Linguistics discussion

What languages are you learning/have learned. Which languages do you want to learn?

I am learning Spanish, it is my first year. I want to learn more.

I've been learning Spanish for a couple of years now, but sadly I can never remember much of what I've learned. I started learning Italian this year, which has been fun! I've also dabbled a bit in J.R.R. Tolkien's Elvish, but nothing major. I think it would be really neat to know a lot of languages!

I have studied Spanish (and Romanian) but forgotten nearly all again, which is very sad. I would love to be able to read books in Spanish, and I'd like to learn Italian as well.

Elaine, Elvish sound like quite a challenge, do you learn it from Tolkien's own writing or has someome put together a "Colloquial Elvish for beginners"?

Oooo, I want to learn german and polish. I'm learning french right now!

YAY! Roni joined! YAY AGAIN! I hope to take french in two years. I have Stephenie Meyer's "The Host" completely in Spanish. What is Healer in Spanish anyway?

Teresa wrote: Elaine, Elvish sound like quite a challenge, do you learn it from Tolkien's own writing or has someome put together a "Colloquial Elvish for beginners"?

Yes, it is quite difficult as it is not as fully developed as other languages. I have not taken it super seriously, as it is not the most practical language to know. =) I've learned from a number of places. Tolkien's works, of course, The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-Earth by Ruth S. Noel, and a number of web-sites. David Salo also has quite a deep on Sindarin (A Gateway to Sindarin A Grammar of an Elvish Language from JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings) that I've checked out, but never actually read. I also see that Jim Allan has a book (An Introduction to Elvish, Other Tongues, Proper Names and Writing Systems of the Third Age of the Western Lands of Middle-Earth as Set Forth in the Published Writings of Professor John Ronald Reuel Tolkien), but I've never read that either. I may have to get back into studying more Elvish again. =)

"The Parma Eldalamberon" are the actual texts by Tolkien regarding all his Elvish languages. Anyone serious about learning it should use them for reference. Noel's book is good for getting a feel for the grammar and writing system.

Thanks Miss Clark and welcome to the group! What languages are you learning/want to learn?

Where can I find The Parma Eldalamberon? Sounds awesome!

He actually invented a new language! COOLIO!

Yes, more than one I might add. =) Have you read any of his books? If not, you should!

Apparantly, he took an existing language, and developed it as a real language would develop. Isn't that awesome?!

TOTALLY! I have not read any JRR Tolkien books. Sorry.

I've read the hobbit, and part of the first LOTR... but then I lost the book.

You should try reading them sometime, Kassy. You should find your's, Roni! LOL!

No, I actually borrowed it from the library... I found it eventually, but then I had to return it.

Oh... =(

*tear*

Hi! I know how to speak Armenian, French, and English! I can understand Russian (sort of) and I am trying to learn Greek. Thanks! I can help anyone with the three languages above.

I want to learn Russian, eventually. But first is German and (hopefully) Polish.

I know English and Tamil, and I've been learning French for five years. I really want to learn Italian - it sounds so musical. My goal in life (not really) is to watch an opera in Italian and understand it! Unless of course they use old Italian or something...

Serbian is my native language. Apart from that I, obviously, speak some English. I've also been learning German for years. And I really mean it, many, many years, but I've never learned much. I was horrible when we had to do Latin for two years as well.
Well, the first in the row language that I would want to learn is Russian. And then Swedish, for example.