Varadja, sometimes known as Khandish or Variag was the language of the Variags of Khand. Originally the ancestors of the Variags had spoken an eastern tongue closely related to the Ioradja dialects of the Balchoth, but millenia in the neighbourhood of Mordor changed their tongue so it often sounded closer to the Black Speech or orcish dialects.Also close neighbourhood to the Haradrim added strong Haruze influences, especially in southern Khand.For written Varadja Variags used a script derived from mordorian Tengwar and Orcish Runes, the Script was also known as Variag-Tengwar or Khandian Letters.