The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth

The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth is a reference and explanatory book written by Ruth S. Noel, published currently by the Houghton Mifflin Company (Boston). It serves as a lexical and grammatical handbook for enthusiasts of J.R.R. Tolkien's invented languages and scripts, and includes also the narrative of Tolkien as a linguist. 
As of 1980, however, the sections of the book pertaining to Elvish are outdated and in many places inaccurate, specifically in the area of learning Quenya and of comparisons between Quenya and Sindarin.http://www.elvish.org/articles/LRH.html
==Table of contents==
* Part I: Language in Tolkien's Middle-earth
** Tolkien the Linguist
** Westron and the Lines of the Kings
** The Language of Hobbits
** The Language of the Rohirrim
** The Languages of Rhovannion - (In this chapter, words and names such as Arkenstone, Olórin, and Scatha are translated via their roots in Old English, Old Norse, Old High German, or even Slavonic.)
** Quotations Translated
** Runes and Letters
* Part II: The Elvish Languages
** The Elven Tongues and the Power of Language
** Using Elvish
** English-to-Elvish Glossary
* Part III: The Tolkien Dictionary: Fourteen Tolkien Languages
** Pronunciation
** Codes - this is a legend for the following chapter, which is a glossary
** The Tolkien Dictionary
== Errors ==
* In the Table of Contents, chapter 5 of Part I is spelled "The Languages of Rhovannion". Rhovanion is the correct spelling of the place.
* In chapter 5, "The Languages of Rhovannion", the entry for the word Dwarrowdelf (which is Moria) is spelled Dwerrowdelf.
* Also in chapter 5, the term Variag is one of the entries. Variags are the people of the land of Khand, and Khand is not a region of Rhovanion.
== Editions ==
The book was written in 1974, at which time its full title was The Languages of Middle-earth. The Mirage Press publication of this book had the same title.
*Hardback: ISBN 0-395-29129-1
*Paperback: ISBN 0-385-29130-5
== Translations ==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Die tale van Tolkien se Middel-aarde
Albanian 	Gjuhët e Tokës së Mesme të Tolkienit
Azerbaijani 	Tolkien'in Orta Dünya dilləri
Catalan 	Les Llengües de la Terra Mitjana de Tolkien
Croatian 	Jezici u Tolkienovoj Međuzemlje
Danish 	De sprog, Tolkiens Middle-earth
Dutch 	De talen van Tolkiens Midden-aarde
Estonian 	Tolkieni Keskmaa keeled
French 	Les langues de la Terre du milieu de Tolkien
Galician 	As linguas da Terra Media de Tolkien
German 	Die Sprachen von Tolkiens Mittelerde
Greek 	Οι Γλώσσες της Μέσης Γης του Τόλκιν
Hebrew 	שפות של כדור הארץ התיכון של טולקין
Italian 	I linguaggi della Terra di Mezzo di Tolkien
Lithuanian 	Tolkino Vidurinėsžemės kalbos
Luxembourgish 	D'Sproochen vun der Tolkiener Mëtt-Äerd
Macedonian Cyrillic	Јазиците на средниот земја на Толкин
Maltese 	Il-lingwi tal-Tolkien Nofsani-art
Norwegian 	Den Språkene ved Tolkiens Midgard
Portuguese 	As línguas da Terra média de Tolkien
Romanian 	Limbile pământului de mijloc al lui Tolkien
Spanish 	Los lenguajes de la Tierra media de Tolkien
Swedish 	Den Språken i Tolkiens Midgård
Turkish 	Tolkien'in Orta Dünyasının Dilleri
== References ==
== External links ==
* The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth at Wikipedia
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