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'''Kornoldorin''', 'Old Noldorin', or '''Korolambë''', 'Tongue of Kôr', was the language of the [[Noldor]] in [[Valinor]]. The Noldor used it beside [[Quenya]], but unlike [[Quenya]], it changed fast as the Noldor deviced new words and structures by themselves.
'''Kornoldorin''', "Noldorin of [[Kôr]]", or '''Korolambë''', "Tongue of [[Kôr]]", was the language of the [[Noldoli]] in [[Valinor]]. The Noldor used it beside [[Qenya]], but unlike Qenya, it changed fast as the Noldor devised new words and structures by themselves.<ref>{{LR|Lhammas}}</ref>


Old Noldorin shares several attested words with Qenya (like ''[[malina]], [[míre]], [[parma]], [[randa]], [[rauta]], [[rimba]], [[rimbe]], [[ringe]], [[runda]], [[sír|sīre]], [[yaiwe]]'') and [[Telerin]] (''[[branda]], [[Bana]], [[belda]]'').<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}</ref>


'''References''': [[The Lost Road and Other Writings]]: Lhammas §5; The Etymologies, page 347.
The language also presented several minor changes of vowels and consonants over Telerin; compare T. ''[[alpa]]'' "swan" vs ON. ''[[alpha]]'' (which brought Noldorin ''[[alph]]'')


[[Category:Languages]]
In the [[Great Lands]], the language evolved as [[Noldorin]] through contact with [[Ilkorin]].
==Canonicity==
In the stage of the later ''[[The Silmarillion|Silmarillion]]'', [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] rearranged several details: the language described as Old Noldorin is taken by the Noldorin dialect of [[Quenya]], and the language called Noldorin was renamed "[[Sindarin]]" and took the place of the vernacular Ilkorin in [[Beleriand]].
 
Old Noldorin belongs to a chronological and phonological stage which Sindarin would normally also have passed through, specifically a stage when final vowels still existed, and consonants did not undergo [[lenition]] yet; however this stage is not named or described by Tolkien other than some example etymological reconstructions.<ref>{{WJ|Quendi}}</ref> Fans name this phase "[[Old Sindarin]]".
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==External links==
*[http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/oldsind.htm Old Sindarin] article in [[Ardalambion]] (actually mostly describes Old Noldorin)
[[Category:Noldor]]
[[Category:Sindarin]]

Revision as of 18:09, 19 January 2021

Kornoldorin, "Noldorin of Kôr", or Korolambë, "Tongue of Kôr", was the language of the Noldoli in Valinor. The Noldor used it beside Qenya, but unlike Qenya, it changed fast as the Noldor devised new words and structures by themselves.[1]

Old Noldorin shares several attested words with Qenya (like malina, míre, parma, randa, rauta, rimba, rimbe, ringe, runda, sīre, yaiwe) and Telerin (branda, Bana, belda).[2]

The language also presented several minor changes of vowels and consonants over Telerin; compare T. alpa "swan" vs ON. alpha (which brought Noldorin alph)

In the Great Lands, the language evolved as Noldorin through contact with Ilkorin.

Canonicity

In the stage of the later Silmarillion, Tolkien rearranged several details: the language described as Old Noldorin is taken by the Noldorin dialect of Quenya, and the language called Noldorin was renamed "Sindarin" and took the place of the vernacular Ilkorin in Beleriand.

Old Noldorin belongs to a chronological and phonological stage which Sindarin would normally also have passed through, specifically a stage when final vowels still existed, and consonants did not undergo lenition yet; however this stage is not named or described by Tolkien other than some example etymological reconstructions.[3] Fans name this phase "Old Sindarin".

References

External links