How to Learn Quenya Online
Quenya is the fictional Elvish language created by J.R.R.Tolkien for some of the Elves inhabiting his realm of Middle Earth. Tolkien was not only a great writer, he was also a linguistic scholar of the first rank, holding the position for many years of Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford. Perhaps for this reason, Tolkien's "invented" language Quenya has a consistency, beauty and depth of detail that makes it seem like a "real" language. If you would like to learn Quenya, a good way to do it is online.
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Read the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, particularly the Silmarillion and the Lord of the Rings, before you go online. You often have the best chance of understanding the meaning of any word when you see it used in context. You should also carefully listen to the way that Elvish languages were spoken in the Lord of the Rings movies, since they used experts to advise them on pronunciation.
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Read the scholarly journals devoted to his work and the languages he created, such as the Vinyar Tengwar.
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Reference an online Quenya dictionary. Also look at online pronunciation guides, since just knowing the meaning of a written word isn't really enough. It is only by studying the various letters and syllables of Quenya that you can hope to pronounce the language.
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Join online groups devoted to the language. It is easier to learn Quenya if you are doing so with others, since you can offer each other encouragement and advice.
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Visit Amazon.com to find titles related to the language that can help you.
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