The Elvish Languages
I have recently fallen under the spell of the beautiful languages created by J. R. R. Tolkien for
his masterwork The Lord of the Rings. Most people, I think, are most familiar with
the "High-Elvish" language Quenya, but I think I prefer the language of the
Elves of Middle-Earth, Sindarin. It seems warmer and more like a living
language to me, somehow.
I don't have any original material here. My knowledge
of the tongues of the Eldarin is too new for that, and besides, there are numerous excellent
sites on the Web. There's no need for me to re-invent the wheel. Below are a few of them,
the ones I admire the most:
Ardalambion
or, "Of the Tongues of Middle-Earth". An excellent site run by Helge K. Fauskanger, full of comprehensive information on all of Tolkien's invented languages. This should be the first stop for anyone interested in Tolkien linguistics!You can find a printable version of the Quenya Corpus Wordlist from Ardalambion in .RTF format here (in a .ZIP file). This was prepared by me and includes an English-Quenya index in the back. It is provided here by permission.