Inskriften själv var inte i Elven-tungan. Det var dock i Elven-skriptet eftersom Black Speech , vilket språk inskriptionen var i, har ingen skriftlig variant. Både Gandalf och Isildur hänvisar till detta.
Gandalf:
The letters are Elvish, of an ancient mode, but the language is that of Mordor, which I will not utter here.
Isildur:
It is fashioned in an elven-script of Eregion, for they have no letters in Mordor for such subtle work; but the language is unknown to me.