Common Eldarin

Common Eldarin is the tongue of the ancient Eldar of the Great March . It is the last common ancestor of all known Elvish languages (broken into Quenya and Common Telerin branches). Common Eldarin is an evolution of Primitive Quendian , the original language of all Quendi (or Elves), developing after the Eldar left Cuiviénen for Valinor . As the years passed, the language of those traveling Elves became diverged from the one spoken before the March. By the time they reached Beleriand , dialects of Common Eldarin had already begun to develop. Since the Eldar dominate the annals of the Elder Days , all the Elvish languages that are described in detail come from this branch. The Avarin languages followed a wholly different evolution, distinct from Common Eldarin, and the changes presented here may not have applied during the evolution of those languages. During the Great March, minor changes to the Primitive Quendian brought the later Eldarin languages. These changes had to do with several developments of the word-forms, usually normalization. For example: At some point, dialects separated the uniformity of that language, and produced the Common Telerin branch.