Re: Tolkien language(s) question
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, September 3, 2003, 17:01 |
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On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 12:30:39PM -0400, Roger Mills wrote:
> I haven't been paying attention (and still haven't seen the movies)--- but
> which language are they speaking in the movies?? A friend has asked me to
> help him learn it. (I boo-hooed, of course, that he doesn't want to learn
> Kash....)
>
> I see by the Ardalambion site that there is a course for Quenya-- is that
> it??
Most of the Elvish in the movies is Sindarin.
Sindarin:Quenya :: Italian:Latin. Which is why Frodo got a laugh when
he greeted the Elves in Quenya, like the modern tourist who tries to use
Latin in Rome ("Been a while since your last visit, has it?").
-Mark
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