映画ロード・オブ・リングの言語をアドバイスしたのはウィスコンシン大学マディソン校の言語学学生だった

映画ロード・オブ・リングの言語をアドバイスしたのはウィスコンシン大学マディソン校の言語学学生David Salvoだった。彼によれば,トールキンはかなりの数の単語を残しているが,王の帰還の本の巻末語彙集にまとまっているようなものではなく,いくつかの作品にまたがって出てきたものを見比べてはじめてトールキンの考えた言語が見えてくるという。

Tolkien created a large number of languages. The two which are best know are the two elvish languages. Quenya and Sindarin and these languages were, as far as the actual substance of the words and the particularities of the grammar, were invented out of Tolkien's brain. Meaning they were not based on any one language that Tolkien knew. However, in style and in certain details of construction Tolkien based them on elements from a large number of different languages.

So Quenya, for instance, is supposed to sound something like Latin and some like Finnish. Sindarin is suppose to sound and resemble in structure Welsh. And others of his language like Khuzdul, which is the Dwarvish language, was intended to resemble Hebrew.

http://www.dailycardinal.com/news/2004/01/23/Features/Lord-Of.The.Translations-586646.shtml