Primitive Quendian

In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth, Primitive Quendian is the proto-language of the Quendi, or Elves, which they spoke soon after their Awakening. Primitive Quendian split into Common Eldarin and the many Avari languages. The Etymologies published in The Lost Road and Other Writings and also later etymological essays often derived terms common to Eldar languages to Primitive Quendian bases, and a list of some Primitive Que... more

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