Arktik
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Arktik (or Arctic[1]) was the language spoken by the folk of the North Pole: the Red Elves, the Polar Bear, and others.[2]
[edit] The Arktik sentence
A sample of Arktik is seen in one of the letters: Mára mesta an ni véla tye ento, ya rato nea, which the Polar Bear translates as "Good-bye until I see you next, and I hope it will be soon."
[edit] Inspiration
Although the Letters from Father Christmas are not part of the legendarium, the known sample of Arktik written by Tolkien is actually Qenya, which he had developed by then.[3]
Tolkien linguists sometimes refer to it as Arctic Q(u)enya.[4][5]
[edit] External links
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Baillie Tolkien (ed.), Letters from Father Christmas, "Christmas 1937"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Baillie Tolkien (ed.), Letters from Father Christmas, "November 1929"
- ↑ Helge Fauskanger, "The Quenya Corpus", Ardalambion (accessed 28 February 2021)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Notes on Óre" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 41, July 2000, p. 16; J.R.R. Tolkien, "Eldarin Hands, Fingers & Numerals and Related Writings — Part One" (edited by Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 47, February 2005, p. 40
- ↑ Ryszard Derdzinski, "Tolkien's Linguistic Writings and Drafts", Elvish.org (accessed 28 February 2021)
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