Yeah, but ... it's fake - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

04-22-2006, 03:10 PM

Why is Esperanto dead ? What menas this DEAD in "dead language" ?
it means that this language is far too unused !
so, besides mithology, the language must be used and spread to let other people know that it exists and can be used.
Of course we cannot reconstruct Fëanor sarcastic words or any other daily words, but this was probably not tolkien's intent.
I here, will defend at first, Quenya, because its the most complete language he made.
So, , quenya is a language not to speak, but to sing. Probably not to speak daily but to write poems.
If people get more interested in these languages and start composing short poems of quality and share them in the internet, maybe Quenya could be considered a living language.

Namárië.

04-22-2006, 03:10 PM	#3
Yuukale Narmo Guest Posts: n/a	Why is Esperanto dead ? What menas this DEAD in "dead language" ? it means that this language is far too unused ! so, besides mithology, the language must be used and spread to let other people know that it exists and can be used. Of course we cannot reconstruct Fëanor sarcastic words or any other daily words, but this was probably not tolkien's intent. I here, will defend at first, Quenya, because its the most complete language he made. So, , quenya is a language not to speak, but to sing. Probably not to speak daily but to write poems. If people get more interested in these languages and start composing short poems of quality and share them in the internet, maybe Quenya could be considered a living language. Namárië.