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Confused? Frequently asked questions answered!
This website started out to provide names and phrases for fanfiction writers and role players. Thus, that is what the majority of the content is focused on. It also is why a rather unique approach was taken to the languages. For most studying Tolkien’s languages, the focus is simply communicating with other fans. But here, the focus is putting the languages in an Arda context. The translations aren’t given just as “understandable to other translators” but are given in regional dialects. To be clear – these dialects aren’t made up from nowhere. They are from Tolkien’s writings. It’s just that the usual approach was to ignore these notes to have an easier time communicating with other fans.
The goal is to make the fruits of decades of scholarship on Tolkien’s languages accessible to fans without linguistics degrees or the time required to learn multiple languages.
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