Oromë and Quenya
Tolkien changed his concepts on how Quenya came to be in a later conceptual stage, making Quenya and Valarin completely unrelated:
"they began to make speech and give names to all things that they perceived. Themselves they named the Quendi, signifying those that speak with voices; for as yet they had met no other living things that spoke or sang." (Silmarillion, Chapter 3). --Jaroszewski 19:12, 7 December 2007 (EST)
- Quite. If this article says that Oromë devised Quenya, then that definitely needs to be changed. I hadn't looked at it until now. —Tar-Telperien 20:37, 7 December 2007 (EST)
Quenya in adaptions
Should I add a section to Quenya on Quenya in adaptions? —Unsigned comment by 99.249.34.11 (talk • contribs).
- Sounds like a good idea to me! --Hyarion 04:02, 17 February 2013 (UTC)
Nitpick(s) about the API transcription
Since the API transcription includes a stress marker, it would be wise to add syllable separators [ˈkʷwɛɲa] -> [ˈkʷwɛ.ɲa]. While it seems pretty obvious, I would consider it a better practice, especially in words containing more than two syllables and/or secondary stress. Also, the link to the source is dead and while I don't question most of the transcription, I would be curious as to why the /k/ is labialized when it is followed by a /w/. Also, API transcriptions using straight brackets [] are used to represent phonetic realization of the word in a specific occurence rather than its phonologic transcription (using "slashs"), which would be used in the context of an encyclopedia (perhaps with a link to alternate realizations, be it by real-life Quenya speakers or simply the different colloquial/dialect realizations).
Again, since the source is dead, I'd like to know whether it is a mistake due to the lack of knowledge of the conventions of API transcriptions or a genuine transcription.
I chose to open this discussion topic rather than straight-up changing the page since I'm not too familiar with media wiki editing conventions. If anyone has a snapshot of the source I'd love to peruse it and in the case it is unavailable, I am wondering if we should convert the transcription on this page to phonologic transcriptions. --Liturgic Compulsions 16:13, 22 June, 2026 (UTC+2)