Changes: Sindarin

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Sindarin or Grey-elven was originally an elvish dialect that arose in Beleriand (especially Doriath) among the Grey-elves of the First Age from their own local Telerin dialect. Later it became the common lingua franca among the elves of Beleriand and was even preserved among the Edain (Númenórean and Dúnedain) nobility as a language of etiquette.

Sindarin grammar recognizes singular, paucal (paucal number, also paucal plural), and plural numbers, for example: onod = "ent"; enyd = "a few/several/some ents"; onodrim = "(all) ents".

Curiously, the term "Sindarin" is a Quenya word (exonym); the equivalent Sindarin term (endonym) would be Thindrimen (or Thindrimin).^[1]

Genealogy of Sindarin

Primitive Quendian
- Nelyarin Avarin
- common Eldarin
- common Telerin
  - Lemberin
    - Sindarin
      - Beleriandic or Lam Eglathon
        Dialect of the House of Beor (influenced by Taliska)
        Dialect of northwestern Númenor
        Dialect of the Men of Gondor
        Loremaster-dialect of the Fourth Age (influenced by Westron and Quenya)
      - Mithrimin or northern Sindarin (strongly influenced by Noldorin)
      - Noldoric-Sindarin or Golodhbaeth (dialect developed by the Sindarin-speaking Noldor)
        Eressëan Sindarin ("substituted" by Goldogrin)
      - Dialect of the Wandering Tribes of Beleriand
      - Doriathrin or (Iathrin or Iathrimin)
      - Falathrin (still more archaic and closer to Falmarin)
        Dialect of Balar and Sirion
        Dialect of the Elves of Eriador
        Dialect of Imladris (strongly influenced by Golodhbaeth and Quenya)
        
        Lam Tawaren
        Dialect of the Woodland Realm (strongly influenced by Nandorin)
        
        Dialect of Lórien (strongly influenced by Nandorin)

Outer information

Sindarin is the best-attested of Tolkien's invented languages, with a fairly large corpus, and is widely studied. Professor Tolkien stated that it was deliberately constructed to resemble Welsh phonologically. Tolkien’s Sindarin language was mainly inspired by Welsh, and perhaps to a much lesser extent by Greek. Tolkien’s earliest predecessor of later Sindarin was Goldogrin, originally intended as the mother-tongue of the Noldoli, which later evolved into Sindarin, the language of the Ilkorin of Beleriand.

Notes

↑ According to Parf Edhellen: “Apparently the Sindar called their own language simply edhellen = 'Elvish'.”

Web links

[1] According to Parf Edhellen: “Apparently the Sindar called their own language simply edhellen = 'Elvish'.”

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+'''Sindarin''' or '''Grey-elven''' was originally an [[elvish]] dialect that arose in [[Beleriand]] (especially [[Doriath]]) among the [[Grey-elves]] of the [[First Age]] from their own local [[Telerin]] dialect. Later it became the common ''lingua franca'' among the elves of Beleriand and was even preserved among the [[Edain]] ([[Númenórean]] and [[Dúnedain]]) nobility as a [[language]] of etiquette.
+Sindarin grammar recognizes singular, [[Wikipedia:Grammatical_number#Paucal|paucal]] (paucal number, also paucal plural), and plural numbers, for example: ''onod'' = "ent"; ''enyd'' = "a few/several/some ents"; ''onodrim'' = "(all) ents".
-'''Sindarin''' or '''Grey Elven''' was originally an elvish dialect that arose in [[Beleriand]] among the grey Elves of the first Age from their own local Telerin dialect.Later it became the common lingua franca among the elves and was even preserved among the Dúnadan Nobility as language of etiquette.
+Curiously, the term "''Sindarin''" is a [[Quenya]] word (exonym); the equivalent Sindarin term (endonym) would be ''Thindrimen'' (or ''Thindrimin'').<ref>According to [http://www.elfdict.com/ Parf Edhellen]: “Apparently the Sindar called their own language simply '''''edhellen''''' = 'Elvish'.”</ref>
 ==Genealogy of Sindarin==
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 **common [[Eldarin]]
 **common [[Telerin]]
-***Lemberin
+***[[Lemberin]]
-****[[Sindarin]]
+****<div style="font-size:larger">'''Sindarin'''</div>
-*****Beleriandic
+*****[[Beleriandic]] or Lam Eglathon
 ******Dialect of the [[House of Beor]] (influenced by [[Taliska]])
-*******Dialect of northwestern [[Númenór]]
+*******Dialect of northwestern [[Númenor]]
 ********Dialect of the Men of [[Gondor]]
-*********[[Loremaster]]-dialect of the fourth Age (influenced by Westron and Quenya)
+*********[[Loremaster]]-dialect of the [[Fourth Age]] (influenced by [[Westron]] and [[Quenya]])
-*****Mithrimin or northern Sindarin (strongly influenced by [[Noldorin]])
+*****[[Mithrimin]] or northern Sindarin (strongly influenced by [[Noldorin]])
-*****Noldoric-Sindarin or Goldogrin (Dialect developed by the Sindarin-Speaking Noldor)
+*****Noldoric-Sindarin or [[Golodhbaeth]] (dialect developed by the Sindarin-speaking Noldor)
+******Eressëan Sindarin ("substituted" by Goldogrin)
 *****Dialect of the Wandering Tribes of Beleriand
-*****Doriathrin or (Iathrin or Iathrimin)
+*****[[Doriathrin]] or ([[Iathrin]] or [[Iathrim|Iathrimin]])
-*****Falathrin (strongly influenced by Falmarin)
+*****[[Falathrin]] (still more archaic and closer to [[Falmarin]])
-******Dialect of Balar and Sirion
+******Dialect of [[Balar]] and [[Sirion]]
 *******Dialect of the Elves of [[Eriador]]
-********Dialect of [[Imladris]] (strongly influenced by [[Quenya]])
+********Dialect of [[Imladris]] (strongly influenced by Golodhbaeth and Quenya)
-********Bethteur
+********[[Lam Tawaren]]
-*********Dialect of the [[Woodland Realm]] (strongly influenced by Nandorin)
+*********Dialect of the [[Woodland Realm]] (strongly influenced by [[Nandorin]])
 *********Dialect of [[Lórien]] (strongly influenced by Nandorin)
 ==Outer information==
+Sindarin is the best-attested of Tolkien's invented languages, with a fairly large corpus, and is widely studied. Professor Tolkien stated that it was deliberately constructed to resemble Welsh phonologically. Tolkien’s Sindarin language was mainly inspired by Welsh, and perhaps to a much lesser extent by Greek. Tolkien’s earliest predecessor of later Sindarin was [[Goldogrin]], originally intended as the mother-tongue of the [[Noldoli]], which later evolved into Sindarin, the language of the [[Ilkorin]] of Beleriand.
-Tolkien's Sindarin was mainly inspired by Welsh, and perhaps to a much lesser extent, by Greek.
+==Notes==
+<references />
+==Web links==
+*[http://eldamo.org/content/language-pages/lang-s.html Eldamo: Sindarin]
+*[http://www.jrrvf.com/hisweloke/sindar/ Hiswelókë's Sindarin dictionary]
+*[http://www.elfdict.com/m Parf Edhellen: an elvish dictionary]
 [[Category:Language]]
 [[Category:Elves]]
+[[Category:Sindar]]