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Primitive Quendian (Quenya: ''Quenderin'') is a fictional language devised by J. R. R. Tolkien. It is one of the many fictional language set in his Secondary world, often called Middle-earth. It was the proto-language of the Elves, which they invented after their Awakening. == Origin == According to the Elvish tale ''Cuivienyarna'': The stars were the first thing seen by the three Elves as they awoke. The first spoken word was ''ele'', according to Elvish legend and originally it was an exclamation "lo! behold!" in Quenderin.〔J.R.R. Tolkien, ''The War of the Jewels'', p. 360.〕 It gave rise to the first Elvish root ever invented: EL-, from which the Common Eldarin word ''ēl'' ('star') is derived.〔This has a striking parallel to the Sun Language Theory of Turkish nationalism, which claims that the first word was ''Aa'' meaning "Sun", and coined in the same fashion.〕 In ''The Silmarillion'' (chapter 3), it is told that the Elves devised a language while living in Cuiviénen: An important PQ word was '' *kwende''. It was made from PQ '' *kwene'' "person" by primitive fortification of the medial ''n'' to ''nd''. It was used in PQ only in the plural, '' *kwendī'', with the sense "the people as a whole", sc. embracing all the three Elven clans. Over time the Elves modified their language, adding to its words and grammatical rules to their liking. Later still the god or Vala Oromë came to them and invited them to come with him to Valinor, his marvellous land in the West. 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「Primitive Quendian」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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