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'''Primitive Quendian''' is the proto-language of the '''Quendi''', or [[Elves]], which they spoke soon after their [[Awakening of the Elves|Awakening]].
'''Primitive Quendian''' is the proto-language of the '''Quendi''', or [[Elves]], which they spoke soon after their [[Awakening of the Elves|Awakening]].


Primitive Quendian split into [[Common Eldarin]] and the many [[Avari]] languages. The etymologies published in [[The Lost Road and Other Writings]] and also later etymological essays often derived terms common to [[Eldar]]in languages to Primitive Quendian bases, and a list of some Primitive Quendian words is given in an essay ''[[Quendi and Eldar]]'' (in ''[[The War of the Jewels]]'').
Primitive Quendian split into [[Common Eldarin]] and the many [[Avari]] languages. The etymologies published in ''[[The Lost Road and Other Writings]]'' and also later etymological essays often derived terms common to [[Eldar]]in languages to Primitive Quendian bases, and a list of some Primitive Quendian words is given in an essay ''[[Quendi and Eldar]]'' (in ''[[The War of the Jewels]]'').


'''See also: [[Languages]]'''
'''See also: [[Languages]]'''

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Primitive Quendian is the proto-language of the Quendi, or Elves, which they spoke soon after their Awakening.

Primitive Quendian split into Common Eldarin and the many Avari languages. The etymologies published in The Lost Road and Other Writings and also later etymological essays often derived terms common to Eldarin languages to Primitive Quendian bases, and a list of some Primitive Quendian words is given in an essay Quendi and Eldar (in The War of the Jewels).

See also: Languages

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