Christian Thalmann wrote:
46:34 +0100
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>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)?
It's like in Quenya.
>
>I for one would be relieved to know that beautiful words like "Fangorn"
>and "Orthanc" are stressed on the ultimate... they'd sound outright ugly
>otherwise. =P
Too bad - it's /'faNgorn/ and /'orTaNk/.
>
>Similarly, "Rohan" would sound cooler IMHO if it were /rO"han/ rather
>than /"rohan/, though the language of the Rohirrim probably has its own
>untold stressing rules.
Only, "Rohan" isn't Rohirric. It's a Common Speech version of Sindarin
_Rochann_ /'roxan(:)/. Rohirric (in LotR) is Old English, so the
stress-rules shouldn't be impossible to find.
Andreas
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