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Quenya (and the other languages) distinguish short and long vowels (traditionally marked by an acute accent). Unlike in English, where so-called short and long vowels have distinct sounds as well as distinct lengths, in Quenya the length is the only distinction between i and í , a and á , u and ú .
Pronounce them always /k/ and /s/, as in the words “cat” and “sell”. As a general rule, (Y), (W), (R), and (L) that follow a voiceless consonant (C/K), (F), (H), (P), (S), (T), (TH/Þ) become voiceless, meaning that you whisper the sound and it comes out all soft and airy.
The Quenya r is the “trilled r” common in European languages (IPA [r]), not the “untrilled r” common to English (especially American) dialects (IPA [ɹ]). The sound ñ is a velar nasal (IPA [ŋ]), not a palatal nasal as it is in Spanish (IPA [ɲ]).
Quenya (pronounced [ˈkʷwɛɲja]) [T 1] is a constructed language, one of those devised by J. R. R. Tolkien for the Elves in his Middle-earth fiction. Tolkien began devising the language around 1910, and restructured its grammar several times until it reached its final state.
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