Qenya - Conlang Profile

Qenya - Conlang Profile

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Language Name	Qenya
Language Author	J.R.R. Tolkien
Year Began	1915
Site	Qenya - site 1 Qenya - site 2
Broken Link	No
Site Language	English
Language Type	fictional diachronic language
Uniqueness	In 1915, Tolkien began his first attempt at a High-Elven language: Qenya. It is almost an entirely different language than Quenya as used in The Lord of the Rings (which, after all, was not published until almost 40 years later).
Language Sources	Parma Eldalamberon 12
Design Principles	Qenya is derived from a proto-language, Primitive Elvish, which is very similar in structure to Proto-Indo-European.
Interest Of Others	Many fans of Quenya are studying the language to see if it can carefully be used to supplement the Quenya lexicon. It's a painstaking task, like Gimli gently chiseling away to expose a gem in the Glittering Caves of Aglarond.
Dictionary	Yes
Etymologies	Yes
Grammar	Yes
Sample Texts	Yes
Unique Script	No
Primer	No
Babel Text	No
Lexicon Size	3,300
Submitted By	Jeffrey Henning
Date Submitted	Saturday, March 27, 2004
Updated By	falmarendur
Date Edited	Monday, January 24, 2005
Description Of Update	See sample texts at www.eldalamberon.com/parma14, and www.eldalamberon.com/parma15.
Date To Headline	Saturday, February 05, 2005

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