Chris Tolkien on his father's languages 1
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@Higgins380 It's a difference of transliteration. Presumably the sound was represented in the Tengwar by the symbol 'hyarmen'. The sound is equivalent to the German ich-Laut, similar to the English 'h' of huge. Please note that I said presumably. I have not seen the phrase in Tengwar, neither do I profess to be a scholar in the tongues of the Firstborn.
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@DemiathDoomhammer He anglicized "chiiin" in "hiiin" because he was afraid the english reader would think about the chin of this Huurin guy.
The correct elven transcription is "Chîn".
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The correct one, according to Sindarin grammar and phonology is "Narn i Chîn Húrin", because i chîn becomes so because of the plural article in shorted in i which causes nasal mutation the the following word...in this case hîn thath becomes chîn...
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@massofkthulu ...and I'm tempted to say don't be silly. That's impossible.
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@Higgins380 you are correct. CJRT used "Hîn" in UT because he thought that "Chîn" would be pronounced like "CHin" in English, but "Hîn" is the correct spelling
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@KlausDigestive Maybe he commited that mistake since "Hín" is the pronunciation for "Chín" ;)
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@Higgins380 Thanks:P
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I have the book Narn i Chîn Húrin, but in The Book of Lost Tales, Christopher told that the name of the book was Narn i Hîn Húrin. What is the real name? Chîn or Hîn?
KlausDigestive 1 year ago
The correct title is Narn i Chîn Húrin.
Higgins380 1 year ago
@Higgins380 - no, the correct title is Narn i Hîn Húrin. atleast that's what it says in my Silmarillion book. never heard of "Chin" before..
DemiathDoomhammer 1 year ago
@DemiathDoomhammer - Well since Christopher used "Chîn" in The Children of Hurin, published quite recently, I'm tempted to say that Narn i Chîn Húrin is the correct title.
Higgins380 1 year ago
I am tempted to say that not even his father knew as much about what he wrote as Christopher does.
massofkthulu 2 years ago
I would rather say that Christopher is probably the only person to know as much things as Professor Tolkien himself about Middle Earth. It is trully fascinating to think that 80% of the Tolkien books you can buy in any library have been "edited" by Christopher.
Higgins380 2 years ago