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"Middle Men" was a term used by the Númenóreans to describe Men of Middle-earth related to the Edain, the ancestors of the Númenóreans themselves. The proper term is "Men of Twilight" (as opposed to the Dúnedain, "Men of Light", and the Haradrim and Easterlings, "Men of Darkness" etc.).

History[]

When the Númenóreans returned to the coasts of Middle-earth in the Second Age, they found a people who spoke languages which were distantly related to the Númenórean tongue, Adûnaic. Númenórean scholars declared that this was because these Men were descendants of the fathers of the Edain, the Atanatári, who had not crossed the Ered Luin and entered Beleriand during the First Age. The Númenóreans set up friendly relations with them, and declared them to be Middle Men, as opposed to the High Men (the Edain) and to those hostile to Númenor or in the service of Sauron. After the founding of the Realms in Exile, Arnor and Gondor, many Middle Men became subjects of the Dúnedain, and eventually intermarried with them until they became one people.

The Northmen of Rhovanion, and their discendants such as the Rohirrim, the Men of Dale and Lake-men, were counted as Middle Men, as were most people living in Eriador. Linguistical clues could lead to the conclusion that also the Hobbits and both the Woodmen of Mirkwood and the Beornings, may have descended from the so-called Middle Men, sharing in this way a kinship with the Rohirrim; however, Tolkien never fully explained the relationships between this groups of people.

King Valacar of Gondor became so friendly with the Middle Men of Rhovanion that he married Vidumavi; a princess of the Northmen, and his son Eldacar was of mixed blood. This led to the disastrous Kin-strife of Gondor.

Most Middle Men had kinship with the House of Bëor or Marach. There were also Men in Middle-earth related to the Second House, the Haladin, but because they spoke a language that was unknown to the Númenóreans they were not at first recognised as Middle Men. Among the descendants of the Haladin were the Drúedain, the Lossoth of Forochel and the so-called Hill-men. In particular, the Hill-men included people like the Men of Bree, the Men of Dunharrow, and the Men of Enedwaith and Minhiriath, later known as the Dunlendings. However, during the Third Age the term Middle Men was still applied to the Men of Bree, with whom the Men of Arnor developed friendly relations, hostility instead developed between the Númenóreans and the Dunlendings, which would endure until the end of the Third Age, when the latter allied with Saruman.[citation needed]

Translations[]

Foreign Language Translated name
Afrikaans Middelste Mans
Albanian Njerëzit e mesëm
Amharic መካከለኛ ሰዎች
Arabic الرجال الأوسط
Armenian Միջին մարդը
Assamese মধ্যমীয়া পুৰুষ
Azerbaijani Orta kişilər
Basque Erdi gizonen
Belarusian Cyrillic Сярэднія людзі
Bengali মধ্যম পুরুষদের
Bosnian Srednji ljudi
Bulgarian Cyrillic Средна мъже
Burmese အလယျပိုငျးအမျိုးသားများအတွက်
Cambodian ពាក់កណ្តាលបុរស
Croatian Srednji ljudi
Czech Střední muži
Danish Midterste Mænd
Dutch Midden Mannen
Esperanto Mez-Viroj
Estonian Keskmised inimesed
Faroese Miđjafólk
Finnish Keski Miehet
French Milieu Hommes
Georgian შუა ხალხი
German Mitte Männer
Greek Μεσαίοι άνθρωποι
Gujarati મધ્યમ લોકો
Hausa Tsakiya Maza
Hawaiian Waena kanaka
Hebrew גברים באמצע
Hindi मध्यम मनुष्यों
Hmong Nruab nrab Txiv neej
Hungarian Közép emberek
Icelandic Miðfólk
Indonesian Orang tengah
Irish Gaelic Fir Lár
Italian Uomini Mediani
Japanese ミドルメン
Kannada ಮಧ್ಯಮ ಜನರು
Kazakh Орта адамдар (Cyrillic) Orta adamdar (Latin)
Konkani मदले दादले
Korean 중간 사람들
Kyrgyz Cyrillic Ортоңку адамдар
Latvian Vidējie cilvēki
Lithuanian Viduriniai žmonės
Luxembourgish Mëtt Männer
Macedonian Cyrillic Средината Мажи
Maltese Nofs Irġiel
Malagasy Lehilahy Afovoany
Malaysian lelaki Tengah
Maori Tangata Waenganui
Marathi मध्यम लोक
Mongolian Cyrillic Ойрхи Эрэгтэй
Nepalese मध्य पुरुष
Norwegian Midten Menn
Pashto د منځني نارينه
Persian مردم میانی
Polish Środkowi mężczyźni
Portuguese Homens do Meio
Punjabi ਮੱਧ ਲੋਕ
Romanian Medie Oameni
Russian Средние люди
Samoan Ogatotonu Alii
Scottish Gaelic Meadhan Daoine
Serbian Средњи људи (Cyrillic) Srednji ljudi (Latin)
Sindhi وچين ماڻهو
Sinhalese මැද ජනතාව
Slovak Stredných mužov
Slovenian Srednji moški
Somali Dhexe Dadka
Spanish Hombres Media
Sundanese Lalaki tengah
Swahili Watu wa kati
Swedish Mitten Män
Tajik Cyrillic Мардуми миёна
Tamil மத்திய ஆண்கள்
Telugu మధ్య ప్రజలు
Thai กลางผู้มนุษย์
Turkish Orta Erkekler
Turkmen Orta Adamlar
Ukrainian Cyrillic середній Чоловіки
Urdu درمیان کے لوگ
Vietnamese Người trung
Welsh Canol Dynion
Yiddish מיטל מענטשן
Yoruba Arin ọkunrin
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