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<p>[QUOTE="Arnox, post: 14042, member: 1"]</p><p>Yeah, when it comes to raw practicality, English is really hard to beat. It's spoken almost everywhere, it's used effectively in artistic works, it slices, it dices, and even does your laundry! (Not really.) I will defend Elvish (or more properly, Quenya) though. Of all the fictional languages, Quenya was designed and worked on for many years by a stone cold professional in linguistics to be an incredibly beautiful graceful language. In fact, the language came before even The Hobbit was written, though admittedly in a rough unrefined form. And further, after Tolkien died, it was worked on by other linguistics experts and the Tolkien family to better develop it. It may still be a fictional language at the end of the day, but it's also probably the most mature of them all outside of maybe Na'vi.</p><p></p><p>I wouldn't learn Quenya just to speak it constantly everyday, but I would want to learn it to apply it contextually in appropriate situations. For example, if I was writing a poem in honor of someone who died, or if I simply just wanted to sprinkle some Quenya in to style things up a bit in casual conversation. In summary though, Quenya is a purpose-built beautiful language to express beautiful and arcane things. It certainly doesn't match every situation, but it is another linguistic tool one can use for better expression in some contexts. And even if someone had no idea what you had said, they can still appreciate the beauty of the words said at least.</p><p></p><p>Hantale an lasta.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="Arnox, post: 14042, member: 1"] Yeah, when it comes to raw practicality, English is really hard to beat. It's spoken almost everywhere, it's used effectively in artistic works, it slices, it dices, and even does your laundry! (Not really.) I will defend Elvish (or more properly, Quenya) though. Of all the fictional languages, Quenya was designed and worked on for many years by a stone cold professional in linguistics to be an incredibly beautiful graceful language. In fact, the language came before even The Hobbit was written, though admittedly in a rough unrefined form. And further, after Tolkien died, it was worked on by other linguistics experts and the Tolkien family to better develop it. It may still be a fictional language at the end of the day, but it's also probably the most mature of them all outside of maybe Na'vi. I wouldn't learn Quenya just to speak it constantly everyday, but I would want to learn it to apply it contextually in appropriate situations. For example, if I was writing a poem in honor of someone who died, or if I simply just wanted to sprinkle some Quenya in to style things up a bit in casual conversation. In summary though, Quenya is a purpose-built beautiful language to express beautiful and arcane things. It certainly doesn't match every situation, but it is another linguistic tool one can use for better expression in some contexts. And even if someone had no idea what you had said, they can still appreciate the beauty of the words said at least. Hantale an lasta. [/QUOTE]
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