[B-Greek] Jesus of Nazareth (Movie) in Greek?
Kevin Riley
klriley at alphalink.com.au
Mon Sep 13 08:16:16 EDT 2010
This is probably getting way off topic, but ...
Numenorean is the language of men, and not related to Elvish. The
Numenoreans spoke Elvish (Quenya from memory) much as medieval Europeans
spoke Latin. The Numenorean language would have to be non-IE.
Sindarin was one of the languages of Elves - specifically of those who
did not leave Middle Earth.
Quenya was the language of the High Elves who left and returned.
Quenya, as the 'classical' language would have to be equated to Attic.
I find equating Elvish with non-Celtic languages a little strange, as
the differences between Quenya and Sindarin are roughly those between
Goidelic and British Celtic. That, of course, is completely ignoring
the fact that Tolkien based Elvish on Finnish. But if any language is
to be equated with Greek, then Quenya = Attic would seem most logical.
I like your suggestion of Dwarves speaking Old Norse.
Kevin Riley
On 13/09/2010 9:22 PM, Barry H. wrote:
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>> Australian = Australian English or one of the Australian languages?
>> I am finding the connection between Elves and Latin hard to make.
>> Romans just weren't 'elfish'.
>>
>
> And I am talking about the descendents of the Numenoreans, the men of the
> West. The Syndarin (Sindarin, maybe, no time to check spelling) and
> Quendarin were distinctly related, but quite different, much the same
> relationship Latin and Greek had in developing from IE through
> proto-Greek
> to proto-Italic, etc. Quendarin is also the language spoken by the low
> elves.
>
> N.E. Barry Hofstetter, semper melius Latine sonat...
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