I have a longstanding desire: to learn the Elvish language of LotR
sadly, it is far from complete - so much so that it is not worth the effort to learn the grammar and syntax.
however, I think skilled and tasteful linguists could flesh out the vocabulary.
Gaelic was one tangential source used by Tolkein. Finnish was another.
I want to COMPLETE the language.
anyone game?
I think I'll learn how to speak Gnomish, or perhaps Klingon....
My first thought is "Cool!"
My second thought is "I wonder who else may be out there in cyberspace with a head-start on this?"
Googled "elven tongue" and got 157,000 results.
I'd say, begin compiling names and email addresses, see who is already involved, who's communicating/collaborating with who, and engage the work from there. Perhaps the first task being to pull everyone together into a common org for the sake of focus and synergy. Next, amass from the various members, a library of sources from everything that has been used, then collaboratively rank these source materials in order of authority. Assemble from these sources as near-complete a lexicon as possible.
This scope of work should be sufficient to engage everyone involved for at least the next two years; perhaps three.