Elvish

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There are 2 Elvish tongues generally used in the The Lord of the Rings: "the High-elven or Quenya, and the Grey-elven, or Sindarin. The High-elven was an ancient tongue of Eldamar beyond the Sea, the first to be recorded in writing. It was no longer a birth-tongue, but had become, as it were, an 'Elven-Latin', still used for ceremony, and for high matters of lore and song".

"The Grey-elven was in origin akin to Quenya; for it was the language of those Eldar who, coming to the shores of Middle-Earth, had not passed over the Sea but had lingered on the coasts in the country of Beleriand." Eventually, "their tongue had become far estranged from the speech of the Eldar from beyond the Sea." In general, the Elves in Middle-Earth "had adopted Sindarin for daily use; and hence it was the tongue for all those Elves and Elf-Lords".

Direct quotes are from appendices E and F in the The Return of the King.

See also: Elven names