The Elven languages
Per Lindberg
(viele Seele) writes:
> : Erik Holmberg (eri...@bhs.hb.se) wrote:
> : : Hello, I'm wondering if there is anyone out there who knows if
> : : there exists an Elvish vocabular (Quenya or Sindarin, both'll
> : : do!) I am going to learn the elvish runes, these I have but I
> : : haven't got words.
> There's a small incomplete "dictionary" by Ruth Noel called The Languages
> of Middle-earth. (I think it's available on books.com)
>
> There is also an etymology at the end of the Lost Road (part of the
> History of ME series)
> I personally have a list on QuattroPro of every sindarin and quenya
> word I've ever seen. [...] It really is quite a long list, I believe
> about 4-5000 words.
The book by Ruth Noel is unfortunately *not* very good. It contains
too many errors to be useful.
_An Introduction to Elvish_ by Jim Allan is much better. And there are
others, I beleive I saw a word list available on diskette...
Carl Hostetter has a list of good sources for the Tolkien languages,
which he posts here on odd occations. Perhaps it is time again?
And, by the way, if someone is still maintaining the FAQ list, this
list should definitely be in it!
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Carl F. Hostetter
> Carl Hostetter has a list of good sources for the Tolkien languages,
> which he posts here on odd occations. Perhaps it is time again?
That sounds like my cue:
The following is a list of the principal secondary resources on Tolkien's
languages.
Books:
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Allan, Jim, ed. _An Introduction to Elvish_. Somerset: Bran's Head Books,
1978. ISBN 0 905220 10 2.
Dated (it was written before _The Silmarillion_ was published) but
remarkably accurate, which is a testimony to the high level of
scholarship of the various authors.
Try ordering through a good local bookstore. If that fails, contact
either the publisher (last known addresss: 45 Milk Street, Frome,
Somerset BA11 3DB, England; phone (0) 373 467547) or J. Thornton &
Son, 11 Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3AR, England; phone: (0) 865-242939.
In Britain, any bookshop should be able to order this. In March 1993,
it cost L8.45.
Martsch, Nancy. _Basic Quenya_.
This is an excellent tutorial introduction to Quenya. 72 pages velo
bound, with exercises and vocabulary. Available from the author for
$10 plus postage: USA 1st class $2.50, book rate $1.05; Canada air-
mail $3, surface $2.25; Europe airmail $5, surface $2.75. Make check
payable to Nancy Martsch, P.O. Box 55372, Sherman Oaks, California
91413.
Dictionaries and Concordances:
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All by Paul Nolan Hyde:
_A Working Concordance_
_A Working English Lexicon_
_A Working Reverse Dictionary_ (with or without meanings)
_A Working Reverse Index_
_A Working Reverse Glossary_
_A Working Tolkien Glossary_ (in 7 volumes (!))
_A Comprehensive Index of Proper Names and Places, The Hobbit
through The History of Middle-earth_
Some or all of these are available on disk (IBM-PC). For information
on availability, cost, etc., contact Paul at:
8520 Jean Parrish Ct., NE
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87172
USA
Journals:
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_Vinyar Tengwar_
Editor: Carl F. Hostetter
2509 Ambling Circle
Crofton, MD 21114
USA
_VT_ is the bimonthly journal of the Elvish Linguistic Fellowship,
an organization devoted to the study of the invented languages of
J.R.R. Tolkien. An annual subscription to _VT_ (six issues) is $12
in the US, $15 in Canada and overseas surface mail, and $18 over-
seas airmail; sample and back-issues are available for $2, $2.50,
and $3 each respectively; deduct 25% if ordering 8 or more issues.
All payments must be in US dollars; make checks payable to
"Carl F. Hostetter".
_Quettar_
Editor: Julian Bradfield
Dept. of Computer Science
University of Edinburgh
The King's Buildings
Mayfield Road
EDINBURGH
U.K. EH9 3JZ
_Quettar_ is a tri-annual journal of Tolkienian linguistics
edited by Julian Bradfield.
Subscriptions to Quettar/ cover 4 issues, and cost:
L3.75 for the United Kingdom
L4.50 for Europe and surface mail outside Europe
L6.00 for airmail outside Europe.
Cheques etc. should be made payable to "Quettar", and should be sent
to the Editor. Payment should be made in sterling, but the Editor
will accept CASH payments in French, German, Dutch, Canadian or
U.S.A. currency.
_Parma Eldalamberon_
Editor: Chris Gilson
500 C North Civic Drive
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
USA
_Parma Eldalamberon_, "the Book of Elven Tongues", is an
occasional journal of Tolkienian linguistics edited by
a nearly peerless master of the Elven tongues.
_Parma_ is sold on a per-issue basis as they appear.
Write for current information.
Chris can be reached at harp...@netcom.com
Internet Discussion Group:
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Larry Lawson
zxm...@hp01.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de (Giedke) writes:
>
>Erik Holmberg (eri...@bhs.hb.se) wrote:
>: Hello, I'm wondering if there is anyone out there who knows if there
exists
>: an Elvish vocabular (Quenya or Sindarin, both'll do!)
>: I am going to learn the elvish runes, these I have but I haven't got
>: words.
>
>As far as I remember, there is a small (a couple of pages) elvish
dictionary
>in ICE's MiddleEarth RolePlayin game. I don't know which edition.
>
>bye,
>Geza
>
>: Namarie.
>
>
There is also the "Dictionary of the Elvish Tongues", a 150 page
compliation of all of the elvish languages from all four ages, borken
out by an énglish to elvish'section and then an elvish to english
section. This was privately published in 1994 from TingleMoose books.