Ilkorin

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Ilkorin, a language Tolkien wrote in the earliest versions of his legendarium, was the tongue of the Ilkorindi.

In this early setting, Ilkorin was Celtic-flavored. When the Noldoli returned to the Great Lands, their language was much influenced by the phonology of Ilkorin and evolved to the amalgamated language known as Noldorin.

In the later writings, the language was replaced by Sindarin and Avarin. In The Etymologies, some names (for example, the rivernames of Ossiriand) are said to be of Ilkorin origin. However, in later notes, some of those names were renamed or given another etymology.

In this same phase, North Sindarin was conceived, which assumed linguistic features originating conceptually from Ilkorin.

[edit] Word-list

• Ilkorin words

[edit] External links

• Ilkorin - a "lost tongue"? by Helge Fauskanger

References

Languages in Tolkien's works
Elvish languages	Avarin · Common Eldarin · Mátengwië · Nandorin · Primitive Quendian · Quenya (Exilic · Valinorean · Vanyarin) · Silvan · Sindarin (Doriathrin · Falathrin · Númenórean · Mithrim · Old) · Telerin
Mannish languages	Adûnaic · Dalish · Drúedainic · Dunlendish · Pre-Númenórean · Rohirric · Taliska · Westron (Hobbitish)
Dwarvish languages	Iglishmêk · Khuzdul
Other languages	Black Speech · Entish · Orkish · Valarin · Warg-language
Earlier legendarium	Gnomish · Ilkorin · Noldorin (Kornoldorin) · Qenya
Outside the legendarium	Animalic · Arktik · Mágol · Naffarin · Nevbosh
Real-world	AB language · Celtic · English (Old English, Middle English) · Finnish · Germanic · Gothic · Hebrew · Welsh
Scripts	Angerthas/Cirth (Daeron · Erebor · Moria) · Gnomic Letters · Goblin Alphabet · Gondolinic Runes · Moon-letters · Tengwar · Sarati · Valmaric script
"A Secret Vice" (book) · "The Lhammas" · "The Tree of Tongues" · Sub-creation