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Quenya ( pronounced [ˈkʷwɛɲja]) [T 1] 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.
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Of the three clans of Elves in Aman, the Noldor and the Vanyar spoke slightly different, though mutually intelligible, dialects of Quenya (Valinorean Quenya and Vanyarin Quenya respectively). Following the Exile of the Noldor in the First Age, a third dialect, Exilic Quenya or Noldorin Quenya, developed among the Noldor who had journeyed to Middle-...
Quenya's phonology and grammar are most strongly influenced by Finnish, which is an agglutinative language; grammatical inspiration also comes from Latinand Greek. The phonology is also based on Finnish, and to a lesser extent Latin, Italian and Spanish. Some interesting phonological rules are that no consonant cluster can begin or end a syllable (...
The word Quenya is in origin an adjective meaning “belonging to the Quendi”, but despite this unspecific derivation is only ever used as a name of the language. It descends from an older form kwendjā, with the d surviving only in the Vanyarin dialect, where the name is still Quendya. In Sindarin and Telerin, the descendants of the word kwendjā beca...
Quenya is possibly one of the very first creations of Tolkien's legendarium, as he started constructing it (see: Qenya Lexicon) around 1915, at the age of 23 years old; as he said various times, the languages came first, and stories followed out of the names. In those early times, the language was called Qenya (although pronounced the same as Queny...
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In late material, Tolkien is seen to consider both Moringotto and Moricotto _("k") _as the Quenya form of the name Morgoth (VT49:24-25; Moricotto also appears in the ablative, Moricottollo). Morion "the dark one", a title of Morgoth (FS). Morifinwë "dark Finwë", masc. name; he was called Caranthir in Sindarin (short Quenya name Moryo).
Quenya Names. Aicanáro m. “Fell Fire; Sharp Flame” ⇐ aica + nár. Ailinel f. ⇐ ailin + -iel. Ainulindalë pn. “Music of the Ainur” ⇐ Ainu + lindalë. Airefëa pn. “Holy Spirit” ⇐ airë¹ + fëa. Airë Tári pn.
quenya noun (original adj.) "speech" (PM:399); the language-name Quenya is said to mean properly "language, speech" (WJ:393); cf. the phrase coirëa quenya "living speech" (PM:399).However, Quenya (archaic Quendya, still so in Vanyarin) is also interpreted "Elvish" (Letters:176), sc. the adjective corresponding to Quendi (WJ:374), but it was no longer used as a general adjective.
Jan 20, 2024 · Qenya (pronounced [KWEN-ya]) [1] was the original name of the High-Elven tongue which gradually would change into Quenya of the Lord of the Rings . In the earliest versions of the legendarium, Qenya (as every Elvish language) belonged to the Oromean phylum, derived from the language Orome taught the Quendi.
The information presented in this section is the Quenya language as Tolkien described it during the publication of the Lord of the Rings and afterwards (1950-1973). This version of the language is sometimes called “Mature Quenya”, but I prefer the more neutral term “Late Quenya” (as opposed to Middle and Early Quenya). Earlier Quenya ...
