J.R.R. Tolkien reads .... _A Poem In Elvish_

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[ganazowana]

...For now the Kindler, Varda, the Queen of the Stars,

from Mount Everwhite has uplifted her hands like clouds,

and all paths are drowned deep in shadow;

and out of a grey country darkness lies on the foaming waves between us,

and mist covers the jewels of Calacirya for ever.

Now lost, lost to those from the East is Valimar!

Farewell! Maybe thou shall find Valimar.

Maybe even thou shall find it. Farewell!

I've never thought I'm gonna hear that, in all my life.

Thank you soooo much...!

[mordicai knode]

Gorgeous. Brilliant. Perfect.

[Georg alemaa]

Sound like Estonian language :D :D

[TalonMercenary]

Tolkien INVENTED this language, so however he recites it is the correct way to do it

[masterassassinofdota]

J.R.R TOlkien is the Eru Illuvatar himself

[Siriussx]

Cruel language!

[Arimane]

For all those who ask about it: it is Quenya, not Sindarin

[Stephanie N]

As someone who has been to Finland, I can confirm that there is next to no similarity between the vocabulary, but the cadence and intonation is decidedly Finnish.

[Alina H]

Do you realize there are more types of Elvish?!

[Alina H]

sounds pretty much like Finnish

[Mason Boucher]

Finnish, Welsh, Spanish, and a mix of others actually. And despite the fact that Quenya and Sindarin are in fact based off these languages, there are VERY rarely any common slurs between them all. So your ears can't really deceive you. And this is Quenya

[Augustwi]

Finnish was a major influence for Tolkien when he was creating the Elvish languages. So your ears are not deceiving you.