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Goldogrin is a constructed language devised by J. R. R. Tolkien and used in his secondary world, often called Middle-earth. Goldogrin was spoken by the Second Clan of Elves, called ''Goldorim'' in that language, ''Gnomes'' in English (whence Gnomish for their language). In ''The Book of Lost Tales'' the second clan of Elves was also known in Elfin as the Noldoli and their language was called Noldorin.〔J.R.R. Tolkien. ''Quenya Lexicon'', p. 2.〕 == External history == Tolkien was interested in languages from an early age, and developed several constructed languages while still a teen. Eventually, as a young adult, he created an entire family of constructed languages spoken by Elves and a secondary world where these could evolve. Goldogrin was created c. 1915. It was Tolkien's first constructed language inspired by the Celtic languages. He wrote a substantial dictionary of Gnomish and a grammar.〔I-Lam na-Ngoldathon: The Grammar and Lexicon of the Gnomish Tongue. ''Parma Eldalamberon'' 11.〕 At the same time Tolkien conceived a History of the Elves and wrote it in the ''Book of Lost Tales''. Gnomish was spoken by the Gnomes, the Second Clan of Elves. At the same time, ''Elfin'' was the other tongue spoken by the great majority of the Elves of the Lonely Isle. The beginning of the "Name-list of the ''Fall of Gondolin''", one of the ''Lost Tales'', gives a good example of both languages (Gnomish and Elfin): A few years later, c. 1925, Tolkien began anew the grammar and lexicon of the tongue of the Gnomes. He dropped the words ''Goldogrin'' and ''lam Goldrin'' in favor of ''Noldorin'' (a Quenya word already sparingly used for his Gnomish tongue), and Noldor. This was the second conceptual stage of the language which much later Tolkien called Sindarin. 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「Goldogrin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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