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The result was: promoted by CSJJ104 (talk) 14:36, 25 September 2022 (UTC)
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Sundering of the Elves
- ... that Tolkien may have devised the sundering of the Elves to justify the existence of two distinct Elvish languages in his legendarium? Source:
He states that the sundering of the elves allowed Tolkien, a professional philologist, to develop two elvish languages, distinct but related, Quenya for the Eldar and Sindarin for the Sindar, citing Tolkien's own statement that the stories were made to create a world for the languages, not the reverse.
– Dickerson, Matthew (2013) [2007]. "Elves: Kindreds and Migrations". In Drout, Michael D. C. (ed.). J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia
Improved to Good Article status by Chiswick Chap (talk). Nominated by LordPeterII (talk) at 18:49, 16 September 2022 (UTC).
