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  2. Quenya - Wikipedia

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    Quenya translates as simply "language" or, in contrast to other tongues that the Elves met later in their long history, "elf-language". After the Elves divided, Quenya originated as the speech of two clans of "High Elves" or Eldar, the Noldor and the Vanyar, who left Middle-earth to live in Eldamar ("Elvenhome"), in Valinor, the land of the ...

  3. Elvish languages of Middle-earth - Wikipedia

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    Elvish language Features Resemblances European language Quenya "snake", a name leuka, Makalaure: High language, "Elven-Latin" 1) "Used for ceremony, and for high matters of lore and song" 2) Spelling system is Latin-like Cultural parallels of Quenya and Latin: ancient language, now in learned use Latin "fountain", "state" fontana, civitat: Sindarin

  4. Elvish languages - Wikipedia

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    In addition to Quenya and Sindarin, he sketched several other Elvish languages in far less detail, such as Telerin, Nandorin, and Avarin. In addition to Tolkien's original lexicon, many fans have contributed words and phrases, attempting to create a language that can be fully used in reality.

  5. Languages constructed by Tolkien - Wikipedia

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    The internal history of Elvish Languages mapped to kindreds and migrations in the Sundering of the Elves. Quenya was the ancient language; Sindarin was initially spoken in Beleriand, and continued to be spoken in Middle-earth in the Third Age. Beneath the name of each language is the word for "Elves" in that language.

  6. Sindarin - Wikipedia

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    "Sindarin (Grey-elven) is properly the name of the languages of the Elvish inhabitants of Beleriand, the later almost drowned land west of the Blue Mountains. Quenya was the language of the Exiled High-Elves returning to Middle-earth.

  7. Noldor - Wikipedia

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    The singular form of the Quenya noun is Noldo and the adjective is Noldorin, which is also the name of their dialect of Quenya. [T 1] In early drafts of his legendarium, Tolkien used the name "Gnomes" for the group later called the Noldor, and their language, the Noldorin dialect of Sindarin, was called "Gnomish" or "Noldorin".

  8. Grammar of late Quenya - Wikipedia

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    Quenya is a constructed language devised by J. R. R. Tolkien, and used in his fictional universe, Middle-earth.Here is presented a resume of the grammar of late Quenya as established from Tolkien's writings c. 1951–1973.

  9. Portal:Constructed languages/Selected language/27 - Wikipedia

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    Quenya translates as simply "language" or, in contrast to other tongues that the Elves met later in their long history, "elf-language". After the Elves divided, Quenya originated as the speech of two clans of "High Elves" or Eldar, the Noldor and the Vanyar, who left Middle-earth to live in Eldamar ("Elvenhome"), in Valinor, the land of the ...