To: Caramelgal
Finnish was J.R.R.Tolkien’s favorite language. I’ve read in more than one place that he based some Elvish on Finnish, but I believe Welsh also entered in on the creation.
60 posted on
09/26/2007 5:17:04 PM PDT by
Mamzelle
To: Mamzelle
Finnish has an amazing number of cases, more than any other language, I believe.
61 posted on
09/26/2007 5:18:50 PM PDT by
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To: Mamzelle
Finnish I think was inspiration for Quenya, High Elven, and Welsh was inspiration for Sindarin, Grey-Elven.
78 posted on
03/31/2008 12:35:26 PM PDT by
Free Vulcan
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