North Sindarin

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North Sindarin is a regional dialect of the Sindarin Elvish language in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, distinguished by its own phonological and lexical features.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect
fictional language variety
appearsIn The History of Middle-earth (linguistic notes) NERFINISHED
Tolkien’s linguistic papers and notes
belongsTo Tolkien legendarium NERFINISHED
creator J. R. R. Tolkien
describedIn Tolkien’s philological writings on Sindarin
distinguishedBy distinct sound correspondences within Sindarin
regional vocabulary choices
genre art language
hasCanonicalAuthority J. R. R. Tolkien’s manuscripts
hasFeature conservative retention of some older Sindarin forms
divergent sound changes compared to southern Sindarin
regional lexical variation
regional phonological variation
hasLexicon distinct from standard Sindarin
hasNameType English exonym
hasPhonology distinct from standard Sindarin
hasRelation closely related to other Sindarin dialects
contrasted with southern Sindarin dialects
descended from Common Sindarin
hasStatus constructed language dialect
incomplete documentation
hasType regional dialect
inspiredBy real-world Celtic languages (indirectly via Sindarin)
languageCode none (no ISO code, fictional dialect)
languageFamily Eldarin NERFINISHED
Elvish
partOf Sindarin language NERFINISHED
spokenBy Elves of northern Beleriand NERFINISHED
Sindar NERFINISHED
spokenInFiction Beleriand (northern regions) NERFINISHED
subclassOf Elvish language
Sindarin NERFINISHED
termInUniverse Sindarin dialect of the North
timePeriodInFiction First Age of Middle-earth NERFINISHED
universe Middle-earth NERFINISHED
usedFor worldbuilding in Middle-earth
writingSystem Cirth NERFINISHED
Tengwar NERFINISHED

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Sindarin hasDialect North Sindarin