stackyFACTSCreating entire intricate elven languages requires a deep appreciation of linguistics, unless it involves France. Tolkien harbored an irrational, aggressive hatred for the French language and culinary culture, actively scrubbing any Latin-based influence out of his beloved fantasy races.
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