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'''''Naffarin''''' is a language created in the 1910s by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]].Naffarin incorporated some of the latest stages of [[Nevbosh]]. This language was inspired by Latin and Spanish. | '''''Naffarin''''' is a language created in the 1910s by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]. Naffarin incorporated some of the latest stages of [[Nevbosh]]. This language was inspired by Latin and Spanish. | ||
In [[A Secret Vice]] lecture Tolkien mentions one Naffarin sentence to illustrate, but there is no translation: ''O Naffarínos cutá vu navru cangor luttos ca vúna tiéranar, dana maga tíer ce vru encá vún' farta once ya merúta vúna maxt' amámen''.<ref>{{HM|MC}}, p. 141</ref> | In [[A Secret Vice]] lecture Tolkien mentions one Naffarin sentence to illustrate, but there is no translation: ''O Naffarínos cutá vu navru cangor luttos ca vúna tiéranar, dana maga tíer ce vru encá vún' farta once ya merúta vúna maxt' amámen''.<ref>{{HM|MC}}, p. 141</ref> | ||
Based on the above phrase, [[Helge Fauskanger]] noted that Naffarin has several elements in style and structure that might resemble future [[Elvish]]. | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/naffarin.htm Naffarin] by [[Helge Fauskanger]] | *[http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/naffarin.htm Naffarin] by [[Helge Fauskanger]] | ||
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[[Category:Languages (real-world)]] | [[Category:Languages (real-world)]] | ||
Revision as of 09:01, 14 October 2014
Naffarin is a language created in the 1910s by J.R.R. Tolkien. Naffarin incorporated some of the latest stages of Nevbosh. This language was inspired by Latin and Spanish.
In A Secret Vice lecture Tolkien mentions one Naffarin sentence to illustrate, but there is no translation: O Naffarínos cutá vu navru cangor luttos ca vúna tiéranar, dana maga tíer ce vru encá vún' farta once ya merúta vúna maxt' amámen.[1]
Based on the above phrase, Helge Fauskanger noted that Naffarin has several elements in style and structure that might resemble future Elvish.
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