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That brings up a question I've had for some time. Is what those courses and phrasebooks teach Quenya, or Sindarin? that is is it old/high Elvish or new/modern/Grey Elvish? I had one of those hard copy books some time ago, and when it classified the Elvish quotes in LOTR, almost all of them were marked as being in Sindarin (Quenya seemed reserved for the more noble and educated. I sort of Compare the situation to that of people in Japan, who speak and write modern Japanese for day to day things, but also learn Classical Japanese in school so they can read older works) , so I assumed that Sindarin, was what most people practice when they learn to "speak Elvish". Or do most people learn both?
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