Parma Eldalamberon 23

Parma Eldalamberon 23 The Feanorian Alphabet, Part 2 & Eldarin Pronouns
Publication Information
Author	J.R.R. Tolkien
Editor	Christopher Gilson and Arden R. Smith
Publisher	Elvish Linguistic Fellowship
Released	19 September 2024
Format	Paperback journal
Pages	146

Parma Eldalamberon 23: The Feanorian Alphabet, Part 2 & Eldarin Pronouns is the twenty-third issue of Parma Eldalamberon, a journal of linguistic studies of the Elvish languages and names in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien.

Front cover: manuscript facsimile "Beleriandic Mode"
Back cover: "Numenian Mode (Short Use)"

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Contents

• "The Feanorian Alphabet, Part 2" — J.R.R. Tolkien, ed. Arden R. Smith
  • Introduction
  • Version B
    • The Elvish Alphabets - The Feanorian Alphabet
    • The Primary or "Feanorian" Mode
    • The Applied Modes
    • Beleriandic Mode
    • The Númenian or 'Westron' Modes
    • The Short or Northern Use
    • The Full or Southern Use
    • Punctuation
    • Numerals
  • Version C
    • The Feänorian Alphabet
    • The Feanorian or Elvish Script applied to the "Common Speech" or English
  • Version D
    • The Feänorian Script
    • Applied Modes
    • The Numenian or 'Westron' Mode
    • Feänor's Script applied to English

• "Eldarin Pronouns" — J.R.R. Tolkien, ed. Christopher Gilson
  • Introduction
  • Quenya
    • Personal Pronouns
    • The Demonstrative, Relative, and Correlative Stems
  • The Eldarin Personal Pronouns
  • Eldarin Morphology: Pronouns, Demonstratives, and Correlatives
  • Common Eldarin & Sindarin
    • Article
    • The anaphoric particle
    • [Sindarin Mutations]

• List of abbreviations

Description

"The Feanorian Alphabet, Part 2" includes three descriptions of this writing system, dating from around 1948 to 1951. (A description of the earliest version was published in Parma Eldalamberon 22.) Four modes are described in detail representing usage in different regions of Middle-earth: Beleriand, Númenor, Arnor and Gondor, as these modes were applied to the Noldorin, Westron, and English languages. Charts and examples of the use of the tengwar incorporate scanned images from Tolkien's manuscripts with transcriptions.

"Eldarin Pronouns" includes five grammatical texts treating personal, demonstrative, and relative pronouns in Quenya and the definite article in Sindarin. "Qenya Personal Pronouns" is part of a Qenya Grammar from the 1940s, describing the forms and grammar of these pronouns. The closely contemporary "Demonstrative, Relative, and Correlative Stems" describes the forms and grammar of non-personal pronouns in Quenya. "Eldarin Personal Pronouns" from the early 1950s describes the etymological origin of the Quenya personal pronouns from Common Eldarin bases.

"Eldarin Pronouns, Demonstrative and Correlatives" is a revision and elaboration of "Eldarin Personal Pronouns" dating from the late 1950s, in which Tolkien began to incorporate etymological explanations for demonstrative pronouns. "Common Eldarin Article" is a typescript from 1968 or 1969 describing the etymological origin of the Quenya and Sindarin definite articles from the Common Eldarin demonstrative pronoun; the usage of the article in Quenya; and the consonant mutations associated with the article in the grammar of Sindarin.

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