el ic ▁be ings ▁or ▁Val ar , ▁Val arin , ▁and ▁were ▁divided ▁in ▁three ▁branches : ▁O rom ë an , ▁named ▁after ▁O rom ë , ▁who ▁taught ▁the ▁first ▁El ves ▁to ▁speak . ▁All ▁languages ▁of ▁El ves ▁and ▁most ▁languages ▁of ▁Men ▁are ▁O rom ë an . ▁A ul ë an , ▁named ▁after ▁A ul ë , ▁mak er ▁of ▁the ▁D war ves , ▁is ▁the ▁origin ▁of ▁the ▁Kh uz d ul ▁language . ▁It ▁has ▁had ▁some ▁influ ences ▁on ▁the ▁tong ues ▁of ▁Men . ▁Mel k ian , ▁named ▁after ▁the ▁reb elli ous ▁Mel kor ▁or ▁M org oth , ▁is ▁the ▁origin ▁in ▁the ▁First ▁Age ▁of ▁the ▁many ▁tong ues ▁used ▁by ▁the ▁Or cs ▁and ▁other ▁evil ▁be ings . ▁( This ▁tongue ▁is ▁un related ▁to ▁the ▁Black ▁Spe ech ▁of ▁Sa ur on .) ▁ ▁Tol k ien ▁later ▁re vised ▁this ▁internal ▁history . ▁The ▁El ves ▁were ▁said ▁by ▁Tol k ien ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁able ▁of ▁invent ing ▁( construct ing ) ▁their ▁own ▁language ▁( see ▁Prim itive ▁Qu end ian ). ▁Tol k ien ▁never ▁wrote ▁an ▁' updated ' ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁L ham mas ▁that ▁would ▁be ▁coh er ent ▁with ▁this ▁later ▁internal ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁El v ish ▁languages . ▁The ▁ess ay ▁as ▁it ▁stands ▁in ▁The ▁Lost ▁Road ▁can ▁be ▁thus ▁seen ▁as ▁an ▁interpol ated ▁manuscript , ▁badly ▁translated ▁by ▁Men ▁in