04-14-2003, 09:15 PM | #1 |
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Tolkien's Languages
Which are your favorite?
If you want, here is an address to all his languages: http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/ (Sorry if a thread like this already exists. I searched. Sorry if giving that address is considered advertising.) I like them all, for they all have different sounds and are realistic. I wish Tolkien had further developed Nandorin and Telerin.
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04-14-2003, 10:12 PM | #2 |
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Definitely Quenya. A beatiful, flowing, silvery language. Love it to bits.
This will probably be moved to the Middle-earth forum.
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04-14-2003, 10:54 PM | #3 |
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i dont know many languages of his but i did mearn how to write in dwarvish.(im a loser aren't i)
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04-15-2003, 12:01 AM | #4 |
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You can't write in Dwarvish. All Runes are originally Elvish.
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04-15-2003, 01:12 AM | #5 |
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I'd say Quenya because it's the most complete out of all his languages and it sounds so beautiful with so many vowels involved. Sindarin, while extensive, is too subject to changes. The rest of the languages are either too underdeveloped or just do not sound as nice as Quenya.
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Sindarin. I think it's prettier than Quenya.
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Quenya - for its beauty and 'completeness'
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Quenya, IMO the prettiest language.
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Quenya ná lambenya. Eä vanyalambë.
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What Ardalambion's wordlist says about Ëa:
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Doesn't like Quenya much. You Lissehacca quende.
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