Quenya

quenya English Etymology From en Noldorin en qya Quenya, ultimately derived from the en Primitive Quendian root *kwene ("person"), being the name for the language invented by J. R. R. Tolkien as the language spoken by the Elves in his books. Pronunciation en /ˈkwɛn.jə/ RP,GA en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Quenya.wav Southern England en /ˈkwɪn.jə/ US,pin-pen en [ˈkʷwɛɲja] emulating Quenya en ɛnjə ɪnjə 2 pin–pen merger en Quen ya Proper noun A constructed language created by J. R. R. Tolkien modelled on Greek, Latin and Finnish. en Daniel W. Hieber Why I hate conlangs Linguistic Discovery https://linguisticdiscovery.com/blog/why-i-hate-conlangs/ 2023-12-30 If the idea of “exotic” and complex languages with features you’ve never imagined thrills you, I guarantee you’ll get more out of studying Navajo, American Sign Language, Kikuyu, Vietnamese, Cree, Cantonese, Quechua, or Nuuchahnnulth than Quenya, Klingon, or attempting to make your own. https://web.archive.org/web/20240524133211/https://linguisticdiscovery.com/blog/why-i-hate-conlangs/ Coordinate terms en Sindarin Tengwar Translations constructed language Amharic: am ቁዌኛ f Bulgarian: bg куеня m Dutch: nl Quenyaans n Esperanto: eo kvenja lingvo, eo quenya, eo la kvenja informal Faroese: fo quenya n French: fr quenya m German: de Quenya n Greek: el Κουένυα f Hungarian: hu quenya Italian: it quenya m Japanese: ja クウェンヤ kuwen'ya Korean: ko 꿰냐 Marathi: mr क्वेन्या f Norwegian: no quenya m Polish: pl quenya f Russian: ru квэ́нья f, ru кве́нья f Serbo-Croatian: sh квенијски m, sh kvenijski m Spanish: es quenya m Welsh: cy Cwenia m f See also Appendix:Quenya en terms derived from Tolkien's legendarium en Artificial languages J. R. R. Tolkien German Etymology de :bor qya:Quenya de qya Quenya. Proper noun de proper noun n Quenya de Artificial languages de terms derived from Tolkien's legendarium