1965. They all originated from: Primitive Quendian or Quenderin, the proto-language of all the Elves who awoke together in the far east of Middle-earth, Cuiviénen, and began "naturally" to make a language. All the Elvish languages are presumed to be descendants of this common ancestor. Tolkien invented two subfamilies (subgroups) of the Elvish languages. "The language of the Quendelie (Elves) was thus very early sundered into the branches Eldarin and Avarin". Avarin is the language of various Elves of the Second and Third Clans, who refused to come to Valinor. It developed into at least six Avarin languages. Common Eldarin is the language of the three clans of the Eldar during the Great March to Valinor. It developed into: Quenya, the language of the Elves in Eldamar beyond the Sea; it divided into: Vanyarin Quenya or Quendya, colloquial speech of the Vanyar, the Elves of the First Clan; Noldorin Quenya (and later Exilic Quenya), colloquial speech of the Noldor, the Elves of the Second Clan. Common Telerin, the early language of all the Teleri Telerin, the language of the Teleri, Elves of the Third Clan, living in Tol Eressëa and Alqualondë. Nandorin, the language of the Nandor, a branch of the Third Clan. It developed into various Nandorin and Silvan languages. Sindarin is the language of the Sindar, a branch of the Third Clan, who dwelt in Beleriand. Its dialects include Doriathrin, in Doriath; Falathrin, in the Falas of Beleriand; North Sindarin, in Dorthonion and Hithlum; Noldorin Sindarin, spoken by the Exiled Noldor. The acute accent (á, é, í, ó, ú) or circumflex accent (â, ê, î, ô, û, ŷ) marks long vowels in the Elvish languages. When writing Common Eldarin forms, Tolkien often used the macron to indicate long vowels. The diaeresis (ä, ë, ö) is normally used to show that a short vowel is to be separately pronounced, that it is not silent or part of a diphthong. For example, the last four letters of Ainulindalë represent two syllables, and the first three letters of Eärendil represent two syllables. Internal development of the Elvish word for "Elves" Below is a family tree of the Elvish languages, showing how the Primitive Quendian word kwendī "people" (later meaning "Elves") was altered in the descendant languages. The languages can thus be mapped to the migrations of the sundered elves. Fictional philology A tradition of philological study of Elvish languages exists within