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Originally Posted by Galin
If you mean Westron is English, then no . . . but if you mean Tolkien has, in theory, translated Westron with English, then yes!
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I actually did mean English - specifically English in the current time. A language that many people learn as a second language, that aids in communication between people from different places (like the Downs!), that is the go-to for any large scale communication. I would argue that the Common Tongue is the functional equivalent of modern English - not because of anything Tolkien "translated", but because of its usage by the characters.