Quenya A Non-real Language Invented by J.R.R. Tolkien

Language plays a big role in our life. We use it to gain and give back knowledge. Most people learn a language at infant-toddler age so they can communicate with the world. We claim we know something because we read it or someone has told us about it, therefore we can see how much of a powerful tool language is. There are so many different languages in this world that we speak but learned it because we were taught by elders at a young age. Then there are bilingual people that learn a whole different language after their mother tongue language. How about invented languages? There are many manmade languages such as Solresol, Toki Pona, Enochian and so many more. (http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-invented-languages.php) Quenya stands out to me the most. In this essay I will be speaking about the history, development and use of the Quenya language. Quenya is non-real language made by J.R.R Tolkien. He began devising the language around the year 1910 and changed around a lot of the structure until it reached the final stage. The vocabulary was mostly not changed that much but the name has been changed quite a bit of times before it was called Quenya. It was changed from Elfin to Qenya to it finally being called Quenya by J.R.R Tolkien. A lot of words in Quenya came from The Finnish language but also familiar with Latin, Greek and ancient Germanic languages. Tolkien made up a fictional world language which is called Middle-earth. It is the fictional universe setting of the