   [Nazgul #2 Accent]
   [Nazgul #3 Accent]
   [Nazgul #4 Accent]
   [Nazgul #5 Accent]
   [Nazgul #6 Accent]
   [Nazgul #7 Accent]
   [Nazgul #8 Accent]
   [Nazgul #9 Accent]

[Mouth of Sauron Accent]

[Noldor Accent] speaking in [Common]/[Westron]

[Sindar Accent]

[Silvan Accent]

[Dwarves] (same or different between the different [7 Dwarf Tribes]?)
[Dwarf House #1]
[Dwarf House #2]
[Dwarf House #3]
[Dwarf House #4]
[Dwarf House #5]
[Dwarf House #6]
[Dwarf House #7]


[Gondorian Commoners Accent], compared to [Gondorian Nobles Accent] 

[Denethor Accent]

[Boromir Accent]

[Faramir Accent]

[Black Speech] [Morlam] ([Morbeth] in [1st Edition ICE MERPS]) 

[Orc Accent]
[Misty Mountains Orc Accent]
[Mordor Orc Accent]
[Uruk-hai Accent]
[Half-orc Accent]

[Troll Accent]
[Olog-hai Accent]
[Half-troll Accent]

[Ent Accent]
[Treebeard Accent]
[Quickbeam Accent]

[Great Eagles Accent]
[Gwaihir Accent]

[Eriadorian Accent]

[Dunlending Accent]

[Common people of Erech Accent] 
[Daen Coentis Accent] (ICE MERPS [NonCanon]) of the [Mithlond Vale]

[Rohirrim accent]

[Theoden Accent]

[Grima Wormtongue Accent]

[Dalemen Accent]

[Easterling Accent] (That is probably lumping together many different cultures)

[Southrons Accent] (Again many groups possibly lumped together; [Haradrim], etc.)

[North Haradrim Accent]
[South Haradrim Accent]

[Umbar Commoner Accent]
[Umbar "Black" Numenorean Accent]
[Corsairs Accent]

[Tharbad Accent]

[Pelargir Accent]

[Lord of Dol Amroth Accent]
[Dol Amroth Accent]

[Drugh Accent] aka [Wose Accent]

[Lossoth Accent] (The [Snowmen of Forochel], remnant of the [Forodwaith])

Even if there wasn't exactly a "common" tongue in earlier ages, what would be the accent influence in a particular tongue viewed as "local" versus "outlander"?

During the [Second Age]:

[Numenorean Noble Accent]
[Numenorean Commoner Urban Accent]
[Numenorean Commoner Rural Accent]

[Eagles of Manwe Accent]

[Forodwaith Accent (latter became the [Lossoth])

First & Early Ages:

[Illuvatar Accent]

[Valar Accent]

[Manwe Accent]

[Ulmo Accent]


[Maiar Accent]


[Dark Elves Accent]