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To: fishtank
Tolkien's elvish is mostly Finnish and Welsh.
15 posted on 03/31/2009 2:16:07 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin is a smart missile aimed at the heart of the left!)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

Tolkien actually developed two varieties of Elvish.

Quenya was the High-Elvish language, roughly the equivalent of Latin in 18th century Europe.

Sindarin was a living language spoken by the Elves of Middle Earth and some humans, mostly aristocrats descended from the Dunedain.


17 posted on 03/31/2009 2:20:16 PM PDT by Sherman Logan (Everyone has a right to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner
I've collected the BoM in about 45 languages so far. The old Welsh translation of the BoM is one of my favorites.

This Klingon translation is one I've never seen before. LOL. Some one has a lot of time on their hands. Eventually some Tolkein fan will translate the BoM to Elvish.

Klingon Bible Translation Project

I Yessessë The First Chapter of Genesis in Quenya

53 posted on 03/31/2009 4:46:57 PM PDT by Rameumptom (Gen X= they killed 1 in 4 of us)
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