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Common Eldarin, or simply Eldarin, is a constructed language devised by J. R. R. Tolkien. It is one of the many fictional languages set in his fictional universe of Middle-earth. Common Eldarin is a tongue spoken by Elves called Eldar or the West-Elves. Common Eldarin evolved directly from the original speech of all Elves, Primitive Quendian (called ''Quenderin'' in Quenya). It was the language of all the Eldar—those Elves who decided to undertake the Great March to Valinor—before their divisions. Common Eldarin is not actually a constructed language in the proper sense, as Tolkien didn't elaborate on its vocabulary or grammar, but merely a chronological stage of the Primitive Quendian. Common Eldarin is mentioned mainly in the context of a set of phonological rules and evolutionary stages of the Elvish languages between Primitive Quendian and the later languages. Although virtually all Primitive Quendian forms can be reconstructed as Common Eldarin, there is no particular Common Eldarin philology. == Consonants == The following table shows the consonant phonemes found in Common Eldarin according to the "Outline of Phonology".〔J.R.R. Tolkien, "Outline of Phonology", ''Parma Eldalamberon'' 19, p. 89; except that ''y'' is here represented by ''j''.〕 The Quenya linguistic terms are taken from another work by Tolkien: "The Tengwesta Qenderinwa".〔J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Tengwesta Qenderinwa 1", ''Parma Eldalamberon'' 18, p. 30.〕 These were invented, according to Tolkien, by the Elf Rúmil. The spirant ''s'' was naturally voiceless in Common Eldarin, and tended to unvoice preceding consonants, including nasals. It was voiced to before the voiced consonants: ''b, d, g, m, n''.〔''sñ'' did not occur in normal word-building or derivation in C.E.〕 This voicing was merely contextual and ''z'' did not occur as a separate word-building element; was an allophone of . 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Common Eldarin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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