Re: HELP!!!Elven Alphabet?

I don't know if any of the members know the alphabet. I do know that many elves, or i guess the vast majority, are not fluent in the language. There are quite a few who know a lot, and then there are those who can say hello, goodbye, and the rest of the basics. However, in answer to your question the file can be located here. Click on the Quenya Font book and you will download a zip file with the font as well as a text file called Quenya. After installing the font open the document in Word or another similar processor and it should show up in the elven characters with descriptions on how to use them in context.

Now, in response to the making new words....that method's not exactly the best. I took a linguistics course and we had to make our own language as a project. Many of us just took vowels and consonants threw them into a random generator and came up with our languages like that. As easy as it may sound, the words sounded horrible, and many of them sounded from different languages. How the described method works, it's best to take root words and slowly work them together. By doing this the language sounds much more fluid and like the words should fit where they do. Also, keep in mind, most of what we have is derived from Tolkein's work.

As for the words you listed as examples, they are: amin, tel, amin, lle, amin, lye, n'ala, ale', a're, tella're...
Now judging from that after re-reading the question you want more common words like these....and I can't say I can give them to you. There are things like, "uma" for yes and "n'uma" for no (which are not in the dictionary). Quel is for good, n'quel is for bad. N' will generally negate something and turn the word into its opposite, but there may be an instance or so where this wont work (i'm not sure at the moment).

Anyway, there's my elven lessen for the day.

Vanya sulie...
-Therfalas' Player

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> I don't know if any of the members know the alphabet. I do know that many elves, or i guess the vast majority, are not fluent in the language. There are quite a few who know a lot, and then there are those who can say hello, goodbye, and the rest of the basics. However, in answer to your question the file can be located <a href="http://grey-company.org/Language/">here.</a> Click on the Quenya Font book and you will download a zip file with the font as well as a text file called Quenya. After installing the font open the document in Word or another similar processor and it should show up in the elven characters with descriptions on how to use them in context. > Now, in response to the making new words....that method's not exactly the best. I took a linguistics course and we had to make our own language as a project. Many of us just took vowels and consonants threw them into a random generator and came up with our languages like that. As easy as it may sound, the words sounded horrible, and many of them sounded from different languages. How the described method works, it's best to take root words and slowly work them together. By doing this the language sounds much more fluid and like the words should fit where they do. Also, keep in mind, most of what we have is derived from Tolkein's work. > As for the words you listed as examples, they are: amin, tel, amin, lle, amin, lye, n'ala, ale', a're, tella're... > Now judging from that after re-reading the question you want more common words like these....and I can't say I can give them to you. There are things like, "uma" for yes and "n'uma" for no (which are not in the dictionary). Quel is for good, n'quel is for bad. N' will generally negate something and turn the word into its opposite, but there may be an instance or so where this wont work (i'm not sure at the moment). > Anyway, there's my elven lessen for the day. > Vanya sulie... > -Therfalas' Player
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