Well, this should be of some interest to Ritva, Tommi, and other Finns using this forum. Apparently, Tolkien based his languages on a number of existing language systems, Finnish being the most important for Quenya or High Elvish

[www.nationalgeographic.com]

Truth is, Quenya was only inspired by Finnish, and i don't think Tolkien meant for his languages to be intelligible to modern Finns (or anybody else for that matter). In any case, i'm wondering if the grammar, structure and perhaps the etymologies are familiar to modern Finnish Speakers.

Here's another cool link - [www.sci.fi]





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