Introduction

Yambúrz was the native language of the two Mannish cultures, the Zîmari and the Înakîsh. This language was widely spoken in the Corsair stronghold of Zimra-zâin and later spread to the Rhûnnic city of Înakâ:

By the early Third Age of Middle-earth, Yambúrz was effectively a dead language, though changed significantly from its earliest roots. It was no longer spoken in daily life by most of the Mannish servants of Sauron on Middle-earth. However, in the middle of the Third Age, around the year 2965, the Mouth of Sauron would complete the language grammatically. He would then make this the official dialect of one of Sauron's allied kingdoms: Zimra-zâin. It was a Black Númenórean colony which had adopted Westron almost exclusively. Înakâ would soon after be wiped of the face of the Earth.

Later, Sauron would fall, accelerating its linguistic divergence. However, the Kingdom of Zîmarıj, as it was called now, would remain hostile to the Reunited Kingdom for almost 100 years. This was until, in May of the year 98 of the Fourth Age, Prince Azûlôn, son of Ar-Zîmarôn, ascended to the throne of Zîmarıj as Ar-Azûlôn the King and made peace with King Aragorn, himself being of both Dúnedain and Black Númenórean blood. He turned the kingdom back to the worship of the One and the Valar. He later became a close friend of the Telcontar family and even married one of the daughters of Elessar.

During this time, many Zîmarayi lords and people moved to abandoned Elven and Gondorian cities and resettled them, unafraid of their storied history. These cities and lands include Tharbad, Carn Dûm, Mithlond, Dol Guldur/Amon Lanc, and Ost-in-Edhil. They also make up a large part of the population of Pelargir and Umbar.

¡Let it be noted that none of this is canonical and should not be taken as canon. This is merely a fan-expansion of Tolkien's universe!