Re: Lord of the Rings movie

Joe Hill wrote:
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Anton Sherwood" <bronto@...>
>To: <CONLANG@...>
>Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 7:38 PM
>Subject: Re: Lord of the Rings movie
>
>
> > > > - The elves speak in elven, most of the time. . . .
> >
> > Joe Hill wrote:
> > > Call it Quenya.  It sounds better. :-)
> >
> > Who in Lothlorien speaks Quenya, besides Galadriel?
> > Most of the elves there are Avari, if memory serves.
> > Celeborn is a Grey-elf from Doriath.
> >
>
>
>Well, i'm fairly sure that Quenya is still standard Elvish speak, much like
>English.  They are unlikely to be Avari, these elves are uncommon. If you
>mean Moriquendi, then yes.  The Avari stayed at Cuvinien and never ventured
>beyond the misty mouuntains.  Probably not as far as Lotholorien.  Doriath
>was destroyed at the end of the third age, along with the rest of
>beleriand.
>(One exception: the Hill of Himling, it is on the map as the Isle of
>Himring.)
>
>I believe most elves speak Quenya, whatever their heritage.
Nyet. It's clear from LotR (and other sources) that Sindarin was the main
Eldarin language in Frodo's day (and for millenia earlier). Quenya was in
position much like medieval Latin - not much spoken, but highly regarded and
used for learned writings etc.

                                            Andreas

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