I'm interested in Tolkien's languages (like khuzdul) and was wondering if anyone know how to speak or read any of it? I just want a way to communicate to people in a cool way. I found a few links and at the end of the third lotr book (the return of the king) it has like 30 pages of info on how to read stuff. I don't understand it though. Maybe someone would be willing to post back and forth helping eachother out? I want to know mainly either:
I wonder whats geekier, learning to speak Klingon or Ellvish.
I would rather learn a language that people actually speak, like Spanish or Chinese or somthing.
All Fins are leet? I think elvish is geekier because it's a much more complicated language to learn - or at least that's my impression. I can barely speak english, let alone any other langauge.
carl winslow wrote:I wonder whats geekier, learning to speak Klingon or Ellvish.
I would rather learn a language that people actually speak, like Spanish or Chinese or somthing.
Well I want to learn all that too, it's just I want to learn a language that is really simple that you can learn like in a day. Not one that you use around the world that takes months to learn. Just for fun, I ain't no geek, just a bored freak.
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Dominik Walczuk
13 years old
Hawaii Shredder
I was a Tolkien fan when I was growing up, and I used to map out the countryside around my house as if it were Middle Earth. From what I have heard, Tolkien was well-versed in Old English and Middle English (and possibly other languages such as Finnish), and he based his languages on the grammar found in Germanic and Latin-based languages. I am not sure as to how accurate and well-developed the languages he created are.
If you want to pull out the big guns, go for Sanskrit!
No seriously, I highly recommend learning another language, especially while you are younger. Language tends to bind the mind into thinking in certain molds, and learning another language can give you a totally fresh perspective on things
hmm, the language thing IS interesting. the part of your brain that deals with learning language pretty much shuts down once you hit puberty; while its still possible to learn new languages its 10 times more difficult.
(oh, i just remembered...this is more about learning language through immersion...like, if you are 11 or younger, and move to china, and you hear only Chinese, you will pick up the language fairly easily, however, after that point, it becomes far more difficult)
slapdash21 wrote:hmm, the language thing IS interesting. the part of your brain that deals with learning language pretty much shuts down once you hit puberty; while its still possible to learn new languages its 10 times more difficult.
I have a guide to quenya (Elvish in LOTR). I love the Tolkien's books, and when I get some free time I will learn quenya.. but I don't have any tips right now other than to learn some Romance language (French, Spanish, Italian, etc...). Somewhere in the guide that I have it states that quenya is related to modern Spanish, so I would start there, and having taken 4+ years of Spanish it is an easy language to learn.
I want to know mainly either:
heh, got me cracking up, I shot hot tea all over my shirt and chin *ow* 
