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 | Quenya | Ancient tongue common for all elves. One of the best-developed languages of elves. By the time of The Lord of the Rings (Third Age) it became a scholar language not used in colloquial speech like it was the Latin in Middle Ages. The grammar of language was still changing after the publication of LOTR until 1973. Has two major dialects: Vanyarin (language of elves of Valinor, stayed to live there) and Noldorin (or Exilic) Quenya, a speech of elves returned to Middle-Earth. Noldorin Quenya was replaced by Sindarin in real usage during the First Age, while Vanyarin Quenya remains a spoken language of Valinor. | [[wp>Quenya|Wikipedia]],\\ [[tg>Quenya|Tolkien Gateway]],\\ [[https://folk.uib.no/hnohf/quenya.htm|Ardalambion]] | | Quenya | Ancient tongue common for all elves. One of the best-developed languages of elves. By the time of The Lord of the Rings (Third Age) it became a scholar language not used in colloquial speech like it was the Latin in Middle Ages. The grammar of language was still changing after the publication of LOTR until 1973. Has two major dialects: Vanyarin (language of elves of Valinor, stayed to live there) and Noldorin (or Exilic) Quenya, a speech of elves returned to Middle-Earth. Noldorin Quenya was replaced by Sindarin in real usage during the First Age, while Vanyarin Quenya remains a spoken language of Valinor. | [[wp>Quenya|Wikipedia]],\\ [[tg>Quenya|Tolkien Gateway]],\\ [[https://folk.uib.no/hnohf/quenya.htm|Ardalambion]] |
 | Sindarin | Language of "modern" elves of Middle-Earth. While it was born during the First Age (merging Exilic Quenya and Ilkorin) it survived as colloquial language by the time of The Lord of the Rings. In early drafts (before 1940s) was called Noldorin. | [[wp>Sindarin|Wikipedia]],\\ [[tg>Sindarin|Tolkien Gateway]],\\ [[https://folk.uib.no/hnohf/sindarin.htm|Ardalambion]] | | Sindarin | Language of "modern" elves of Middle-Earth. While it was born during the First Age (merging Exilic Quenya and Ilkorin) it survived as colloquial language by the time of The Lord of the Rings. In early drafts (before 1940s) was called Noldorin. | [[wp>Sindarin|Wikipedia]],\\ [[tg>Sindarin|Tolkien Gateway]],\\ [[https://folk.uib.no/hnohf/sindarin.htm|Ardalambion]] |
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 +Roots from "Etymologies" chapter of "The Lost Road and Other Writings" are often cited either as Common Eldarin or Primitive Elvish, but it is not always right. Sometimes Tolkien cited actual Primitive Elvish forms and they differ from corresponding root. "Etymologies" is more like Proto-Indo-European language, you can trace words of various languages of same family to it, but it doesn't mean that PIE words really existed in such form.
  
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