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 Edit •Watch | 25th October 2006:Lesson 0 has been finished, and it's now available for learners. |
A course of theDepartment of Tolkien languages.
This course will provide you with a complete knowledge ofQuenya, the best-known of the languages invented byTolkien, as it was conceived in the last years of Tolkien's life. This language is more or less the version devised in theLord of the Rings (see the problem of thecanon).
The aims of the course are to:
The following are principal learning devices used in this course, to which every lesson refers. Other materials may be required from time-to-time and their links will be provided in each lesson.
This course is structured to follow, as soon as praticable, this learning material, considered the reference textbook of the Course :
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Before starting the regular lesson, it is required for learners to acquire some concepts that will frequently appear throughout this course along with instructions on how to read and write a Quenya text. Lesson 0 is a must for every learner, while in theAdvanced Level section, materials are present that we suggest learners to read, but are not essential to Quenya acquisition and understanding. Especially, we suggest reading the section on how the concept ofcanon can be applied to Tolkien's Legendarium and Languages.
In addition we suggest learners read (and possibly apprend) the following documents before starting the regular lessons. For any questions, please refer toLesson 0 talk
Translation assignment 1 Translate 3 well known kids songs ( eg. Old mc donald, Mary had a little lamb) into quenya.
Additional helpful readings include:
Resources on the web:
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