They were making a riotous noise, but it was much more like music - rather advanced music which you don't quite take in at the first hearing - than birds' songs ever are in our world.

C.s. Lewis
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In the world of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth, birds have a language that is profoundly different from the one we use. It is a language that has a great deal of meaning, but it is one that has been lost for centuries. Even in this world, birds have their own forms of communication.

They do not simply chirp all day long or make noises to try to attract mates. Instead, they have a completely different way of expressing themselves. They learn a range of different sounds and phrases and combine them to create a language all their own.

Even in our world, there are many species that communicate in different ways from the rest of us. Many animals both living and extinct have been known to make moaning-like sounds that seem to convey emotion and feelings much like human speech does. In the words of Tolkien:

Source: The Silver Chair

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