J.R.R. Tolkien was a genius. What other author that lived in his day constructed an entire new language that he later included in each of his infamous books? Tolkien did have an advantage, however, having studied and created languages as a hobby for most of his life. The Elvish language that Tolkien created for the purpose of "Lord of the Rings" was primarily spoken by elves and fairies. It has several derivatives, particularly Quenya and Sindarin, which are the most advanced and the most popular.
The languages of Sindarin and Quenya are usually written in the Tengwar script, which Tolkien also created. The script that is on the "one ring to rule them all" worn by Elijah Wood throughout the movie as he journeys to destroy it in the fires of Mount Doom is actually written in the flowery scripted black speech of Mordor, which derived from Elvish. However, Elvish and other Middle-earth languages are also able to be written using the Latin alphabet if various accents are properly applied. When I saw "The Fellowship of the Ring" after reading the books, I became obsessed with getting an Elvish tattoo. Luckily, my girlfriend at the time and a friend of ours were equally as enamored, and after some extensive online research we were able to find an Elvish quote that means "The stars will shine on the hour of our meeting." We split the quote into thirds and each got part of it tattooed somewhere on our bodies.
Travelling is my life
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