Elvish languages are constructed languages used typically by elves in a fantasy setting. A constructed or artificial language known colloquially or informally as a conlang is a Language whose Phonology, Grammar An elf is a creature of Norse mythology. The elves were originally imagined as a race of minor nature and fertility gods, who are often pictured as youthful-seeming Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting
Tolkien's Elvish languages
Author J. R. R. Tolkien created many languages for Elves, which eventuated in the creation of a mythology (expounded in his books), complete with races, to speak the tongues he had constructed. For Elvish languages in general see Elvish languages. J R R Tolkien 's fantasy fiction contains several languages for Elves In J R R Tolkien 's Legendarium, an Elf is an individual member of one of the races that inhabit the lands of Arda. His interest was primarily philological, and he said his stories grew out of his languages. See Comparative linguistics for the narrower field of "comparative philology" The languages were the first thing Tolkien created for his mythos, starting with what he originally called "Qenya", the first primitive form of Elvish. This was later called Quenya (High-elven) and is one of the two most complete of Tolkien's languages (the other being Sindarin, or Grey-elven). Quenya 'kwɛɲa is one of the fictional languages spoken by the Elves (the Quendi, "those who speak with voices" because when Sindarin is an Artificial language developed by J R R Tolkien. The phonology, vocabulary and grammar of Quenya and Sindarin are strongly influenced by Finnish and Welsh, respectively. Finnish ( or suomen kieli) is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland (92% As of 2006) and by ethnic Finns outside Welsh ( cy Cymraeg or cy y Gymraeg, kəmˈrɑːɨɡ and {{IPA|[ə ɡəmˈrɑːɨɡ]}}, is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic In addition to these two, he also created several other (partially derived) languages.
Other Elvish languages
Since Tolkien, others have invented Elvish languages in their own fiction. Several borrow sounds and forms (or even whole words) from Tolkien's Elvish languages, especially Quenya, while others are quite distinct.
- The Ancient Language The language of the elves in Eragon. Eragon is a 2003 Fantasy novel written by Christopher Paolini, and the first book in the Inheritance Cycle, set in the mythical Also used by the riders and other magic users to cast spells. Was the language of the now extinct Grey Folk. One can't lie in the Ancient Language and is bound by what he/she says in it.
- Elven, the language of the surface Elves of Dungeons & Dragons (of which there are several dialects)
- Elvish language of Andrzej Sapkowski's Hexer saga, based on Welsh and English
- Eltharin, the language of the elves of Warhammer Fantasy setting:
- Fan-Eltharin, the language of the Wood Elves
- Tar-Eltharin, the language of the Sea Elves and High Elves
- Druhir, the language of the Dark Elves
- Sperethiel, The language of elves in Shadowrun. Dungeons & Dragons (abbreviated as D&D or DnD) is a Fantasy Role-playing game (RPG originally designed by Andrzej Sapkowski, born June 21, 1948 in Łódź, is a Polish Fantasy writer The Witcher or Wiedźmin (Wiedźmin by Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski is a series of Fantasy Short stories (collected Welsh ( cy Cymraeg or cy y Gymraeg, kəmˈrɑːɨɡ and {{IPA|[ə ɡəmˈrɑːɨɡ]}}, is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Warhammer Fantasy is a Fantasy setting created by Games Workshop, in which many games of that company are set the best known ones being Warhammer Shadowrun is a pen-and-paper Role-playing game set in an imaginary future where huge corporations control the lives of their employees and the return of magic has
- Ssamath, the language of the Dark Elves or Drow of Dungeons & Dragons,
- Elvish language of Gael Baudino's Strands series, based on the Romance languages. This article refers to the fictional elven race from Dungeons & Dragons. Dungeons & Dragons (abbreviated as D&D or DnD) is a Fantasy Role-playing game (RPG originally designed by Gael Baudino (born 1955 is a contemporary American Fantasy Author who also writes under the pseudonyms of Gael Kathryns Gael A The Strands Series is a series of books and Short stories written by Gael Baudino between 1981 and 1994 and published between 1989 The Romance languages (sometimes referred to as Romanic languages, or Neolatin languages) are a branch of the Indo-European language family comprising all
- The Elvish language(s) of the Warcraft universe (Darnassian and Thalassian), which are not described in detail but superficially resemble Tolkien's
- The spiral-read language of the Artemis Fowl series
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