24-02-2000, 10:27
En fait ca me revient maintenant, David en a parlé sur ELFLING (www.egroups.com/group/elfling) et en a présenté brièvement le contenu. Cest une "reconstruction" de l'elfique sylvain à partir des indications laissées par Tolkien. Je cite ici la partie interessante du message n° 2063...<p>---------<p> Helge and others may be interested to know that I have gone a good deal further than this with one of Tolkien's languages. Based in large part on Tolkien's Doriathrin/Ilkorin language, with some hints from other Elvish languages Tolkien invented, I have spent some time re-creating the languages of the Nandor. Chris Seeman's quarterly periodical <I>Other Hands</I>, which has just been published, includes an article containing a fairly full description and glossary of the Silvan language of Mirkwood, as well as less detailed descriptions of the Silvan of Lorien and the Nandorin language of Ossiriand.<p> This is, of course, invention: I am not aware of, nor have I used, any unpublished material which describes the structure of Silvan Elvish. However, the language which I have described is intended to be fully plausible as an Elvish language of Eldarin (and particularly Telerin) origin; it is also intended to be in agreement, as far as possible, with the few known words of Silvan Elvish, and with the phonology of Ilkorin described in The Etymologies. The resulting description will be, I think, of interest to those who enjoy language as a game in itself; who would like to use an Elvish language which is, I think, rather more fully described than either Quenya or Sindarin have yet been; and those who would be interested in the language as a commentary on Tolkien's Ilkorin.<p> Also included in this issue of Other Hands will be articles on the<br>history of the Nandor; "Tatyarin Avari: The Dark Elves"; "The History of Mount Gundabad"; and a poem, "Siriann's Song".<p> Other Hands can be obtained through Chris Seeman at the following address:<p>Chris Seeman<br>PO Box 1213<br>Novato, CA 94948<br>USA<br>http://otherhands.com<p>Costs are as follows:<br>AS AN INDIVIDUAL PURCHASE<br>USA: $12.50<br>Canada: $13.00<br>Latin America: $13.50<br>Europe: $14.00<br>Asia/Africa: $14.50<br>Pacific Rim: $14.75<p>AS PART OF AN ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION<br>USA/Canada: $6.00 (x 4 issues = $24.00)<br>Latin America: $6.50 (x 4 issues = $26.00)<br>Europe: $7.00 (x 4 issues = $28.00)<br>Asia/Africa: $7.25 (x 4 issues = $29.00)<br>Pacific Rim: $7.50 (x 4 issues = $30.00)<p>Payment should be made to Chris Seeman.