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Author:  Jax Nova [ February 22nd, 2015, 11:00 pm ]
Post subject:  Quenya Vs. Sindarin

What are your opinions on Quenya VS. Sindarin? Which is easier to use? Which is more widely used? Which is used in the movies? And which is a more complete language? Etc....

Author:  Aredhel Ar-Feiniel [ February 22nd, 2015, 11:10 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Quenya Vs. Sindarin

I hear Quenya is the easier language, but Sindarin seems to be the more popular language. I'm not sure which is more complete to be honest, but I personally prefer the way Quenya sounds!

Author:  Jax Nova [ February 22nd, 2015, 11:14 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Quenya Vs. Sindarin

I got the impression by the little bit I have read that sindarin is the more popular as well.

I remember reading somewhere that there are actually several hundreds of people in the world who speak one of them fluent and one was much more popular than the other.... but I can not remember which it was and have no idea where I had read that information.... it was years ago.

Author:  Elthir [ February 23rd, 2015, 3:41 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Quenya Vs. Sindarin

Hmm, but not even Tolkien could speak any of his Elvish languages fluently... although maybe some disagree (or will) with the following FAQ...

... but I agree :)

http://www.elvish.org/FAQ.html

Which includes:

Quote:
Is it possible to speak Quenya and Sindarin?

"No. The vocabulary, grammar, and syntax of Tolkien's invented languages, even of Quenya and Sindarin, are far too incomplete to allow its casual, conversational, or quotidian use. As Tolkien himself stated,"It should be obvious that if it is possible to compose fragments of verse in Quenya and Sindarin, those languages (and their relations one to another) must have reached a fairly high degree of organization — though of course, far from completeness, either in vocabulary, or in idiom" (Letters p. 380). (What's more, it is plain that nearly every occasion upon which Tolkien set about to compose in one of his invented languages resulted in a flurry of new invention, reconsideration, and change; so that the fact that he could compose something at one time did not mean that either the result or its bases were fixed, either at that time or at any time thereafter.)..."

E. L. F. Carl Hostetter

Author:  Jax Nova [ February 23rd, 2015, 7:16 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Quenya Vs. Sindarin

I am sure that where I heard that was probably meaning that they speak fluently that which does exist of the language.

That's my guess.


I know that it is not an entirely complete language but I think it is complete enough that you could convey most needs.

But this was about 5 years ago I heard this stuff and like I said... don't remember where.

Author:  Merilthel [ September 27th, 2016, 6:05 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Quenya Vs. Sindarin

Personally for me I prefer Sindarin, since it flows more natural for me and with my native tounge... (Swedish) Though I love the sound of Quenya, but for me Sindarin is easier to get a grip of!! <3 Novaer!! //merilthel

Author:  Jax Nova [ September 27th, 2016, 10:26 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Quenya Vs. Sindarin

Awesome. Is Sindarin similar to Swedish or just a lot of similar sounds or something? ( I know nothing of Swedish )

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