Lore of Tolkien's Languages and Pronunciation in LotR - Elvish, Dwarvish, Names & more - LotR Lore

Languages play a big part in Tolkien's world and in Lord of the Rings. In this video I explore the pronunciation of words (why do I roll the R so much?) and the development of languages in LotR from a lore standpoint. Some questions I cover: Why do Gondorian Cities have Elvish Names? Why do Dwarves use an Elvish writing system?

So this video is also about how Tolkien connected languages into his lotR lore.

#LotR #Lore #Languages


Mistakes:
I tend to write "Pronounciation" instead of "Pronunciation". For some reason this word is saved wrong in my brain and I always type it wrong. I know this and I correct this often, but I didn't catch all mistakes, sorry =/

I say that the House of Bëor met the Elves the first time in Beleriand, but they probably have met the Dark Elves (Avari) before.

Around minute 10:00 I forgot Óin (Óinn in the Poetic Edda), the name appears the last line of paragraph 11. Dwalin (Dvalinn) you also find in paragraph 11, second line, but it was already very full there beyond the arrow, so i took the other mention. Balin and Bilbo are the only names from Throin's Company that are not taken from the Dvergatal of the Poetic Edda (in case you wonder).

Isengard is not exactly Old English, but has clear Old English roots. "īsern" would mean "iron" in Old English and īsen could be a alternative form (maybe from the north?). "īren" is another form. "gard" maybe existed in Proto-West-Germanic. Old English would be "geard" (related to the word yard). So "Isen" would work as Old English form. "gard" a bit less. I red somewhere that "gard" could also be a northern variant of "geard" in Old English too though. So maybe it works too. However Old English "geard" or "gard" would be pronounced with a "y" at the beginning (as yard). So my pronunciation is not really consequent here too. How the G is pronounced is a bit more difficult in Old English.

Sources:

Books:
The Lord of The Rings (1954-1955) by J. R. R. Tolkien
The Silmarillion (1977) by J. R. R. Tolkien; Editor: Christopher Tolkien
The Hobbit (1937) by J. R. R. Tolkien
The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien (1981) by Humphrey Carpenter and Christopher Tolkien
Unfinished Tales (1980) by J. R. R. Tolkien; Editor: Christopher Tolkien
Morgoth's Ring (1993) by J. R. R. Tolkien; Editor: Christopher Tolkien
The Peoples of Middle-earth (1996) by J. R. R. Tolkien; Editor: Christopher Tolkien

Pictures from:
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
Middle-earth: Shadow of War

Best Tolkien related Wiki (has Etymology and pronunciations):
http://TolkienGateway.net

So How Do You Pronounce “Thrain” Anyway:
https://signumuniversity.org/wp-conte...

Dvergatal (from the Poetic Edda):
https://www.jrrvf.com/glaemscrafu/eng...



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