Is Sindarin the only language Tolkien invented?
Although the Elvish languages Sindarin and Quenya are the most famous and the most developed of the languages that Tolkien invented for his Secondary World, they are by no means the only ones. They belong to a family of Elvish languages, that originate in Common Eldarin, the language common to all Eldar,...
What is Sindarin in the Lord of the Rings?
Sindarin is the language referred to as "the Elven-tongue " in The Lord of the Rings . In a letter, Tolkien referred to Sindarin as Grey Elvish. In another manuscript he used the similar name Grey-elven. Tolkien originally imagined that the language which would become Sindarin was spoken by the Noldor.
Is Sindarin a Quenya word?
During the Second Age and Third Age Sindarin was a lingua franca for all Elves and their friends, until it was displaced as the Common Tongue by Westron, a descendant of Adûnaic which was heavily influenced by Sindarin. The word Sindarin itself is actually a Quenya word given by the Noldorin Exiles.
Is Sindarin a Welsh name?
Sindarin is loosely based on Welsh and was originally called Gnomish. The name Sindarin is in fact Quenya - an old native name for the language is Eglathrin . Sindarin is can be written with a number of alphabets, including the Latin alphabet, Cirth and Tengwar.