There are entire books and websites dedicated to documenting the extensive vocabulary and grammar of Tolkien's Elvish languages. However, some of Middle-earth's languages were far more obscure ...

The first Half-elf in the lore of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings was Dior, the grandfather of Elrond, and he met a ...

R. R. Tolkien, the company said on Friday. "Our team has studied Elvish manuscripts and attempted to restore one of the most ancient languages of the Middle-Earth," Yandex said. "Now Yandex ...

“Swann had chosen two poems in Elvish and it quickly became apparent ... for performance and also context for the language.” Tolkien’s light-hearted side also pops out of the work as he ...

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Tolkien did not believe himself ... they were simply in Elvish. The idea was that the reader enjoyed language that they couldn’t in any way understand, just as a sort of phonetic exercise ...

The idea was that the reader enjoyed language that they couldn’t in any way understand, just as a sort of phonetic exercise in itself. “Swann had chosen two poems in Elvish and it quickly became ...