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Re: Lord of the Rings movie

From:Matthew Kehrt <matrix14@...>
Date:Sunday, December 16, 2001, 16:42
Nonononono.
Sindarin is the common speech of elves in Middle-Earth.  Quenya is
spoken by very few people outside of the West.  Most of the 'Elvish' in
LotR is Sindarin.  Quenya is to them like Latin would have been a few
hundred years ago to us.
-M

Joe Hill wrote:
> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pavel Iosad" <pavel_iosad@...> > To: <CONLANG@...> > Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 8:06 PM > Subject: Re: Lord of the Rings movie > > > > I believe most elves speak Quenya, whatever their heritage. > > > > No. Read the Appendices. They speak Sindarin. > > I mean, they can at least, I think of Quenya as the Elvish English.