Quenya

Also known as qya

Quenya () is a constructed language, one of those devised by J. R. R. Tolkien for the Elves in his Middle-earth fiction.

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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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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: Ah! like gold fall the leaves in the wind, long years numberless as the wings of trees! The beginning of the Quenya poem Namárië written in Tengwar and in Latin script
Language.notice: IPA
Language.nativename: Eldarin

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Commons category: Middle-earth writing systems
exact match: data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#Quenya
Wikimedia language code: qya
described at URL: tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Quenya

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Contents

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.