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"Anyone can speak Troll. All you have to do is point and grunt."
Fred Weasley joking about Troll language[src]

Troll was a very crude language spoken by trolls, made up mostly of grunts, which comprised the preferred way the creatures communicate.[1] Though rudimentary, it was structured enough as a means of communication to make it intelligible for certain humans who learned it.[2]

Though trolls generally converse in grunts, some have been known to understand and even to be able to speak a few simple human words.[1]

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On 25 August 1994, while inside the tent during the 1994 Quidditch World Cup, Fred Weasley joked about this language when Percy Weasley dreamingly told about Bartemius Crouch Snr's many talents, including this language. According to Fred, it was a very primitive language, only consisting of grunting and pointing.[2]

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