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</table>Éowynhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=An_Introduction_to_Elvish&diff=365874&oldid=prevLorenzoCB: Text replacement - "Rohirric" to "Rohanese"2022-12-31T18:27:02Z<p>Text replacement - "<a href="/wiki/Rohirric" class="mw-redirect" title="Rohirric">Rohirric</a>" to "<a href="/wiki/Rohanese" title="Rohanese">Rohanese</a>"</p>
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</table>LorenzoCBhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=An_Introduction_to_Elvish&diff=337188&oldid=prevLorenzoCB: Wrong link!2021-10-22T12:13:25Z<p>Wrong link!</p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The authors generally assume that Proto-Eldarin lost its final sounds before the Quenya stage. For example, Quenya ''[[alda]]'' has been wrongly attributed to a Proto-Eldarin word **''galdar'', with loss of ''-r''; the plural form **''galdari'' produced Quenya plural ''aldar''. In the [[Common Telerin|Sindarin branch]], the form **''gald'' produced Sindarin ''[[galadh]]'' through [[epenthesis]] (called ''svarabhakti'' in the book).<ref <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">name=post</del>>{{HM|IE}}, Proto-Eldarin</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The authors generally assume that Proto-Eldarin lost its final sounds before the Quenya stage. For example, Quenya ''[[alda]]'' has been wrongly attributed to a Proto-Eldarin word **''galdar'', with loss of ''-r''; the plural form **''galdari'' produced Quenya plural ''aldar''. In the [[Common Telerin|Sindarin branch]], the form **''gald'' produced Sindarin ''[[galadh]]'' through [[epenthesis]] (called ''svarabhakti'' in the book).<ref>{{HM|IE}}, Proto-Eldarin</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The book was complete in [[1977]] but publication was halted for a year. ''[[The Silmarillion]]'' was published in the meantime which included new material that (in few points) obsoleted the theories of the book. A year later, and while the book was still in a hiatus, Jim Allan wrote about those points in the postscript of his Foreword; he points out that updating the text by incorporating the new information would not be possible, and encourages critical comparison by the reader.<ref name=<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ie1>{{HM|IE}}, Prologue and Introduction<</del>/<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ref</del>></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The book was complete in [[1977]] but publication was halted for a year. ''[[The Silmarillion]]'' was published in the meantime which included new material that (in few points) obsoleted the theories of the book. A year later, and while the book was still in a hiatus, Jim Allan wrote about those points in the postscript of his Foreword; he points out that updating the text by incorporating the new information would not be possible, and encourages critical comparison by the reader.<ref name=<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">post</ins>/></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Since 1977, a great amount of material was published in the ''[[The History of Middle-earth|History of Middle-earth]]'' series, not to mention magazines such as ''[[Vinyar Tengwar]]'' and ''[[Parma Eldalamberon]]''. While fans still appear to consent that the book is one of the best and more serious works, new material have rendered the theories incomplete or outdated. However, some of the parts of the book, like the one concerning real-world names and the writing systems, are still considered to provide useful information.<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.amazon.com/review/product/0905220102/ref=cm_cr_dp_synop?_encoding=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending#R2TPR6UGA05XID|articlename=Customer Reviews of ''An Introduction to Elvish''|dated=|website=AM|accessed=6 April 2012}}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Since 1977, a great amount of material was published in the ''[[The History of Middle-earth|History of Middle-earth]]'' series, not to mention magazines such as ''[[Vinyar Tengwar]]'' and ''[[Parma Eldalamberon]]''. While fans still appear to consent that the book is one of the best and more serious works, new material have rendered the theories incomplete or outdated. However, some of the parts of the book, like the one concerning real-world names and the writing systems, are still considered to provide useful information.<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.amazon.com/review/product/0905220102/ref=cm_cr_dp_synop?_encoding=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending#R2TPR6UGA05XID|articlename=Customer Reviews of ''An Introduction to Elvish''|dated=|website=AM|accessed=6 April 2012}}</ref></div></td></tr>
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</table>Sagehttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=An_Introduction_to_Elvish&diff=259105&oldid=prevSage: /* Sources and validity */2014-11-17T13:36:05Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Sources and validity</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The book was complete in [[1977]] but publication was halted for a year. ''[[The Silmarillion]]'' was published in the meantime which included new material that (in few points) obsoleted the theories of the book. A year later, and while the book was still in a hiatus, Jim Allan wrote about those points in the postscript of his Foreword; he points out that updating the text by incorporating the new information would not be possible, and encourages critical comparison by the reader.<ref>{{<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">IE</del>}}, Prologue and Introduction</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The book was complete in [[1977]] but publication was halted for a year. ''[[The Silmarillion]]'' was published in the meantime which included new material that (in few points) obsoleted the theories of the book. A year later, and while the book was still in a hiatus, Jim Allan wrote about those points in the postscript of his Foreword; he points out that updating the text by incorporating the new information would not be possible, and encourages critical comparison by the reader.<ref <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">name=ie1</ins>>{{<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ITE</ins>}}, Prologue and Introduction</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Since 1977, a great amount of material was published in the ''[[The History of Middle-earth|History of Middle-earth]]'' series, not to mention magazines such as ''[[Vinyar Tengwar]]'' and ''[[Parma Eldalamberon]]''. While fans still appear to consent that the book is one of the best and more serious works, new material have rendered the theories incomplete or outdated. However, some of the parts of the book, like the one concerning real-world names and the writing systems, are still considered to provide useful information.<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.amazon.com/review/product/0905220102/ref=cm_cr_dp_synop?_encoding=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending#R2TPR6UGA05XID|articlename=Customer Reviews of ''An Introduction to Elvish''|dated=|website=AM|accessed=6 April 2012}}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Since 1977, a great amount of material was published in the ''[[The History of Middle-earth|History of Middle-earth]]'' series, not to mention magazines such as ''[[Vinyar Tengwar]]'' and ''[[Parma Eldalamberon]]''. While fans still appear to consent that the book is one of the best and more serious works, new material have rendered the theories incomplete or outdated. However, some of the parts of the book, like the one concerning real-world names and the writing systems, are still considered to provide useful information.<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.amazon.com/review/product/0905220102/ref=cm_cr_dp_synop?_encoding=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending#R2TPR6UGA05XID|articlename=Customer Reviews of ''An Introduction to Elvish''|dated=|website=AM|accessed=6 April 2012}}</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The authors generally assume that Proto-Eldarin lost its final sounds before the Quenya stage. For example, Quenya ''[[alda]]'' has been wrongly attributed to a Proto-Eldarin word **''galdar'', with loss of ''-r''; the plural form **''galdari'' produced Quenya plural ''aldar''. In the [[Common Telerin|Sindarin branch]], the form **''gald'' produced Sindarin ''[[galadh]]'' through [[epenthesis]] (called ''svarabhakti'' in the book).</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The authors generally assume that Proto-Eldarin lost its final sounds before the Quenya stage. For example, Quenya ''[[alda]]'' has been wrongly attributed to a Proto-Eldarin word **''galdar'', with loss of ''-r''; the plural form **''galdari'' produced Quenya plural ''aldar''. In the [[Common Telerin|Sindarin branch]], the form **''gald'' produced Sindarin ''[[galadh]]'' through [[epenthesis]] (called ''svarabhakti'' in the book).<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><ref>{{ITE}}, Proto-Eldarin</ref></ins></div></td></tr>
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