Talk:Fëanor

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Pronunciation[edit]

Is that IPA correct?Halbared (talk) 10:48, 6 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know if there's a source where Tolkien talks about pronouncing Fëanor specificially. What's there seems reasonable to me. Generally, vowels in Quenya are short and there are no dipthongs. Sennalen (talk) 13:37, 6 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you on clarifying the diphthong for me. The umlaut, would this separate the 'f' and the 'e'?Halbared (talk) 20:36, 6 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The diaresis (umaut) is a decorative optional reminder not to make a dipthong or a silent vowel. I was overgeneralizing that there are no dipthongs, but ea is never a dipthong. Here's more: http://tolklang.quettar.org/pronguide.html Sennalen (talk) 20:48, 6 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Ta, sure, I did check about the dipthongs and understood that you meant 'in this case' that there was no dipthong. I checked about the umlaut usage in English and German, with respect to English usage, but I see now Umlaut (linguistics) and Diaeresis (diacritic) have different pages. After looking at the Diaeresis page, it still makes sense to me for the break, but after briefly skimming that most useful link about Quenya pronunciation, I see it might not be. It is a most useful link that I was looking for, thank you. Do you know of any audio links where Tolkien speaks the name, again, thank you for pointing out the above.Halbared (talk) 15:42, 12 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know of any. There's a recording of him reciting Namárië, for a general feel for how he pronounced quenya. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVACqgDqLno Sennalen (talk) 16:39, 12 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

... which recording mainly shows how rapidly and indistinctly Tolkien spoke... but he pronounces the second word, laurië, with a diaeresis, if a remarkably quick and weak one. Chiswick Chap (talk) 17:57, 12 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]