Re: Sindarin Stress?

Christian Thalmann <cinga@...> wrote:

> I've just re-skimmed the Ardalambion page on Sindarin, and found no
> reference to stress placement.  Is is the same as in Quenya (which is
> the same as in Latin, IIRC), or is it more word-final (seeing as most
> Old Elven words seem to have dropped their final vowel in Sindarin)?
Well, the latter would be expected from the conhistory of the language,
but as far as I understood it Sindarin follows the same rule as Quenya,
and indeed _A Elbereth Gilthoniel_ scans perfectly with "Latin" stress,
but not with the stress pattern that would result if the stress was
where it would have been expected from the conhistory of the language.
/a 'elbereT gil'To:niel/?  Yes. /a el'bereT giltho:ni'el/?  No way.

So I think we must assume that Sindarin, too, follows the Latin stress
rules (possible under the influence of Quenya).

Jörg.

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