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ELDAMO - AN ELVISH LEXICON

by Paul Strack — v0.8.9.2 — generated May 12, 2024

 * Getting Started With Elvish
 * Languages
 * References

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 * Neo-Eldarin Word Search (for beginners)
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This collection of documents is a lexicon of Tolkien’s invented languages,
particularly his Elvish languages, which are the most detailed. The collection
is called a “lexicon” because it is not a dictionary in the traditional sense;
it also analyzes the relationships between the languages and their development
both within Tolkien’s fictional history and conceptual changes through Tolkien’s
lifetime. The title “Eldamo” superficially resembles an Elvish word, but it is
actually is an abbreviation for Elvish Data Model, since its content is derived
from an XML data model describing Tolkien’s languages and their relationships.

Readers new to the Elvish languages might want to look first at the Getting
Started document. More experienced readers may want to start with the discussion
of the Motivations and Methodology for this lexicon. Everyone is invited to look
at the Language Index, particularly the sections on Quenya and Sindarin.
Information about the source material used to compile this lexicon can be found
in the References Index.

The information in this lexicon, including its XML data model, can be used
freely in accordance with the Creative Commons (Attribution) License, which
basically allows you to do whatever you want with it provided you credit my
work. As it stands, this lexicon is currently in a draft or “beta” state. It
includes nearly all of Tolkien’s published Elvish words, including the major
vocabulary lists of Tolkien’s languages: The Etymologies, the Gnomish and Qenya
Lexicons, “Words, Phrases and Passages from The Lord of the Rings” (PE17) as
well as The Lord of the Rings itself. However, I am still in the process of
analyzing and comparing the various word forms, and any conclusions in the
current version of the lexicon must be considered preliminary.

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GENERAL INFORMATION

 * Motivations and Methodology
 * Terminology and Notations
 * Conceptual History of Elvish
 * Phonetic Descriptions
 * Elvish Fonts
 * Version History


OTHER CONTENT

 * Eldamo Introductory Quenya - A Quenya language course by Paul Strack.
 * Elvish Composition Archive - A collection of Elvish compositions by other
   authors.

Downloads

 * Raw data - eldamo-data.xml [right-click and choose “Save As...”]
 * Schema documentation - in HTML and formal XSD
   
 * Full lexicon downloads at Github

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© 2008 - 2024, Paul Strack. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

The Tengwar Eldamar font is © Måns Björkman and is used with permission (see
http://at.boktypografen.se for more information and the latest version of this
font). The version of this font used by this lexicon is the web font
(tengwar-eldamar-glaemscrafu.woff) created by Benjamin Babut and Bertrand Bellet
for the Glǽmscrafu web site, also used with permission. Please consult the
owners of this font and the relevant licenses before using it in other projects.

The tengwar transcriptions in this lexicon are processed via the Glǽmscribe
Javascript Library, © Benjamin Babut, used in accordance with its license.