Saturday, July 05, 2003

FINALLY!! A GREAT SITE DEDICATED TO TOLKIEN'S INVENTED LANGUAGE!!

I've finally found a website about Tolkien's invented languages!! And a great one too, considering that it does not just covered Quenya (The Ancient Elvish Tongue) and Sindarin (The Noble Elvish Tongue), but also Adunaic (Westron), Khuzdul (Dwarvish), Entish, Rohirric and even The Black Speech!! Here's the link: www.ardalambion.com. Here's some example of the languages!!

(UPDATE: I've tried to insert the vowel innotation symbols, u know, two dots on top of 'e' and a '^' on top of 'u' and stuff like that... But it dun work in my blog... stupid bloggers.com!! So what that is shown below is not in the accurate form... Sigh...)

Quenya: laurie lantar lassi surinen, (Like gold fall the leaves in the wind,)
yeni unotime ve ramar aldarion! (Long years numberless as the wings of trees!)

Sindarin: A Elbereth Gilthoniel, (O Elbereth Starkindler,)
silivren penna miriel, (white-glittering, sparkling like jewels,)
o menel aglar elenath! (the glory of the starry host slants down!)

Khuzdul: Baruk Khazad! Khazad ai-menu! (Axes of the Dwarves! The Dwarves are upon you!)

Entish: Taurelilomea-tumbalemorna Tumbaletaurea Lomeanor (Forestmanyshadowed-deepvalleyblack Deepvalleyforested Gloomyland)

{Heehee... Entish is slow, sonorous, agglomerated, repetitive, and indeed long-winded... The above sentence means, more or less, "There is a black shadow in the deep dales of the forest." }

The Black Speech : Ash nazg durbatuluk, (One Ring to rule them all)
ash nazg gimbatul, (One Ring to find them)
ash nazg thrakatuluk (One Ring to bring them all)
agh burzum-ishi krimpatul (and in the darkness binds them)

Well, I have to admit, I'm not a linguist... But I'm really impressed by Tolkien's invented language... Each languages have their own style, grammar and structure... Can't imagine how much time he spent on those... For any of you who are interested in languages, go visit www.ardalambion.com!!!

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