BBC posts archive footage of J.R.R Tolkien

Tolkien discussing his Elvish languages

He also demonstrates a little bit of writing in Tengwar, which I've always found fascinating and elegant. Unsurprisingly, he also says his languages are to complicated to be used in the real world, which makes sense given the context of who, where and when Quenya and Sindarin were designed to be used.

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