An Introduction to Elvish and to Other Tongues, Proper Names and Writing Systems of the Third Age of the Western Lands of Middle-Earth as Set Forth in the Published Writings of Professor John Ronald Reuel Tolkien is a book by Jim Allan that discuss the languages of Middle-earth.

The book comprises various articles written by members of the Mythopoeic Society and its publication was authorized by the Mythopoeic Linguistic Fellowship (a forerunner of the Elvish Linguistic Fellowship).

Authors to the articles include: Jim Allan, Bill Welden, Paula Marmor, Christopher Gilson, Lise Menn, Laurence J. Krieg and others.

More obscure languages like Khuzdul, Black Speech, "Adûnaic tongues" and more obscure ones (Westron, Mannish, Entish, "Valinorean") are also briefly discussed.

editor: Jim Allan  

źródło opisu: Bran's Head, 1978
źródło okładki: zdjęcie autorskie