The course is presented in a series of RTF text files. Highly recommended as an introduction to more rigorous and detailed study of Tolkien's own Quenya s. Thorsten offers an alternative account of Neo-Quenya, also as a series of graded courses presented in a gzipped PDF file. Pedin Edhellin - a Sindarin Course.
Thorsten offers the most up-to-date and accurate web-based account of Neo-Sindarin that is, a synthetic and regularized form of Sindarin formed by the selective piecing-together of evidences from across decades of Tolkien's successive versions and elaborations of Noldorin and Sindarin as a series of graded courses in a gzipped PDF file.
Highly recommended as an introduction to more rigorous and detailed study of Tolkien's own Sindarin s. For the problematic and illusory nature of both Neo-Quenya and Neo-Sindarin as anything other than an approximation and introduction to the study of Tolkien's own linguistic inventions, see the Tolkienian Linguistics FAQ. An Introduction to Elvish. Edited by Jim Allan. Somerset: Bran's Head Books, , reprint ; pp.
ISBN Although written before The Silmarillion was published, this remains the best and most reliable book on Tolkien's invented languages, a testimony to the scholarship of the various authors. An Introduction to Elvish is now perhaps most easily available to American readers from Amazon. Basic Quenya. This is a tutorial introduction to Quenya. Simplification of the grammar has led to occasional errors , but its graded approach, with cumulative vocabulary and series of exercises, makes this a good invitation to further, more accurate and rigorous study such as the online Quenya Course by Helge Fauskanger above.
Nancy Martsch P. E-mail: beyondbree yahoo. A Gateway to Sindarin. This book presents an exhaustive synthesis and systematization of what is more accurately termed "Neo-Sindarin": that is, an altered, synthetic form of Sindarin not as Tolkien ever conceived of it but instead as cobbled together by Salo himself through selective re-use and modification of attested Noldorin forms which in fact form the vast bulk of the evidence for Salo's "Sindarin" in admixture with actual Sindarin forms and with forms wholly invented by the author.
As such, the book misrepresents itself throughout, and even in its very title to anyone looking for a reliable examination and presentation of Tolkien's own Sindarin, but if the actual nature of Salo's "Sindarin" is borne in mind throughout, and if the reader assiduously checks the sources against all of Salo's claims and supposed data that is, where the data are not fabricated by Salo, and to the extent allowed by Salo's sparse and often misleading citation of sources , this book can be useful for the student as an introduction to a more accurate and detailed study of Tolkien's own Sindarin s.
For more on the problematic nature of this book and its unscholarly practices see the following reviews:. Dictionaries and Concordances. The following works are all by Paul Nolan Hyde:. Some or all of these are available on disk DOS.
For information on availability, cost, etc. Quettar has published Anthony Appleyard's dictionaries of the "minor" languages e. Khuzdul, Telerin, etc. Parma is a journal of linguistic studies of fantasy literature, especially of the Elvish languages and nomenclature in the works of J. It is published at irregular intervals as sufficient material becomes available.
Submissions are welcome. Parma is sold on a per-issue basis; some back issues are available. Quettar Quenya: 'Words'. Quettar is a tri-annual journal of Tolkienian linguistics. You are strongly advised to contact Julian at jcb dcs.
A four-issue subscription to Quettar costs:. Cheques etc. The editor of Quettar can be reached at:. Julian Bradfield Dept. Vinyar Tengwar Quenya: 'News Letters'. VT is indexed by the Modern Language Association. Internet Mailing Lists. The list, despite its title, is not specifically limited to Elvish languages; discussion of Mannish and Dwarvish tongues, of the so-called "minor" languages, and of proto-languages derived by reconstruction based on the published languages, is encouraged.
To subscribe, send an empty message to elfling-subscribe yahoogroups. The Lambengolmor list exists to serve those interested in the scholarly study and discussion of the invented languages of J. This list is strictly moderated by yours truly. All posts must be concerned with Tolkien's invented languages.
Enter the email address you signed up with and we'll email you a reset link. Need an account? Click here to sign up. Download Free PDF. An Introduction to Constructed Languages. Darin Arrick. A short summary of this paper. Download Download PDF. Translate PDF. Undergrad in Linguistics at U.
Wrote Bachelors Honors Thesis on phonological issue in a Native American language undergoing revitalization. Competent in Esperanto. Know signifcant amounts of Latin, and some German. Began frst constructed language at age The Voynich Manuscript ca. Wilkins' Enter the email address you signed up with and we'll email you a reset link. Need an account? Click here to sign up. Download Free PDF. Matt Coombes. A short summary of this paper. It was here that he took a keen interest in the writing systems of a number of languages, to later become the appointed Reader of English Language at the University of Leeds, giving courses in Old English, Gothic, Old Icelandic and Medieval Welsh.
Prior to this post he became well-versed in a number of languages, including Finnish, Greek, Italian, Old Norse, Spanish and Welsh as well as Middle and Old English; this in addition to the tongues of Latin, French and German taught by his mother in his academic infancy. He saw the euphony and aesthetics of language through his study of sound symbolism, and it was this that led him to invent the languages that today we collectively recognise as Elvish.
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