Parma Eldalamberon 18

Parma Eldalamberon 18 Tengwesta Qenderinwa and Pre-Fëanorian Alphabets, Part 2
Author	J.R.R. Tolkien
Editor	Christopher Gilson, Patrick H. Wynne, Arden R. Smith
Illustrator	Adam Victor Christensen
Publisher	Elvish Linguistic Fellowship
Released	23 November 2009
Format	Paperback journal
Pages	150

Parma Eldalamberon 18: Tengwesta Qenderinwa and Pre-Fëanorian Alphabets, Part 2 is the eighteenth issue of Parma Eldalamberon, a journal of linguistic studies of the Elvish languages and names in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien.

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Contents

Tengwesta Qenderinwa

• Foreword
• Tengwesta Qenderinwa 1
  • A. Lambion Ontale. Descent of Tongues
  • B. Lámaqenta. Account of Sounds
  • C. Sundokarme. Base-structure
  • D. Lámasampane. Combination of Sounds
  • E. Mestanyatse. Suffixion
  • F. Minqetyarme. Accentuation
  • Appendix: Interconnexion of Bases
• Elements of Quendian Structure
• Tengwesta Qenderinwa 2
  • A. Lambion Ontale. Descent of Tongues
  • B. Lámaqenta. Account of the Simple Component Sounds
  • C. Sundokarme. Base-structure
  • D. Lámasampane. Combination of Sounds in Word-formation
  • E. Mestanyatse. Suffixion
  • Interconnexion of Bases
  • Note on the Development of ñ, ʒ
  • F. The Accent in CQ and CE
  • G. Earliest Changes and Inventions Common to the Eldar

Pre-Fëanorian Alphabets, Part 2
(continued from Parma 16, contains alphabets of the Angloquenya group and a document)

• Introduction
• Angloquenya group
  • PF17. Description of "Qenyatic (Adapted to English) Phonetic" with Poems
  • PF18. Description of "Angloquenya (Andyoqenya)" with Our Father Excerpt
  • PF19. "Examples of Andyoqenya"
  • PF20. "Examples of Angloquenya"
  • PF21. Description of "AngloQenya Revised"
  • PF22. "Revised Angloqenya Examples"
  • PF23. "Further Specimens of Angloquenya Revised"
• Qenyatic 1929
  • PF24. Description of "Qenyatic. English Use (1929)"

• List of Abbreviations

Description

The "Tengwesta Qenderinwa" is a grammar of the Primitive Quendian language, which Tolkien imagined to be the common ancestor of the various Elven-tongues spoken in Middle-earth, such as Quenya, Noldorin, Lemberin and Pereldarin (the last two later called Sindarin and Nandorin). The earliest version of the "Tengwesta Qenderinwa" was composed in the late 1930s around the same time as the Etymologies, which is a collection of Primitive Quendian bases with examples of Elvish words derived from them. The "Tengwesta Qenderinwa" describes the grammatical rules for the structure of these bases and the derivation of primitive stems and words from them. The grammar gives an "Account of the Simple Component Sounds"; and has sections on "Base-structure"; "Combination of Sounds in Word-formation"; "Suffixion"; and "Accentuation". There is also an introductory section on the "Descent of Tongues" that outlines the historical divisions of the various Elven-kindreds and the languages they spoke, all descended from Primitive Quendian.

Tolkien revised the "Tengwesta Qenderinwa" extensively in the early 1950s after completing the composition of The Lord of the Rings, incorporating new conceptions of the linguistic history which had emerged by then or those that arose during revisions to the Quenta Silmarillion and associated writings in Tolkien's legendarium. The earliest and latest versions of the "Tengwesta Qenderinwa" are presented in this issue of Parma Eldalamberon, along with an editorial analysis of the stages of revision that the text underwent between the 1930s and 1950s, and notes on the relation of the linguistic data in the text to that found in the Etymologies.

The "Pre-Fëanorian Alphabets" is an edition of Tolkien's charts and notes from about 1924 to 1929 dealing with the scripts that conceptually precede the Fëanorian Tengwar that would eventually be included in The Lord of the Rings. This issue of Parma Eldalamberon contains "Pre-Fëanorian Alphabets, Part II", with the alphabets called Qenyatic, Andyoqenya, and Angloquenya, in modes which were designed for writing English. Tolkien's examples of the scripts are reproduced in facsimile. These include charts of the sounds represented by the letters, and various English words and texts written in the scripts. Transcriptions of the examples and editorial commentary on the dating and historical background are provided.

External links

• John Garth, Review of Parma Eldalamberon 18, in Tolkien Studies. 7
• Edward Kloczko, Review of Parma Eldalamberon 18
• Official product on Eldalamberon.com (currently unavailable)