I know that the Semitic sounding language and the runes come from Tolkien, but where do they get the accents from and does this have anything to do with Tolkien?
Hi, hopefully someone can drop by to tie all of these concepts together, but while you're waiting you may be interested in this pair of posts
/u/AncientHistory in When did the depiction of dwarves as Scots begin in the fantasy genre?
AncientHistory again, plus /u/itsallfolklore in Had the legendary "dwarfs" of Western Europe been associated with Jews before Tolkein (or possibly Wagner)?