Summary of Sindarin grammar
by Ryszard I. Derdzinski
The
Sindarin language invented and described by J.R.R. Tolkien is not presented
as a complete speech in the actual sources.
The summary of the Sindarin grammar presented below is based upon Tolkien's
writings, but some fragments of this sketch are a mere guess by myself or by
another, much wiser scholars. I am especially grateful to David
Salo, Helge K. Fauskanger and Didier Willis for their help and advice.
My text should be compared with Helge K. Fauskanger's Sindarin - the Noble
Tongue article at the Ardalambion
and with David Salo's A Grammar and Dictionary of Silvan Elvish (Other
Hands #28). The phonetics chapter is based upon Didier Willis' Sindarin
Dictionary. My grammar analyzis scheme is based upon the text: Summary of Spanish grammar
in The Wordsworth Spanish Dictionary, Hertfordshire 1995. The
theoretic forms, based on the Elvish etymology and the theoretic explanations are printed in
blue.
Remember that
the reconstructed forms are only hypothetical and should not be treated as
certain.
Contents:
1. Phonetics
2. Spelling
3. Morphosyntax
