Silvan Elvish

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Silvan Elvish is the rustic, less formal Elvish tongue spoken by the Silvan Elves of Middle-earth’s great forests, such as Mirkwood and Lothlórien, in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Elvish language
constructed language in fiction
fictional language
appearsInWork The History of Middle-earth NERFINISHED
The Hobbit NERFINISHED
The Lord of the Rings NERFINISHED
The Silmarillion NERFINISHED
Unfinished Tales NERFINISHED
category Middle-earth languages NERFINISHED
Tolkien languages
contrastWith Quenya high speech NERFINISHED
Sindarin courtly speech
creator J. R. R. Tolkien
distinguishedBy association with forest-dwelling Elves
rustic vocabulary and style
documentationLevel sparsely attested
fandomStudyArea Tolkienian linguistics
genre high fantasy
hasAlternativeName Silvan speech NERFINISHED
Silvan tongue
Wood-elven speech NERFINISHED
hasCanonicalStatus partially developed by Tolkien
influencedByInWorld Nandorin NERFINISHED
Sindarin NERFINISHED
languageFamilyInLegendarium Elvish
linguisticRoleInLegendarium vernacular of woodland Elves
notableSpeakerGroupInText Elves of Caras Galadhon GENERATED
Elves of Thranduil’s halls GENERATED
partOf Tolkien’s legendarium NERFINISHED
primaryUsersCulture Silvan Elves of Lothlórien GENERATED
Silvan Elves of Mirkwood GENERATED
register less formal
rustic
relatedTo Quenya NERFINISHED
Sindarin NERFINISHED
spokenBy Silvan Elves NERFINISHED
spokenIn Lothlórien NERFINISHED
Mirkwood NERFINISHED
great forests of Middle-earth
statusInLegendarium incompletely attested
universe Middle-earth NERFINISHED
usedByCharacterGroup Galadhrim of Lothlórien NERFINISHED
Wood-elves of Mirkwood
writingSystemInWorld Cirth NERFINISHED
Tengwar NERFINISHED

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Woodland Realm language Silvan Elvish
Thranduil languageSpoken Silvan Elvish