Learn to Speak Elvish
An Elf
So you're curious about Elvish? Well, then you've come to the right place to learn to speak Elvish. This is the Elvish based on J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth, so don't complain that this isn't Elvish as you know it. There are countless authors who try to make a language, but none are as complete as the linguistic picture that J.R.R. Tolkien provides us. Here are a list of common Elvish words and elvish grammer so you can learn to speak Elvish. There are sites down below with additional information on Elvish and it's history.
The Elvish written on the One Ring
A History of Elvish
Mr. Tolkien produced many varieties of Elvish throughout the Middle Earth series. To go into all the various dialects on Elvish, throughout the scope of time in Middle Earth, is far beyond the scope of this guide, as it would take hundreds of pages to properly fill.
The two language variations with the most complete language and grammar are Quenya and Sindarin, High-elven and grey-elven respectively. In terms of inspiration and rudimentary grammar, Elvish is based off of Welsh and Finnish. Even though J.R.R. Tolkien only created about 350 words for his Elvish language, fans of his novels have continually expanded the language from the original 350 words, so that today it is many thousands of words, and capable of full and complete conversation, almost up to par with real languages. The devotion of his fans is a testament to the power of his work.
So without further ado, here are some good basic conversational Elvish, which satisfies the curiosity of most people and is more than enough to effectively learn to speak elvish at its most rudimentary form.
English - Elvish ____________________________________________________________
Good (day/morning/afternoon) - Uel (re/amrun/andune) Greetings (everyone) - Vedui' (il'er)
Farewell - Namarie
You are a mighty warrior - Lle naa belegohtar
You are beautiful - Lle naa vanima
You disgust me - Amin feuya ten' lle
Are you ready? - Lle desiel?
Run (for it) - Rima (ten'ta)!
For the most complete dictionary of Elvish phrases available, please click here. Below are some useful J.R.R. Tolkien Elf related videos, and additional resources for research on the Elves in general.
Learn to Speak Elvish
J.R.R. Tolkien Reads: "A Poem In Elvish"
Drawing Lessons: How to Draw an Elf
Learn to Speak Elvish: Other Important Resources
- The Elvish Linguistic Fellowship
Perhaps the most important site on here, the Elvish Linguistic Fellowship is the website devoted to the study of the Elven language. If you truly have an interest in it, check this website out before anything else! - Write Your Name in Elvish in Ten Minutes
Pretty self explanatory. Translate your name into Elvish, symbol by symbol. Please remember: there are MANY WAYS to translate English into Elvish and this is just one of them. - Elvish languages (Middle-earth) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The wikipedia article on the Learning to Speak Elvish. Read up for a nice summary, and additional links to useful pieces of information. - The Elvish Name Generator
An interesting little site where you can get your name in Elvish. Mine's Elwë Felagund :) - Elven Phrases
This is the ultimate compendium of Elvish phrases!! A must-have for anyone who wants to learn Elvish! Best of all, it's completely free. - Learn Elvish
Some useful, if disorganized, information on how to learn to speak Elvish. - Arwen-Undomiel.com
A website devoted to J.R.R. Tolkien and the Elvish people he created. - BBC NEWS | Do you speak Elf?
Schoolboys are learning to speak like elves, following the success of the Lord of the Rings films. - iWorth It App Reviews
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Comments
Cindy from United States on May 12, 2016:
This is amazing!
CLASSIFIED on January 05, 2015:
CLASSIFIED
isa on February 07, 2014:
do sombody know the verbs?
John on January 09, 2014:
good site. but the one ring doesn't have elvish written on it. it is the language of mordor
David on November 29, 2013:
I just said to my dad, "Nai Valaraukar tye-mátar." And he had no idea what I was saying.
elvish panda on July 31, 2013:
I will annoy my family with my knolage of evlish they wont know wat im saying
elwin on July 25, 2013:
i dig legolas - orlando bloom is a classic actor
weng hui on June 06, 2013:
Awsome
miki on May 25, 2013:
This is awesome! Can't wait to confuse people lol
Archer on May 16, 2013:
Elvish is just... awesome. This is another reason why I'm a nerd. Lol
Azalon Evenstar on May 08, 2013:
Also ..... I CAN TALK LIKE LEGOLAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Le fael. Agoreg vae. Guren glassui.
Azalon Evenstar on May 08, 2013:
Amazing! My 100 anniversary addition of the LOTR trilogy doesn't teach this as well as here!
lolpop on April 23, 2013:
cool hard but cool
hobbit#1fan on April 16, 2013:
The websites really cool and all, but can you please do something like as an example: A-is pronounced "aug" , B is pronounced what ever and so on. So that we can know how to pronounce things in elvish. those aren't true but they are just examples, but I think that that would be easier to do and for people to learn. Thx!
hd on March 17, 2013:
cool
weng hui on March 07, 2013:
COOL !!!I SERIOUSLY LOVE ELVES!!!!!!!!!!!!11
AHHHHHHHHHHHHH
aimee on February 02, 2013:
i can speak german but not elvish
Dan Son Of Asora on January 17, 2013:
Love Elfs And Lotr
Boss on January 13, 2013:
I can sort of speak sindarin but i cant write it or translate the writing into sindarin
Dan on January 06, 2013:
Could you make a video venturing deeply into the elven language that explains the needed rolls of the tounge and specific speaking variations and have all the letters numbers ect in a photo or file it would help a lot
katster on January 04, 2013:
Please e-mail me a list of books that would help me learn elvish so i can ask for one for my birthday :) kathryn@mackin.me.uk thanks
Pleb on January 03, 2013:
Except that Noldorin is practically dead seen as most of the Noldor were wiped out by Morgoth the first dark lord during the first age. The Noldor were eventually destroyed when Gondolin fell and only fragments of that once proud race remain.
rana on January 01, 2013:
i want lern to spake like as elf......
plz healp me...
blackbee.rana @gmail.com
Grammar Nazi on December 26, 2012:
Please correct grammer into grammar. Thank You.
KayceeBurtonFreak on December 23, 2012:
I can easily learn this, it looks easy, but I can't pronounce it... :( Can someone helpp me pronounce it? And I still don't understand how to write in this language... D: Other than that, once I learn it, I can't wait to watch the new LOTRs movies that'll come out later on so I won't need to read the subtitles lol. Just message me on my facebook (Kayla Burton Cloutier) Please?
Jack on October 06, 2012:
Could u do a whole say like this and sound it out
jacob on September 30, 2012:
i want to speak elvish fluently but i dont k ow how. can you guys teach me??????
bruce on September 17, 2012:
I was hoping to learn elvish here on this page or via sub pages. But what words I did want to know are not found in the elvish language. The words are honor, truth, trust, etc. I am thinking of creating my own elvish language just to fix the problem. Now all I would have to do is come up with the language, and how it is pronounced. If any one wants to be a part of this , email me at bruceturner1972@live.com
I look forward to working with other elvish fans.
Hailey on September 14, 2012:
This is awesome :) i love elvish
deanna dixon on September 06, 2012:
this page is stupid i thought we were goging to learn to speak elvish
undead994life on September 03, 2012:
If there is anyone who speaks elvish and is willing to teach me how to speak it please contact me at MagicBa1@Yahoo.com
snowdrop15 on August 27, 2012:
I really want to learn Sindarin, but it's tough to do by myself- I've tried self-learning, but it was really difficult. Can anyone help me? I can teach Russian or Spanish in return...
Assol1980@yandex.ru
Claire on August 24, 2012:
For all of you except a few who have posted on here, including the author, you cannot learn Elvish, because it is not a language. It is called ELVEN.
Elven Archer on May 11, 2012:
This website is not as useful as this other website, but i'm a HUGE Legolas fan love lord od the rings.
ian on April 22, 2012:
how do you speak elvish
evelyn on April 17, 2012:
needs more language translations so people can learn to speak it not write it
Ryan on April 10, 2012:
This Looks amazing, Just wish There was a bit more information, But I will keep looking incase I have missed something.
greenleaf's daughter on April 10, 2012:
hiiiiiii!!!!!
i love legolassssssssssssss very much .
and elven language.i can speak alittle too........
Aragorn on March 23, 2012:
can you WRITE a bit more plz?
Daisy on March 18, 2012:
since i love the lord of the rings, it is so great that i can learn one of the languages from the films and books.
rebecca on March 10, 2012:
im gonna learn this over spring break!
Enelya Felagund on March 10, 2012:
i can write in sindarin and i am learning to speak it
my advice for people is to learn to write it first ( it makes learning to speak it easier)
:3
jacob on March 04, 2012:
this site didn't help me much...
yomamasofat on February 20, 2012:
I love LEGOlos
heh on January 29, 2012:
ckick in this link: http://www.arwen-undomiel.com/elvish/phrases.html to learn some elvish frazez
Princess Tigerlily on January 26, 2012:
I LOVE LOTR and want to write a book with elvish in it sooo any good web sites that a person of 9+ can look at?????????????????????????????? I REALLY want to write this book. Thnx y'all
ben on January 25, 2012:
it is so cool now all i talk is elvish
PreludeOfLight on January 14, 2012:
Uhmm, the link to the complete dictionary is no longer available. Does anyone know another site that has a complete dictionary?
Thomasalder99@yahoo.com on January 12, 2012:
hey guys I'm trying to learn it can some1 email me a sentence in elvish writing and then i can work it out and email back the answer in english then tell me if I'm correct plz would be very helpful =]
elvish478 on January 09, 2012:
best thing ever
REALLY AWSOME
Isildur on January 09, 2012:
Amazing.....Love it its a great language
Clive on January 05, 2012:
Some advice for many of the posters here...before you attempt to learn Elvish, you may wish to learn some fundamentals of English first. I've never seen such poor grammar and terrible spelling...urgh.
Sophie Elf :) on January 03, 2012:
mara Aure (Mah-Rah Ow-Ray) which is hello.im learning Elvish right now, it isn't as hard as you may think, its harder to learn all the wod though, but writing is easy once you get the hang of ot. i know a few basic words and phrases like hello, greetings i love you, how are you, do you speak elvish, a star will shine upon the hour of our meeting. Suff like that. it is a fun language to learn and it is very beautiful. i hiughly recommend people to learn it. it is amazing :)Le Hannon! (thank you)
Alyssa on December 21, 2011:
Is there anyone that would be willing to be my elvish tutor? please contact me here if you are intersted in teaching me: willa4888888@gmail.com
odd thing on December 05, 2011:
has anyone really notice this is titled how to speek elvish and all the vids show you is how to write elvish?
Raeesa on December 03, 2011:
what form of elvish are the websites above in?
Serae Elf-friend on December 02, 2011:
This is one of the most awesome sites ever!!
I just love LOTR and SF
Yeah, I know I'm a geek :D
Arwen's Guard on October 25, 2011:
I love LOTR so much. I cant wait to learn the language. thanks for putting this hub together
adwen on October 20, 2011:
love this language cant wait 2 master it
greenleaf's daughter on October 05, 2011:
I talked to my father yesterday and he said that he loves all his fans lol
greenleaf's daugter on October 04, 2011:
I LOVE Legolas 2!!!!!!:) I am also his real daugter and i can speak the language fluently
Not the Lord of the Ring on September 28, 2011:
I too am a Legolas lover!!!! ;)
Amazing site, really well done all that created it- am in the process of learning Elvish and this site is unbelievably helpful!
Love Lord of the Rings- the most wonderful series EVER.
Tolkien is a total genius. R.I.P Tolkien.
Legolas Greenleaf on September 13, 2011:
I luv LOTR! All my friends think I'm a total geek because of it but who cares!!! Lotr is the best movies/books EVER!!!! Legolas is so awesome!!!! I so wish the Elvish was a language so that way people can study it with books and at school and not on the computer. GO LEGOLAS
haldir of lorien on August 18, 2011:
here's another one witch is great teaches alot
http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/sindarin.htm
ps scroll down on these websites the good stuff at mid
haldir of lorien on August 18, 2011:
here's another one below this one teaches how to speak a lot of words in quenya and sindarin here is the website below
and
http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/quenya.htm
haldir of lorien on August 18, 2011:
sorry my brother deleted last one the website is
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/tengwar.htm
there
haldir of lorien on August 17, 2011:
here is another website with great things teaches you how to write in sindarin and quenya and speak some in each to
ps sorry for messy spelling i doing this at 1 am
here's the website below
haldir of lorien on August 17, 2011:
here is the website
http://www.hockel.com/therese/elvish/combinations....
haldir of lorien on August 17, 2011:
i can write in elvish the hole alphabet and i can speak a little to if anyone wants to learn how to write the hole elvish alphabet i know a website i cant remember though what dialect its in
if you want to know what website i am posting it in a few minutes
eli on August 17, 2011:
they didn't write elvish on the ring they wrote the language of mordor on the ring
Maeglin Telrúnya on July 29, 2011:
http://www.phy.duke.edu/~trenk/elvish/
i like this one this guy wrote complete schoolbooks in pdf format for every elvish dialect and a list of poems and storys in elvish and english translations if you want to learn elvish for free this is perfect (probably better than some payd sites too)
lord of the rings lol FAN!!!! on July 23, 2011:
I love lord of the Rings actully i am watching it now & it's like in 17 again, where Ned speaks Elvish!!
it's soo AWASOME!!!!!!
Legolass lover on July 21, 2011:
Heeeey! Somebody,anybody.. I really need sexual frases !..
Ilovelegolas on July 02, 2011:
I watchedall three movies wheni was 2 yrs old and loved theya im tht nerdy.Well i have watched them over and over through out the years and well now i want to learn elvish .:)
LegolasArrow on June 28, 2011:
Wow im starting to learn Elven Language already!!!! Its a wonderful language, but I can only write Elven, not speak it...... Well wish me luck!!! ^-^
Legolass Lover on June 20, 2011:
Does someone know where can i learn some sexual elvish frases?? Please..
lillian on June 19, 2011:
i absolutely love this site i want to learn more
Legolass Lover on June 08, 2011:
Hey guys wtf?? I don't like elvish anymore.. It's so tough!!
Legolass Lover on June 06, 2011:
Does anyone know more frases?
ring barer247 on June 05, 2011:
dos any body know how to learn more elvish
Jonathan on June 02, 2011:
DO you know of any good audio courses on elvish?
Tiko on May 22, 2011:
Hi,I'm georgian.. I want to say one:Elvish is really beautiful and interesting language. And i think J.R.R. Tolkien was very bright and talented person. I love all his creatures.. And i want tu learn Elvish, sooo.. Wish me luck !:-)
curlywurly on May 14, 2011:
which would be the quickest/easiest to learn for me speak fluently
Nicolas on May 04, 2011:
I'd love 2 whenever I habe the time, but for now I'll have 2 wait.
anonymous on April 30, 2011:
they didn't even wright real elvish on the ring?!?
melany on April 29, 2011:
my friend is going to love this stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Omichi Consu on March 08, 2011:
One of my goals in life is to learn all of the elvish language and then make my own language. It probably won't be as good as the elvish language though. Just a lifetime goal.
Alireza on February 26, 2011:
How can i learn elvish????
Is there any book???(PDF)I'm iranian so i cant buy any of books which can help me to learn . so just give me the name of the book.
Or any idea will be accepted.
hirgon on February 23, 2011:
i've learnt 12 phrases in elvish
and learning russian at the samwe time it's impossible
I Rychdil on February 19, 2011:
Anyone going to reply, or not?
Oh, and DON'T email me about stupid stuff, I did say "if anyone wants to talk about this or anything" but I didn't absolutely anything. I meant anything that has to do with elvish or LotR.
I Rychdil on February 11, 2011:
You have some good links on here.
But that "elvish" is fake, except for one of the phrases.
I'm pretty sure you just took them from the Grey Company site. And their elvish is just made up for RP games and such.
You seem to claim this is actual elvish... unless I am mistaken. But this is nothing at all like any elvish I've seen in the books or even the movies!
So, where did you get the few so-called elvish phrases from?
It is not possible to speak "fluently" in elvish, seriously.
If you actually want to learn what elvish there is, Council of Elrond is a good site, along with Arwen-Undomiel(which is in the links section above) or just read all the Tolkien books you can find, surely you'll find out something about elvish.
(I do not know elvish, by the way)
If you want to learn how to write it, that "write your name in 10 minutes" thing above is pretty good, or just look in the appendices of Lord of the Rings.
Oh, and that "name generator" just gives you a random name. Just in case anyone was thinking that they actually mean what your name means.
If anyone wants to talk about this, or anything, you can email me: roheryn@ymail.com
It's good you are trying to make a site and everything, but there is no point putting more fake than there already is.
I really am not trying to offend you or anything.
Lsuman777 on February 05, 2011:
Oh and if you play Lord of the Rings online I'm Lsuman on Gladden server. "All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost."
Lsuman777 on February 05, 2011:
Thank you so much for making this site and giving us those links! My elvish name is Elendil Anwamanë according to that name generator, an AWESOME name if you ask me.
"All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost."
Th-r Undone on February 01, 2011:
I have my own language, but mine could never compare in elegance to what J.R.R. Tolkien made.
LLLLLL on January 19, 2011:
That Elf at the top is Elrond.
Failariel nenmacil on January 19, 2011:
i absoloutly love the books, but the movies are THE BOM!!! I loooooove Elvish and i hope to be an awesome author like J.R.R.Tolkien when i grow up. Like his friend, C.S.Lewis, HE IS THE COOOOOOOOLLLLLLLEEEEEEESSSSSTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FAILING TROLL on January 04, 2011:
LOL VIRGINS
Lalaith on January 03, 2011:
This is a beautiful language. I hope to learn it. I don't know much, only one word. Goodbye Mellon...
Angell on December 25, 2010:
I will be back to visit this site frequently... its very useful and i think that its also well built... but for now... mae govannen mellonae en amin!
Nessa Cúthalion on December 12, 2010:
I agree with all those who want elvish classes OR it could be an idea for one of those fluent speakers to put up some videos or something... My computer often stuffs up so i only get about an hour on it each day...at least now I've found a site to use that hour properly....
:D PLEASE SOME1 START UP A CLASS OR SOMETHING FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO SPEAK ELVISH!!!!
Namarie!!!! XX
