In mature Quenya, the ending denoting an active participle is _-la_, frequently occurring in the last version of the Markirya poem (e.g. _falastala_ "foaming,...
Elfling Con An Elvish Linguistic Conference On the study of Tolkien's invented languages and alphabets EVERYONE IS WELCOME! The Elvish Language Poetry Prizes...
In the chapter "Treebeard" of The Two Towers, the Ent Treebeard utters two lines of Quenya verse, which run as follows: Laurelindoorenan lindelorendor...
Hey, Elflings! I am just introducing myself as a new subscriber, since the welcome mail encouraged it. Don't worry, I'll be brief. My name is Marie, or more...
Elfling now has over 100 members! Beyond my wildest imaginings. Thanks for joining, all. I'd like to invite Elfling members whose first language is not English...
Does anyone know about a native speaker of Quenya? That is, someone that learned it since their childhood? My younger sister is going to have a child next...
I don't know who else is in the Washington, DC area, but Steven Pinker will be speaking at Mazur Auditorium, Bldg 10 on the Main Campus of the National...
One of the really outstanding differences between Tolkien's earliest elvish languages (Qenya and Gnomish) and the later languages (Quenya and Sindarin)...
In a message dated 98-10-24 22:46:04 EDT, B.Philip. Jonsson wrote: << > TRK TARAK 'root' Any voters for using this to mean 'root of a plant' whereas SUND would...
... child next year. We all live in the same house, so I'll be in close daily contact with him. I wondered what would happen if I talk to him only in Quenya....
I will be out of town October 30 and 31st, returning November 1st. If you try to post during that time, don't panic; I'll get back and moderate any backlog as...
EJK had some interesting thoughts about the development of initial ... English think). ... possessed a grade with extended stems, both above and below the...
... I don't quite follow you. Do you mean that _enin, emil_ may parallell German "Ich heisse x", "Du heisst x"; Icel. "eg heiti x", "thu heitir x"; &c (read...
... Sorry to say, I have been meaning to retract my statement on that matter but had not yet found the time in my busy schedule. I had confused two passages...
I can agree with almost everything David Salo said about the problems with some of the "Qenya" words in TY- that Ed listed. Just a few comments. ... *kyas-; if...
This is how a Dictionary with all words published to date [Only the letter TY is proposed] from Qenya and Quenya would look like without any "choosing";. The...
... [snip] ... Elvish will ... academy, it does ... Elvish ... Tolklang ... absolute ... On this basis, I really don't think people are so far apart. ...
... construction " I have " would sound in Qenya. ** No need for the desperate solutions you go on to outline. True, there is no published mature Quenya word...
... Yes, there must be such Dictionary. But it should include the different versions that exist for many features. None is too right, none is too wrong. Many...
Today I finnished a Tengwar-Editor for my font . If anyone wants to use it or make changes on it please e-mail me . The program is written for DOS and needs...
Hello everybody, I'm a brazilian vet, 32 years old, that love all the Tolkien's world. I'm looking for news, discussions, tips, etc, about the Middle Earth. ...
I'm new on the list, and I'd like to introduce myself. I am Felipe Aichele and I was born in Santiago, Chile, where I've always lived. I apologize beforehand...
Much of the rest of what I have to say will be repetitive, because several people have made these or similar arguments already. A fairly common mode of...
I'd like to thank Dorothea for her analysis of the factors influencing language change, but I would contend that any discussion of prestige or elite dominance...
I promised I'd get back to this, so I will... I think it important in this discussion to have a basic awareness of how languages change, and how people have...
This is about the importance of a common basic vocabulary , which is necessary for an effective learning and understanding of any vital language . This means...
In his first phonological essay Tolkien writes (Parma 12, page 16) : Tolkien used many diacritical signs, I have added some comment to make it more clear (I...
