Quenya
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Quenya is a fictional language created by J. R. R. Tolkien for the Elves in his Middle-earth stories. It matters to fans of Tolkien's work and to linguists interested in constructed languages because it demonstrates how Tolkien built an entire linguistic system as part of his fictional world.
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Key facts
- Language.name
- Quenya
- Language.creator
- J. R. R. Tolkien
- Language.created
- c. 1910–1973
- Language.setting
- The fictional world of Middle-earth
- Language.script
- LatinTengwarCirthSarati
- Language.fam1
- constructed languages
- Language.fam2
- artistic languages
- Language.fam3
- fictional languages
- Language.iso3
- qya
- Language.linglist
- qya
- Language.glotto
- quen1234
- Language.map
- File:Quenya Example.png
- Language.mapcaption
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43 sectionsContents
- External history
- Development
- Publication of linguistic papers
- Scholarship
- Use of Quenya
- Internal history
- Primitive Quendian
- Use by Elves, Valar, and Men
- Phonology
- Consonants
- Morphophonemics and allophony
- Palatal clusters
- Labial clusters
- Glottal clusters
- Simplification of clusters
- Vowels
- Syllables and stress
- Phonotactics
- Grammar
- Nouns
- Adjectives
- Prepositions and adverbs
- Pronouns
- Possessive determiners
- Demonstrative
- Verbs
- Syntax
- Vocabulary
- Proper nouns
- Some prepositions and adverbs
- Greetings
- Numerals
- Writing systems
- Elvish writing systems
- Latin script
- Corpus
- See also
- References
- Primary
- Secondary
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
Quenya () is a constructed language, one of those devised by J. R. R. Tolkien for the Elves in his Middle-earth fiction.
Tolkien began devising the language around 1910, and restructured its grammar several times until it reached its final state. The vocabulary remained relatively stable throughout the creation process. He successively changed the language's name from Elfin and Qenya to the eventual Quenya. Finnish had been a major source of inspiration, but Tolkien was also fluent in Latin and Old English, and was familiar with Greek, Welsh (the primary inspiration for Sindarin, Tolkien's other major Elvish language), and other ancient Germanic languages, particularly Gothic, during his development of Quenya.