Valarin

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Valarin is the ancient and powerful tongue of the Valar in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, known for its complex, alien-sounding phonology and limited use among other peoples of Arda.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constructed language
fictional language
appearsIn The Lord of the Rings legendarium NERFINISHED
The Peoples of Middle-earth NERFINISHED
The Silmarillion NERFINISHED
The War of the Jewels NERFINISHED
belongsTo Tolkienian constructed languages NERFINISHED
contrastedWith Quenya NERFINISHED
Sindarin NERFINISHED
creator J. R. R. Tolkien
describedAs alien-sounding
ancient
powerful
developmentStage partially developed by Tolkien
etymologicalRole source of some divine and cosmological names
fictionalTimeDepth originates before the awakening of Elves and Men
hasCorpusSize very small
hasFeature long complex consonant clusters
non-Indo-European sound patterns
polysyllabic word forms
un-Elvish phonotactics
hasLoanwordsIn Quenya NERFINISHED
Vanyarin Quenya NERFINISHED
hasProperty complex phonology
limited attestation
limited use among other peoples of Arda
influenced Quenya NERFINISHED
Vanyarin dialect of Quenya
languageOf Maiar NERFINISHED
Valar NERFINISHED
metaStatus one of Tolkien’s least-documented languages
partOf Arda NERFINISHED
primaryRegionInFiction Aman GENERATED
Valinor GENERATED
rarelyUsedBy Elves NERFINISHED
Men
scriptUsed Tengwar (reconstructed/secondary usage) NERFINISHED
settingUniverse Middle-earth legendarium NERFINISHED
spokenByCharacterClass Ainur NERFINISHED
statusInLegendarium little-known to Elves
not commonly taught to the Children of Ilúvatar
sacred language of the Valar
usedBy Maiar NERFINISHED
Valar NERFINISHED
usedFor names of Valar
some cosmological terms

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Maia languageOf Valarin
The Valar languageUsed Valarin