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annuncolloion 01-28-2003 09:19 PM

languages of ME
 
I have always been interested in the languages of Middle Earth. Does anyone know a list of all the languages and where they are spoken? and which ones did Tolkien actually make? I know he made Sindarin but which elves spoke it?

Inderjit Sanghera 01-29-2003 04:33 AM

Sindarin-Spoke by Elves of M-E, both Noldor and Sindar, as the Noldor adopted the new language when they came to M-E. All the names you hear in The Silmarillion are Sindrian. Also spoken in some quarters of Gondor, hence the Sindarin names of some Stewards and Kings like Ecthelion.

Quenya-Spoken in Aman. There are several types. The Telerin one is very similar to Sindarin, hence it was easier to translate the sons of Finarfin's Quenya names.

Khuzdul- Dwarvish language, rarely used except for ceremonial use as the Dwarves didn't teach it too alien races, and they leart variant languages of men. Thugh mannish languages were said to be dervied from Khuzdul.

A lot of mannish languages, such as Aduanic,and Rohhiric.

doug*platypus 01-29-2003 06:01 AM

Hope this link to Ardalambion helps, annuncolloion. Have fun on the Downs, and don't forget there's also a language forum chock-full of crazy people that are fluent in elvish.


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