Doriathrin

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Doriathrin is an archaic Elvish dialect from J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, associated with the realm of Doriath and considered a precursor to the Sindarin language.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Doriathrin canonical 4
Ilkorin 2
Doriathrin Sindarin 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Elvish language
constructed language
fictional language
alsoKnownAs Doriathic
linked to: North Sindarin

Ilkorin of Doriath
appearsIn The Etymologies
The History of Middle-earth
The Silmarillion
associatedWith Doriath
Melian
Thingol
chronologicalStage First Age of Middle-earth (internal history)
linked to: First Age
classificationStatus largely superseded by Tolkien’s later Sindarin conception
creator J. R. R. Tolkien
developmentStageInTolkienWork pre-Sindarin conceptual phase
documentedIn The Lost Road and Other Writings
The War of the Jewels
genre fantasy
hasCategory Languages of Middle-earth
Tolkien constructed languages
hasExampleWord Elu
Menegroth
linked to: Doriath

Neldoreth
linked to: Doriath

Region
hasFeature distinct phonology from later Sindarin
limited attested vocabulary
mutations similar to Sindarin
influencedBy Common Telerin
linked to: Telerin

Primitive Quendian
languageFamily Elvish
partOf Tolkien legendarium
predecessorOf Sindarin
region Beleriand
setting Middle-earth
spokenByFictionalRace Grey-elves
linked to: Sindar Elves

Sindar
spokenInFiction Doriath
status archaic
obsolete stage of Sindarin
subFamilyOf Sindarin
timeOfDevelopment early 20th century
usedFor names in Doriath
place-names in Beleriand
writingSystem Cirth
Tengwar

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sindarin hasDialect Doriathrin
Elvish languages hasMember Ilkorin
linked to: Doriathrin
Elvish languages hasMember Doriathrin
Elvish languages hasMember Doriathrin Sindarin
linked to: Doriathrin
Falathrin relatedDialect Doriathrin
The Etymologies languageDescribed Ilkorin
linked to: Doriathrin