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Eldarin1, Elvish

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  • Updated 14 August 2007
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Elven-tongue

Any of the languages of the Elves

(Primordial Elvish)
Quenya
Tongues of the Avari
Valinorean Quenya
Telerin
Sindarin
Nandorin
Silvan dialects
Silvan dialects

(The Teleri and the Sindar were related peoples, and so Telerin and Sindarin were would have certain common origins. In Aman, the Telerin tongue developed under the close influence of Quenya, while in Middle-earth, Sindarin evolved along a unique path of its own.)

A term that strictly could be used of any of the Elvish languages, but more normally in Middle-earth indicated Sindarin or Quenya.


Notes

1

Eldarin is an approximately equivalent term, although strictly it excludes the languages of the Avari, while the more general 'Elven-tongue' does not.

See also...

Dor Firn-i-Guinar, Forlindon

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