(Quenya) is a constructed language created by J.R.R. Tolkien for his Legendarium. It is the language of the High Elves – the Vanyar and the Noldor.

By the Third Age of Middle-Earth, it’s only a scholarly language.

I personally prefer Quenya over Sindarin, despite the latter (apparently) being the more popular language.

The Quenya that we know the most about is the one spoken by the Noldor, who arrived in Middle-Earth in the First Age. It was from them that the language became the ‘elf-latin’ that we all know and love. Third Age Quenya is descended from this Noldorin one.

However! There is at least one other dialect that we don’t know much about and which, by now, I’d guess is a separate language entirely.^A)

Vanyarin Quenya is the dialect spoken by the Vanyar. It’s notable (to me) for being just weird enough that it caught my interest.

Now, to be clear…we^B) don’t know much about it. We know a few things, like some sound changes that did and didn’t occur…but that’s about it. I did read this which looks at what we do know.

I may detail a little more about it (and what it may look like) once I learn a little more…and also stop being so lazy.