Books on Tolkien linguistics? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

davem · 01-28-2008, 05:03 AM

Possibly not entirely on topic but this is a nice site for pronunciations - it gives examples of the different languages Tolkien invented, used & was influenced by - like Gothic, Old Norse, Old English, Finnish & Welsh & there is an audio option if you want to hear them. http://www.jrrvf.com/%7Eglaemscrafu/texts/index-a.htm

When Tolkien recorded excerpts from his works into George Sayer's ferrograph he first of all read the Lord's Prayer into it as a precaution! (it was a MACHINE after all

) That part of the recording has been lost apparently - unless someone knows different, but this site has the text & audio of someone else reading it http://www.jrrvf.com/%7Eglaemscrafu/audio/attaunsar.mp3 so you can get an idea of what it would have sounded like. You can also hear Tolkien pronouncing words from his own languages too.

01-28-2008, 05:03 AM	#6
davem Illustrious Ulair Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In the home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names,and impossible loyalties Posts: 4,240	Don't know if this site is widely known,,,, Possibly not entirely on topic but this is a nice site for pronunciations - it gives examples of the different languages Tolkien invented, used & was influenced by - like Gothic, Old Norse, Old English, Finnish & Welsh & there is an audio option if you want to hear them. http://www.jrrvf.com/%7Eglaemscrafu/texts/index-a.htm When Tolkien recorded excerpts from his works into George Sayer's ferrograph he first of all read the Lord's Prayer into it as a precaution! (it was a MACHINE after all) That part of the recording has been lost apparently - unless someone knows different, but this site has the text & audio of someone else reading it http://www.jrrvf.com/%7Eglaemscrafu/audio/attaunsar.mp3 so you can get an idea of what it would have sounded like. You can also hear Tolkien pronouncing words from his own languages too. __________________ “Everything was an object. If you killed a dwarf you could use it as a weapon – it was no different to other large heavy objects."