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Elvish versus 'real' languages
Titania (gone for lunch) Started conversation Oct 13, 2008
Tolkien himself described Quenya as being 'composed on a Latin basis with two other (main) ingredients that happen to give me 'phonaesthetic' pleasure: Finnish and Greek.'
Elvish versus 'real' languages
Gnomon - time to move on Posted Oct 13, 2008
Yes, the stories of Middle Earth appear to have started out by Tolkien inventing the languages, and then inventing a history that could explain how the languages had evolved in the particular way they did.
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