Re: Tolkien language(s) question
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, September 3, 2003, 17:55 |
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On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 05:27:51PM +0000, Robert B Wilson wrote:
> actually it's more like Sindarin:Quenya :: French:Italian...
Not really, because Q[u]enya was specifically envisioned by Tolkein as
the "Elvish Latin". The French/Italian comparison works if you
consider Italy to be all of Middle-Earth and France to be
another dimension. That latter bit isn't too far off, actually . . .
;-)
But among the Elves still dwelling in Middle-Earth, Sindarin is
what they actually speak in their daily lives, while Quenya
is the language of scholarship.
-Mark
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