A translation labeled “Neo-Elvish” just means that Tolkien didn’t do the translation, someone else did. That means that ANYTHING not directly attested by Tolkien is Neo-Elvish.
Let’s take the Sindarin word “linnon – I sing.” Now, through analysis of other forms of the verb like “linnathon – I will sing” and through analysis of other verbs like “nallon – I cry out” we can deduce that “linnon” is made of two morphemes, “linna– to sing” and “-on – I”. These two separate morphemes are Neo-Elvish because they aren’t attested on their own. When we have a verb like “minna- to enter” we can put it together with “-on” to make “minnon – I enter.” Being able to break down and analyze the grammar means that we can generate more phrases that follow the attested examples.
What Neo-Elvish is NOT
Randomly making up our own grammar and vocabulary and calling it Elvish. Everything in Neo-Elvish must be derived from other Elvish languages that Tolkien made, or it is rejected by the community at large. This isn’t something that we take lightly, and we argue over fan-made words extensively.
Fan-made vocabulary is marked with an asterisk to differentiate between it and a word made by Tolkien. We make new vocabulary in several ways
Making new words the way that Tolkien did. This means taking the ancient roots that Tolkien listed (there are hundreds of these), making an ancient compound word, then putting the compound through the phonetic history of the target language.
For example, we’ll make a Neo-Quenya word for “to blush” by modeling it after a similar word, “niquita– to whiten.” We take the ancient word “karanĭ – red” and add the causative suffix “-tā“, then put the new word through Quenya sound changes to make “*carnita- to redden, blush, make red.”
Just putting two words together to make a new one. For example, we made a Neo-Sindarin word for “Hatter” by echoing the form of “círdan – ship wright” putting together the words for “carab – hat” and “tân – maker, smith” to make “*carabdan – hatter.”
Both of these methods require extensive knowledge of Tolkien’s languages, their histories, and how Tolkien himself made words. We’re doing our best to imitate Tolkien’s process so we can make vocabulary that fits into his languages, that he could possibly have made himself.
Of course, this means that there are some things that we can’t translate. We accept these limitations because we want to be authentic and true to Tolkien’s versions of the languages as we can.
Tafsiri iliyoitwa "Neo-Elvish" inamaanisha tu kwamba Tolkien hakufanya tafsiri hiyo, mtu mwingine alifanya. Hilo lamaanisha kwamba KILA KILA KILA KILA KILA KILA KILA KILA KILA KILA KILA KILA KILA KILA KILA KILA KILA KILA KILA KILA KILA KILA KILA KILA KILA KILA KILA KILA KILA KILA KILA KILA KILA KILA KILA KILA KILA KILA KILA KILA KILA KILA KILA KILA KILA KI KILA KI KILA KILILAK. "Hebu tuchukue neno la Sindari ""linnon"" ""Ninaimba"" ""Linnathon"" ""Nitaimba"" na ""Nalon"" ""Ninaimba"" ""Ninaimba"" na ""Ninaimba"" ""Ninaimba"" na ""Ninaimba"" na ""Ninaimba"" na ""Ninaimba"" na ""Ninaimba"" na ""Ninaimba"" na ""Ninaimba"" na ""Ninaimba"" na ""Ninaimba"" na ""Ninaimba"" na ""Ninaimba"" na ""Ninaimba.""" Morphemes hizi mbili tofauti ni Neo-Elvish kwa sababu wao si kuthibitishwa kwa wenyewe. "Kama tuna kitenzi kama ""minna- to enter"" tunaweza kuunganisha na ""on-on"" kufanya ""minnon"" ""I enter"" Kuweza kuvunja na kuchambua sarufi inamaanisha kwamba tunaweza kuzalisha misemo zaidi ambayo inafuata mifano iliyothibitishwa." Nini Neo-Elvish si Randomly kufanya juu ya sarufi yetu wenyewe na msamiati na kuiita Elvish. Kila kitu katika Neo-Elvish lazima kitokane na lugha nyingine za Elvish ambazo Tolkien alifanya, au inakataliwa na jamii kwa ujumla. Hii si kitu ambacho sisi kuchukua kwa urahisi, na sisi kubishana juu ya maneno shabiki-aliyofanya kwa kiasi kikubwa. Msamiati uliofanywa na mashabiki umewekwa alama ya nyota ili kutofautisha kati yake na neno lililofanywa na Tolkien. Tunatengeneza msamiati mpya kwa njia kadhaa, tukitengeneza maneno mapya kama vile Tolkien alivyofanya. "Hii inamaanisha kuchukua mizizi ya kale ambayo Tolkien aliorodhesha (kuna mamia ya haya), kufanya neno la kale la mchanganyiko, kisha kuweka mchanganyiko kupitia historia ya sauti ya lugha ya lengo. """ Kwa mfano, tutaunda neno la Neo-Quenya kwa <unk>kuchanganyikiwa<unk> kwa kuifanyia mfano baada ya neno kama hilo, <unk>niquita<unk> kwa whiten. <unk> Tunachukua neno la kale <unk>karan<unk> <unk>red<unk> na kuongeza kiambishi cha kusababisha <unk>-tā<unk>, kisha kuweka neno jipya kupitia mabadiliko ya sauti ya Quenya kufanya <unk>*carnita- kwa <unk>redden, <unk> blush, <unk> make red.<unk> Tu kuweka maneno mawili pamoja ili kufanya mpya. "Kwa mfano, tulitengeneza neno la Neo-Sindarin kwa ""Hatter"" kwa kuiga fomu ya ""Cirdan"" ""Shipwright"" kwa kuweka pamoja maneno ya ""Carab"" ""Hat"" na ""Than"" ""Maker"" ""Machem"" kufanya ""Carabdan"" ""Hatter.""" Tunafanya kila tuwezalo kuiga mchakato wa Tolkien ili tuweze kutengeneza msamiati unaolingana na lugha zake, ambao angeweza kujifanyia mwenyewe. Bila shaka, hii inamaanisha kwamba kuna mambo fulani ambayo hatuwezi kutafsiri. Tunakubali mapungufu haya kwa sababu tunataka kuwa halisi na wa kweli kwa matoleo ya Tolkien ya lugha kama tunaweza.