Gandalf in the Library of Minas Tirith
Copyright ©1990 Patrick Wynne
Used with permission
“It had begun with a leaf
caught in the wind, and it
became a tree; and the
tree grew, sending out
innumerable branches,
and thrusting out the
most fantastic roots.”
E.L.F. Home
The Elvish Linguistic Fellowship 
A Special Interest Group of the Mythopoeic Society
The Elvish Linguistic Fellowship (E.L.F.) is an international organization devoted to the scholarly study of the invented languages of J.R.R. Tolkien.
The primary activity of the E.L.F. is carried out in the pages of its two print journals, Vinyar Tengwar (available by subscription ) and Parma Eldalamberon, and in its online journal, Tengwestië. The E.L.F. also sponsors the Lambengolmor mailing list.
Announcements
Announcing Parma Eldalamberon 22
See the full announcement and details on the contents here.
The Collected Vinyar Tengwar now on
Amazon.com
All five volumes volumes of The Collected Vinyar Tengwar are now available to purchase from Amazon.com and other major Amazon stores around the world. See the contents, volumes, and ordering options in the VT Web Shop
Vinyar Tengwar format, subscription, and back-issue
changes
Due to the vastly increased demands of time required for subscription and back-issue-order fulfillment as readership has grown dramatically, and to the reality of irregular publication dictated by its changed focus on publishing new primary material, and in order to remove format constraints on the size and scope of its contents, Vinyar Tengwar will undergo a format change and a switch to per-issue ordering after the publication of issue 50. Starting with issue 51, VT will be sold on a per-issue basis only, and will be ordered directly the print-on-demand service of Amazon.com (and its counterparts in other nations).
Vinyar Tengwar Index
Diego Segui has very kindly provided his index of Vinyar Tengwar for publication here, in both English and (the original) Spanish versions. Diego writes: "This index lists in alphabetical order all words, roots, affixes, etc. belonging to languages invented by J.R.R. Tolkien which appear attested, discussed or mentioned in the journal Vinyar Tengwar (VT). Its purpose is to provide the researcher with quick access to a reference, or to allow focusing on a particular form by checking it against other locations where information can be found."
Errata Page for E.L.F. Publications
This page lists all known, corroborated errata to the two print publications of the E.L.F., Parma Eldalamberon and Vinyar Tengwar, at https://www.elvish.org/errata/. I encourage everyone who spots a potential erratum to either of these publications to report it at errata@elvish.org. If the erratum is confirmed, it will be added to the page and reported to the Lambengolmor list.
Announcing Tengwestië — the online journal of
the E.L.F.
Read the welcome message and the first article, “The Past-Tense Verb in the Noldorin of the Etymologies: A Formal Classification” by Carl F. Hostetter, here.
E.L.F. and Vinyar Tengwar Swag
Members and non-members alike can now help support the E.L.F. and the production and publication of Vinyar Tengwar by purchasing from a nifty selection of E.L.F.- and VT-related swag, courtesy of CafePress.com.
