Quenya is like our Latin, it's not based on it (i think). Quenya is the original language that broke off into many branches and is only used on special occasion. Latin broke off into several languages and is usually used by the Catholic Church
Exa, are there any dragon still living after Smaug?
No, it wasn't based on Latin, though sometimes called "Elven-Latin" because as it was the language of the elves of Aman, it was rather used by the lore-masters and the wise, and for official things... and maybe also because the grammar was a little complicated and seemed fitting rather for writing that for speaking (just compare the same sentence in Sindarin and Quenya - Sindarin is more fluent, shorter and better speakable if you talk rather fast
I dont know of any dragon surviving after Scatha and Smaug, though I think there are probably some left in the far south or near the Orocarni in the east - I don't think it was only Scatha and Smaug who for example ruined all the treasuries of the Dwarves.
I don't know of anything said about it by Tolkien except for the fact that "only few" of Morgoth's dragons survived that war of wrath
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Love your avatar by the way, Princess Mononoke's a good movie, love those things.
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As Kit said, in the film it's the Evenstar and it's appearance seems to be a mixture of the Elessar and the white jewel that Arwen gives to Frodo in RoTk
But it somehow takes over the function of the Elessar in the book / replaces it, though it's called Evenstar because the name is easier to remember and fits better for the whole Arwen-story in the film
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There are ALT-combinations for all letters (see in MSWord)... but there also should be keys on your keyboard for the basic accents, ´ and ` and ^ ... wait a moment *searches* ok the ` should be left of the 1-key... ^ is shift-6... can't find aigu, ´, at the moment... don't have an english keyboard and only have a pic of one... *continues search*
For writing LoTR-languages like Sindarin or Quenya, ´ and ^ should be enought, though the nasal tilde (~ over n) is also useful if you dont want to write it ng... will look the ALTcombs up ^^ jussst a moment...
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yeah i'm talkin 'bout like the 'U' in nazgul...ect
where you hold down alt+ a code thing...or how do you do it?...yeah i have english keyboard..
morse...yes it does aply to you...lol...from april fools day...when i was a mod...*laughs*
those are the ppl that i was tryin to fool mainly besides everybody...
Ok for the thing in Nazgûl, type the shift-key (or caps) and 6 I think... hmm yea
or in Altcodes *looks up*
well with alt, the ñ should be rightCTRL plus rightALT plus + and then n... but... that somehow doesnt seem to work in forums... as also dont the other shortcuts... so you need the full Altnumber....... you find them if you open the symbol-box in your MSword...
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Apr 12th, 2004 06:18 PM
and fits better for the whole Arwen-story in the film 
