Kornoldorin
Template:Noncanon Kornoldorin, "Noldorin of Kôr", or Korolambë, "Tongue of Kôr", was the language of the Noldoli in Valinor. The Noldor used it beside Qenya, but unlike Qenya, it changed fast as the Noldor devised new words and structures by themselves.[1]
Old Noldorin shares several words with Quenya (like malina, míre, parma, randa, rauta, rimba, rimbe, ringe, runda, síre, yaiwe) and Telerin (branda, Bana, belda)
In the Great Lands, the language evolved as Noldorin through contact with Ilkorin.
Canonicity
In the stage of the later Silmarillion, Tolkien rearranged several details: the language described as Old Noldorin is taken by the Noldorin dialect of Quenya, and the language called Noldorin was renamed "Sindarin" and took the place of the vernacular Ilkorin.
Old Noldorin belongs to a chronological and phonological stage which Sindarin would normally also had passed through; however it is not named or described by Tolkien. Fans name this phase "Old Sindarin"
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Part Two: Valinor and Middle-earth before The Lord of the Rings, V. The Lhammas"
External links
- Old Sindarin article in Ardalambion (actually mostly describes Old Noldorin)
