Favorite Language of Middle-earth

[Desi Baggins]

Enjoy the voting!

[Stormrider]

I keep saying that I want to learn Quenya and several times I have started studying it, but just haven't been able to stick with it long enough. I have a difficult time trying to remember the words, especially when I don't have anyone to speak to.

Sindarin also sounds lovely and I would have attempted to learn that one, but it looked like it was more difficult than Quenya.

During TTT movie, Éowyn sang at Théodred's funeral. It was interesting to hear Rohirric spoken and yet I wonder how much of it was Tolkien's Rochirric and how much of it was Old English or a combination of both.

[Andorinha]

I think I would want to know Westron before trying any of the others -- it seems to be such a handy "lingua-franca." One can converse with Elves, Hobbits, Ents, Eagles, Dwarves, Men (of various realms), Wizards, Goblins, Dragons, and even the Stone-trolls (of the west).

[Androga Erindalant]

I've voted for Sindarin. I have been studying it before. I downloaded some courses, got myself a digital dictionary and found a few vocabulary lists. It has been a long while since I last looked at it though. I only can use lenition (one of the various mutations) quite right.

I've chosen for Sindarin, since it was more common for the Elves in Middle-earth (so I heard at least), especially in Third Age Middle-earth. Thingol refused to speak the noble tongue of the Noldor, so they had to learn and speak Sindarin as well when dealing with him. So it became the main spoken language, while Quenya was the language of poetry.
If I can ever master Sindarin, Quenya would be next to try.

[Fredeghar Wayfarer]

I also voted Sindarin. It's a breathtakingly beautiful language that really flows off the tongue is a melodious fashion. Quenya is lovely as well but as Androga mentioned, Sindarin was the "common" form of discourse among elves. I always thought of Quenya as Elvish Latin, the more ceremonious and poetic language, not what most of them would be speaking every day.

Then again, I haven't studied them enough to always tell the difference so any form of Elvish is going to catch my attention.