@bergamot The Mirkwood Elves spoke a language called Silvan. Although it is not the only Elvish language Tolkien wrote (yes he wrote multiple languages even before he wrote the books of the Lord of the Rings, he actually wanted to write the entire book in his language but the publishers wouldn’t allow it haha), it is also not limited only to the elves of Mirkwood, it was also spoken in Lorien (which is why Legolas had no trouble communicating with those in Lothlorien :p)
And now in my defense I’m only a partial LOTR geek… I may know a TON… but there are people who actually study the languages in university and can SPEAK Elvish :p
Ah who am I kidding? If I had the time and money I’d take it on too :p
@bergamot The Mirkwood Elves spoke a language called Silvan. Although it is not the only Elvish language Tolkien wrote (yes he wrote multiple languages even before he wrote the books of the Lord of the Rings, he actually wanted to write the entire book in his language but the publishers wouldn’t allow it haha), it is also not limited only to the elves of Mirkwood, it was also spoken in Lorien (which is why Legolas had no trouble communicating with those in Lothlorien :p)
And now in my defense I’m only a partial LOTR geek… I may know a TON… but there are people who actually study the languages in university and can SPEAK Elvish :p
Ah who am I kidding? If I had the time and money I’d take it on too :p