learned the old English language and started exploring other — Welsh, Norse, Finnish, Gothic. He early showed up linguistic talent, after studying the Welsh and Finnish languages, he began designing "Elvish" languages. Biography. Youth In 1911, Tolkien went on a summer holiday in Switzerland, a trip that he recollects vividly in a 1968 letter, noting that Bilbo's journey across the Misty Mountains is directly based on his adventures as their party of hiked from Interlaken to Lauterbrunnen and on to camp in the moraines beyond Mürren. Design languages Even in childhood, John with his friends come up with multiple languages to communicate with each other. This passion to the study of existing and construction of new languages remained with him all his life. He is the creator of several artificial languages Quenya, or language of the High Elves; Sindarin is the language of the Grey Elves. New languages were largely guided by the
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