Elvish Linguistic Fellowship

The Elvish Linguistic Fellowship ( to German: "community of Elvish linguistics " ) is an international organization under the direction of Carl F. Hostetter, who has undertaken the study of the invented languages ​​of JRR Tolkien. That company was out of the Mythopoeic Society. Currently, the Elvish Linguistic Fellowship has established in the United States 528 members from all continents, especially from the U.S..

Mainly, there is the activity of E.L.F. in the publication of two printed magazines, the Vinyar Tengwar and Parma Eldalamberon, and an online journal, the Tengwestië. In it are by linguists leader in this field previously unpublished texts Tolkien edited and analyzed, but sometimes also printed his own compositions in Elvish languages.

The term Vinyar Tengwar Quenya is for " New Letters " ( or in English " newsletter" ). The first issue of this journal was published in 1988, at that time edited by Jorge Quinonez (later took over Carl F. Hostetter this task ). Until July 1994, she appeared every two months, after that only very irregularly - about once a year.