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Unrelated, but, IIRC, Tolkien (whom one could perhaps regard as a language connoisseur) had a peculiar taste for languages, and Welsh was in fact his favorite?
by BruceEel 3y ago
Unrelated, but, IIRC, Tolkien (whom one could perhaps regard as a language connoisseur) had a peculiar taste for languages, and Welsh was in fact his favorite?
- FeteCommuniste 3y agoHe had particular affection for Welsh and Finnish, from what I remember. His academic specialty was Old English.
- jdblair 3y agoHe must have really liked long words!
- autophagian 3y agoI believe Welsh was one of the main inspirations behinds his elvish conlang Sindarin.