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'''Primitive Quendian''' is the proto-language of the '''Quendi''', or [[Elves]], which they spoke soon after their [[Awakening of the Elves|Awakening]].
'''Primitive Quendian''' is the proto-language of the '''Quendi''', or [[Elves]], which they spoke soon after their [[Awakening of the Elves|Awakening]].


Primitive Quendian split into [[Common Eldarin]] and the many [[Avari]] languages. The etymologies published in ''[[The Lost Road and Other Writings]]'' and also later etymological essays often derived terms common to [[Eldar]]in languages to Primitive Quendian bases, and a list of some Primitive Quendian words is given in an essay ''[[Quendi and Eldar]]'' (in ''[[The War of the Jewels]]'').
Primitive Quendian split into [[Common Eldarin]] and the many [[Avari]] languages. The etymologies published in ''[[The Lost Road and Other Writings]]'' and later etymological essays often derived terms common to [[Eldar]]in languages from Primitive Quendian bases, and a list of some Primitive Quendian words is given in an essay ''[[Quendi and Eldar]]'' (in ''[[The War of the Jewels]]'').


'''See also: [[Languages]]'''
'''See also: [[Languages]]'''
==Inspiration==
According to [[Ross Smith]], the description of how [[Elves]] created languages encapsulates Tolkien's notions about the birth of language. In that primitive stage, there was an original semantic unity among sign, signifier, and signified, which then fragmented into more complex systems, resulting in speech and naming. According to Smith, Tolkien's views coincide with those of [[Owen Barfield]].<ref>Ross Smith, "Linguistic and Aesthetic Theory in Tolkien" [[Cormarë Series]] No. 12</ref>
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/primelv.htm Primitive Quendian page at Ardalambion]
*[http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/primelv.htm Primitive Quendian page at Ardalambion]
 
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Primitive Quendian is the proto-language of the Quendi, or Elves, which they spoke soon after their Awakening.

Primitive Quendian split into Common Eldarin and the many Avari languages. The etymologies published in The Lost Road and Other Writings and later etymological essays often derived terms common to Eldarin languages from Primitive Quendian bases, and a list of some Primitive Quendian words is given in an essay Quendi and Eldar (in The War of the Jewels).

See also: Languages

Inspiration

According to Ross Smith, the description of how Elves created languages encapsulates Tolkien's notions about the birth of language. In that primitive stage, there was an original semantic unity among sign, signifier, and signified, which then fragmented into more complex systems, resulting in speech and naming. According to Smith, Tolkien's views coincide with those of Owen Barfield.[1]

References

  1. Ross Smith, "Linguistic and Aesthetic Theory in Tolkien" Cormarë Series No. 12

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