Tolkien Language Discussion: Quenya Language Class

origins of the class

This course began as a class in the Quenya language, which I was teaching in Second Life, at Alqualonde the Swanhaven, in 2011. My thanks to all my students, who not only stuck through a very difficult course, but asked lots of questions and insisted I explain everything clearly. This edition of the course incorporates the suggestions from my students. I hope it spares the next generation of students some of the frustrations of the first brave class.

Extra Material for the Geeks:

Some students want the simplest, easiest, most basic presentation. Some want to immediately delve deeper. In order to make the class useful for the widest range of students, I have split off some non-essential information into pale blue boxes like this. Read as much or as little as you like of the material in blue boxes.

This is the tentative course schedule. I will be adding links to each section, as I get the lessons posted.

Preface

origins of the class

blue boxes: "Extra Material for Geeks"

About the Quenya Language

“Internal” History

Quenya and Sindarin

“External” History

Useful Reference Material and Links

Elvish Phrases — Accurate or Inaccurate?

A quick test to weed out common inaccurate translations

Where can you hear Quenya spoken?