In Quenya, general greetings and thanks include “namárië” (be well), “aiya” (hello), and “hara máriessë” (stay in happiness).
In Quenya, the Tengwar vowels are represented by tehtar—or accents—atop the consonant they follow. Thus, in writing the name 'Galadriel' in Quenya, you would place the a tehta over the g tengwa, the a over the l and so on.
He also speaks Quenya, a.k.a. Valinorean, but that's kind of like the 3rd Age version of Latin - an ancient revered language, but not one widely spoken or used day to day. In general, whenever a language in LotR is referred to as "Elven" or "Elvish" it means Sindarin.
Tengwar for SindarinIn the Sindarin Standard Mode the short vowels symbols (tehtar) are written on the short vowel carrier (telco) when they appear at the end of a word. Overwise they are written on the consonant that follows them. At the ends of words r is written with óre rather than rómen.
A collection of useful phrases in Quenya, a member of the Amanya branch of the Elvish language family invented by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Useful phrases in Quenya.
| Phrase | Quenya |
|---|
| Good afternoon (Afternoon greeting) | |
| Good evening (Evening greeting) | |
| Good night | |
| Goodbye (Parting phrases) | Namárië (Be well) Áva márië! (Go happily!) Márienna! (To happiness!) |
The Dwarves called themselves Khazâd in their own language, Khuzdul.
Kíli says to Tauriel “amrâlimê” […] “amrâl” – means “love”. It used the abstract construction aCCâC as seen in the Tolkien original khuzdul words such as “aglâb”.
It is said in The Silmarillion that Aulë created the dwarves, and taught them "the language he had devised for them", making Khuzdul both in fiction and reality, a constructed language. The Dwarves had a great reverence for Aulë. Because of this, Khuzdul remained unchanged.
In The Hobbit, it's explained that Gandalf carved a mark into Bilbo's door so that the dwarves would know which hobbit hole their prospective burglar lived in.
greetings/farewells
- greetings=vemu.
- good day=gamut manun.
- good travels=gamut meliku.
- farewell=rasup gamut.
- goodnight=gamut nanun.
- well met=gamut sanu yenet.
- may a good death be upon you=sar gamut warg ai-menu.
- may your forge burn bright=tan menu selek lanun khun.
Elvish languages are constructed (made up) languages used by Elves in a fantasy setting. Many unrelated versions of Elvish have been created for books, board games and video games. This method of writing basically involves replacing each english letter with a corresponding elvish letter.
1968: The Hobbit (1968 radio series):Thorin shouts Baruk Khazâd!Khazâd ai-mênu!
Dwarvish or Dwarven was the name for a family of languages used by dwarves. The dwarves called their own language Dethek, but most other races used that term to refer to the runic alphabet in which the language was written.
This was later called Quenya (High-elven) and is one of the two most complete of Tolkien's languages (the other being Sindarin, or Grey-elven). The phonology and grammar of Quenya are strongly influenced by Finnish, Latin, Greek and elements of ancient Germanic languages, and Sindarin is strongly influenced by Welsh.
"Whatever are runes? " ? Bilbo Baggins, The Hobbit (1977 film) The Runic alphabet was a system of writing based on angular shapes that could easily be carved into wood or stone. It originated and was used mainly in Northern Europe, by the Anglo-Saxons and the Norse tribes.
Anglo-Saxon runes were symbols used by the Anglo-Saxons as an alphabet in their writing system. All runes were known collectively as futhorc in Old English.
N is used to write the Dwarvish geminated n, being “nn”. D and J are used to write the Dwarvish “nd” and “nj” (Note: for “nj” also “ñ” or “Ñ” can be used) C and P are in fact place holders for the Angerthas Erebor character set “ts” and “ps” – in this font they are written out in their Angerthas Moria counterparts.
