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Vinyar Tengwar is a linguistic journal (ISSN 1054-7606) published by the Elvish Linguistic Fellowship, dedicated to the scholarly study of the invented languages of J. R. R. Tolkien. Linguistics is the scientific study of Language, encompassing a number of sub-fields A journal (through French from late Latin diurnalis, daily has several related meanings a daily record of events or business a private An International Standard Serial Number ( ISSN) is a unique eight-digit number used to identify a print or electronic Periodical publication. The Elvish Linguistic Fellowship ( E L F) is an international organization devoted to the scholarly study of the invented languages of J Tolkien studies redirects here For the journal see Tolkien Studies The works of J

"Vinyar Tengwar" is Quenya for News Letters. Quenya 'kwɛɲa is one of the fictional languages spoken by the Elves (the Quendi, "those who speak with voices" because when

Issues

Vinyar Tengwar first appeared in 1988, at first edited by Jorge Quinonez and later taken over by Carl F. Hostetter. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Carl F Hostetter (born 1965 is a computer scientist at NASA 's Goddard Space Flight Center, and a key figure of the Elvish Linguistic Fellowship. It appeared in bimonthly intervals at first, but after July, 1994, issues appeared more irregularly, roughly once a year. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) This coincided with the greater frequency of publication of texts written by Tolkien himself; the journal is now dedicated primarily to such texts. Several of these texts were mentioned in volumes of The History of Middle-earth, edited by Christopher Tolkien, but not published in that series owing to their specialist or recondite nature. The History of Middle-earth is a 12-volume series of books published from 1983 through 1996 that collect and analyse material relating to the fiction of J Christopher Reuel Tolkien (born 21 November 1924 is the youngest son of the Author J

#1, September 1988 (12 pp. )
#2, November 1988 (16 pp. )
#3, January 1989 (12 pp. )
#4, March 1989 (12 pp. )
#5, May 1989 (16 pp. )
#6, June 1989 (16 pp. )
#7, September 1989 (16 pp. )
#8, November 1989 (16 pp. )
#9, January 1990 (16 pp. )
#10, March 1990 (24 pp. )
#11, May 1990 (24 pp. )
#12, July 1990 (24 pp. )
#13, September 1990 (24 pp. )
#14, November 1990 (24 pp. )
#15, January 1991 (16 pp. )
#16, March 1991 (16 pp. )
#17, May 1991 (28 pp. )
#18, July 1991 (40 pp. )
#19, September 1991 (32 pp. )
#20, November 1991 (24 pp. )
#21, January 1992 (28 pp. )
#22, March 1992 (32 pp. )
#23, May 1992 (28 pp. )
#24, July 1992 (40 pp. )
#25, September 1992 (28 pp. )
#26, November 1993 (32 pp. )
#27, January 1993 (44 pp. )
#28, March 1993 (40 pp. )
#29, May 1993 (32 pp. )
#30, July 1993 (32 pp. )
#31, September 1993 (36 pp. )
#32, November 1993 (32 pp. )
#33, January 1994 (28 pp. )
#34, March 1994 (36 pp. )
#35, May 1994 (32 pp. )
#36, July 1994 (36 pp. )
#37, December 1995 (32 pp. )
#38, April 1997 (40 pp. )
#39, July 1998 (36 pp. )
#40, April 1999 (36 pp. )
#41, July 2000 (40 pp. )
#42, July 2001 (40 pp. )
#43, January 2002 (40 pp. )
#44, June 2002 (40 pp. )
#45, November 2003 (40 pp. )
#46, July 2004 (36 pp. )
#47, February 2005 (44 pp. )
#48, December 2005 (36 pp. )
#49, June 2007 (60 pp. )

Back issues of the journal are published in collections of ten issues on a per-order basis; issues 1-10, the last to be converted to this format, became available in March 2007.

Libraries that have received the journal and should have back-issues in stock include:

The Library of Congress
Marquette University Archives
The Wade Center
The Bodleian Library

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The Library of Congress is the De facto National library of the United States and the research arm of the United States Congress Marquette University is a private coeducational Jesuit, Roman Catholic University located in Milwaukee Wisconsin. The Bodleian Library ( the main Research library of the University of Oxford, is one of the oldest libraries in Europe, and in England

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