Re: Lord of the Rings movie

Joe Hill wrote:
> I'm not sure, but sindarin seems to have a c>g sound change,
between voiced sounds, yes.


> and a ?we>?u one,
loss of final /e/, and promotion of a now-final semivowel (if any)
to full vowel.


> and s>th
other way around: Quenya, but not Sindarin,
merged the primeval /th/ with /s/.

Quenya is not the ancestor of Sindarin; more like an elder cousin.


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