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Post by TOA Management on Oct 8, 2005 1:05:54 GMT -5
With permission from several very gracious site managers, :~WTA~: is offering you a fast link to some good, cumulative Tolkien resources. Several of these are language sites and others are Tolkien information sites. If you're looking for something, take a look here to see if it can be of any help to you.
These sites have been judged for validity by members of management and various other site evaluations. If you have any questions, please the manager.
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Post by TOA Management on Oct 8, 2005 1:07:40 GMT -5
Ardalambion A good site with a lot of language background, and not only on the Elven tongues, multiple translations done by various writers, a good Quenya course, and various other links to other sites. Parma Tyelpelassiva A fantastic site that is run almost completely off of the Elven tongues - if you know Quenya, this is a great place to go to test your skills. If you're looking for good courses on Sindarin and Quenya, there's several at the bottom of the linked page - free PDF downloads that are extremely user-friendly. Reviews and experience attest to the quality. The Elvish Linguistic FellowshipAn international organization devoted to the scholarly study of the invented languages of J.R.R. Tolkien. Directed more to the serious language scholar, but they have a lot of good information. They have two journals in print that seem to really analyze what goes on. Hisweloke The "Sindarin Dictionary Project". This is where the more common Dragonflame dictionaries are hosted. Gwaith I-PhethdainA good FAQ section expanded from the E.L.F. section, and a large amount of downloads, translations, dictionaries, and courses. Interesting to look around, informative, and another good list of links. Amanye TenceliIf you're interested in the Tengwar system of runes, check out this site. From what the current knowledge base available tells us, it is believed to be is fairly accurate, and a good tribute to the style and history of this part of the Elven languages. Tolkien Speaks Galadriel's FarewellIf you've ever wanted to hear the creator of Quenya speak his language, listen to this. It requires a QuickTime player and there's a wait time for it to load, but it's well worth it - it sounds really nice, hearing what it's really supposed to sound like. A Gateway to Sindarin: a Grammar of an Elvish Language from J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the RingsCitation: Salo, David. A Gateway to Sindarin. The University of Utah Press. 2004. Quite literally a Sindarin reference book. Well written, fairly easy to understand with some analysis, and fantastic analysis of almost every text Tolkien ever published in Sindarin. If you're interested in the Sindarin language, try to get your hands on this book, even if it is just in the store to leaf through it. Very complete Sindarin-English/English-Sindarin dictionary. Some speculation and criticism given, especially by the linguists, but the best published reference available for the time.
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Post by TOA Management on Oct 8, 2005 1:08:35 GMT -5
Thain's BookA lot of good information from the books and other Tolkien sources. Characters, places, languages, animals, events, etc. It's all pretty much listed here, unless it's completely obscure. The Encyclopedia of ArdaReally cumulative, good guide to Arda. It really is an encyclopedia, so it's a good source for most of Tolkien's written work. This and the above source are pretty much the only Tolkien canon sources that we see fit to link, personally. TimelineTo use the words of the author, it is a "sketchy" timeline of the Ages chronicled in Tolkien's works. It appears to be fairly accurate, and the manager has used it for basic reference before without encountering a lot of problems here.
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