Quote Originally Posted by Sgt. Cookie View Post
Speak language isn't a check. You know the language or you don't. That, I believe, would be an Int check.
The ring-inscription is in the Black Speech, a language devised by Sauron and used in his land of Mordor. It is written in tengwar. The inscription embodied the One Ring's power to control the other Rings of Power. The inscription used Elvish letters in mode adapted to the Black Speech.