Draft:Tolkien and constructed languages

J. R. R. Tolkien and constructed languages.

is there a public domain image of letters or something? if not, portrait of him as a youth

Background

Further information: Philology and Middle-earth

Views

Main article: A Secret Vice

From A Secret Vice section Synopsis

International languages

Volapük, Esperanto, Ido, Novial, &c &c are dead, far deader than ancient unused languages, because their authors never invented any Esperanto legends.

J. R. R. Tolkien, Letter 180 (1956)

Tolkien and Esperanto

A Philologist on Esperanto

Letter 180

That unpublished Esperanto diary

Tolkien's languages

Main article: Languages constructed by J. R. R. Tolkien

References

Sources

• Cilli, Oronzo; Smith, Arden R.; Wynne, Patrick H.; Garth, John (2017). J. R. R. Tolkien the Esperantist: Before the Arrival of Bilbo Baggins. Barletta: Cafagna. ISBN 978-88-96906-33-0. OCLC 1020852373.
• Smith, Arden R. (2000). "Tolkien and Esperanto". VII: Journal of the Marion E. Wade Center. 17: 27–46. ISSN 0271-3012.
• A Secret Vice critical edition probably