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Anor n. sun

From CE anâr, which also yields Q Anar.

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Iþil n. moon

From CE ithîl, which also yields Q Isil.

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Tolkien Language 101; 

did you know that Tolkien based Sindarin's grammar and pronunciation primarily off of Welsh and Celtic?

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Tolkien Language 101;

The race of men in middle earth had their own language, Westron, also known as common speech. Sound familiar? well it should, it was the most used language, equivalent to English on present day Earth. 

Tolkien stated that the the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings were both "originally written" in Westron and simply translated to English. So all those names you learned? Just translations. 

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Inye tye-mela In quenya transcribe? Photo please :(

To the best of my knowledge, this means “I love you”, I have no software to write the language though. I did however, find this picture. The first line, more specifically, the first half of the line in front of what looks like the semi-colon is Inye Tye-mela.

 I tend to focus on the grammar constructs and history, linguistics per se. quenya101 does an excellent job with translations, spoken and written. Please come to me for questions about the language within the books, resources, and history.

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Tolkien Language 101:

This sword, fondly named Sting by the resident burglar hobbit of Thorin's company, Bilbo Baggins. It is an Elvish blade forged in Gondolin, and for those who are new to the Tolkien, it glows blue when Orcs are near. 

It is interesting to note that upon further inspection, it carries an inscription in the Beleriand mode(used for Sindarin) of Tengwar.;

Maegnas aen estar nin-dagnir in yngyl im

this roughly translates to "Sting is my name, I am the spider's bane".

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Thank you for pointing out my mistake. I’m very sorry for this inaccuracy, because Cirth was originally meant for Sindarin, as King Thingol banned the use of Quenya after the kinslayings. Cirth can most certainly be used for Quenya though.

Tolkien Language 101:

Above is a picture of the Cirth script, it was created by Daeron, a minstrel of King Thingol of Doriath. Although it was originally intended for the Elvish language Sindarin, it was later adopted by the Dwarves for their language, Khuzdul. A single rune is called a cirth

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Tolkien Language 101:

Above is a picture of the Cirth script, it was created by Daeron, a minstrel of King Thingol of Doriath. Although it was originally intended for the Elvish language Sindarin, it was later adopted by the Dwarves for their language, Khuzdul. A single rune is called a cirth

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Just some animals (pt I)

iaes cow (from Q yaxë) 

lobor/roch horse (lobor is the general term for horses and roch refers specifically to swift riding horses, but the later is more familiar because of Rohan, Rohirrim, etc.)

gwaun goose

togod/porog rooster/hen (from Q tocot/porocë)

maw sheep (from Q máma)

nîn (from Q nyéni she-goat… had to deconstruct considerably, so highly hypothetical)

hû dog

iaul cat (from Q yaulë)

pogol pig (from Q polca)

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I think learning about fictional languages in general is important, if for nothing but to show students it's possible. The problem, with American school systems at least, is that the humanities(art, music, history, language, literature, etc.) is not given enough importance.

Tolkien Language 101:

What’s above is the Quenya mode of the Tengwar script!

Tengwar is the most commonly used script in Middle Earth, it has modes for Quenya, Sindarin, even English! The One Ring was written in the Black Speech mode of Tengwar. 

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Tolkien Language 101:

Not to be mistaken for Tengwar, the script above, Sarati, is the original script used for the Elvish language Quenya.

Did you know that this language can be written five ways? Left to right, right to left, up to down from the right, up to down from the left, and in a seldom used today from, Boustrophedon. In the picture above, the bottom example is Sarati in Boustrophedon form. 

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Tolkien Language 101:

Did you know that Tolkien created more than one Dwarvish language? He created the only example of sign language in any of his works---Iglishmek. This language, unlike Khudzul, varied amongst Dwarven clans.

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Mannish

all links for the page on Mannish languages are up. There will be more added as the blog builds. Thank you for your patience. The page on Tengwar is also coming soon, with an index of all languages that use it as a script. And again, please feel free to ask about any language or dialect not currently presented on the blog, as there are many minor dialects in Ea.

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Ages of Middle Earth

First Age; 1.033 years

Second Age; 3.440 years

Third Age; 3.021 years

Find them here

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Tolkien Language 101:

What's above is the Quenya mode of the Tengwar script!

Tengwar is the most commonly used script in Middle Earth, it has modes for Quenya, Sindarin, even English! The One Ring was written in the Black Speech mode of Tengwar. 

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Had a couple questions that came up on my most recent translation and I’m wondering if there’s anyone out there with more experience than I who could shed some light?

1. Esse/esse nuquerna - my understanding is that esse is used in similar contexts to when one would otherwise use a bar to…

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Tolkien Language 101:

Did you know that the One Ring is inscribed not with Sindarin or Quenya, but Black Speech?

Black Speech was a language created by Sauron and is thought to be a corruption of Quenya, the language of the high-elves, and Valarin, the language of the Ainur. 

The inscription itself is in Tengwar, a script created by the elves for their own language.