Ma Quetelye Quenya?
Introduction
Welcome to this journey of learning Quenya!
My intention with this book is to make learning Quenya a playful, gradual, and highly practical experience. Imagine you are in a classroom, learning a living language step by step, focusing on communication and real-world-like scenarios rather than dry linguistic theory.
You don’t need any prior theoretical background in linguistics, nor do you need to possess a deep, encyclopedic knowledge of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Legendarium. If you love the sound of this Elven tongue and want to learn how to speak it, you are in the right place!
The structure of this book is inspired by the excellent language learning series Schwätzt Dir Lëtzebuergesch?. We will focus on dialogues, everyday situations, and building your vocabulary and grammar organically as we progress. The goal is to get you speaking and understanding Quenya in a natural, intuitive way.
Elen síla lúmenn’ omentielvo! (A star shines on the hour of our meeting!)
Contributing
Contributions to this project are more than welcome! Whether you are interested in writing new chapters, reviewing content, creating illustrations, or providing translations, your help is deeply appreciated. Please check out our CONTRIBUTING.md guide for more details on how to get involved.
Attribution
By contributing, you agree that your contributions will be licensed under the project’s Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY-4.0).
License
This project complies with the REUSE specification. Because a textbook contains different types of media, multiple licenses are used depending on the content:
- Text and Educational Content: Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).
- Code and Configuration: Workflows, automation scripts, and project configurations are licensed under the Apache License 2.0.
- Fonts: Included custom fonts are licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.
You can find the exact license pertaining to any specific file by checking its SPDX header or its accompanying .license file.
External Assets
The lexicon data used in this book is published on ELDAMO. This data is © 2008 - 2026 by Paul Strack and licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
This book includes font assets provided by Toshi Omagari (https://tosche.net|tosche@mac.com), licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.
For more details, please refer to the NOTICE.md file.