I first took an interest in Finnic languages a few years ago when I was looking into the languages that Tolkien used as inspirations for his different Elvish tongues. Tolkien knew Finnish, and along with Greek he used it as a model for Quenya because he found them aesthetically pleasing. In studying and listening to Finnish and Estonian, I can see why he thought so. There is a musical quality to both languages that lends itself to their traditional rune-poetry and folk singing, and I can see how Tolkien became “intoxicated” by it. As lots of Tolkien fans know, he also borrowed from the
Far Over the Misty Mornings Cold
Far Over the Misty Mornings Cold
Far Over the Misty Mornings Cold
I first took an interest in Finnic languages a few years ago when I was looking into the languages that Tolkien used as inspirations for his different Elvish tongues. Tolkien knew Finnish, and along with Greek he used it as a model for Quenya because he found them aesthetically pleasing. In studying and listening to Finnish and Estonian, I can see why he thought so. There is a musical quality to both languages that lends itself to their traditional rune-poetry and folk singing, and I can see how Tolkien became “intoxicated” by it. As lots of Tolkien fans know, he also borrowed from the