Sindarin

fictional language from J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium
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Sindarin
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Sindarin

Summary

Sindarin is a constructed language[1]. Sindarin ranks in the top 6% of constructed_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,154 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sindarin is the creator of J. R. R. Tolkien[3].
  • Sindarin's instance of is recorded as constructed language[4].
  • Sindarin is a type of Elvish[5].
  • Sindarin's writing system is recorded as Cirth[6].
  • Sindarin's writing system is recorded as Tengwar[7].
  • Sindarin's writing system is recorded as Latin script[8].
  • Sindarin is part of languages constructed by J. R. R. Tolkien[9].
  • Sindarin's Commons category is recorded as Middle-earth writing systems[10].
  • Sindarin's Wikimedia language code is recorded as sjn[11].
  • Sindarin's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sindarin language[12].
  • Welsh inspired Sindarin[13].
  • Sindarin's described at URL is recorded as https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Sindarin[14].
  • Sindarin's described at URL is recorded as https://cals.info/language/sindarin/[15].
  • Sindarin's described at URL is recorded as https://database.conlang.org/view/?conlang=566[16].
  • Sindarin's described at URL is recorded as http://inthelandofinventedlanguages.com/index.php?page=languages&id=373[17].
  • Sindarin's from narrative universe is recorded as Tolkien's legendarium[18].
  • Sindarin's replaces is recorded as Old Sindarin[19].
  • Sindarin's present in work is recorded as The Lord of the Rings[20].
  • Sindarin's used by is recorded as Sindar[21].
  • Sindarin's different from is recorded as Singdarin[22].
  • Sindarin's indigenous to is recorded as Sindar[23].
  • Sindarin's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/SJN[24].
  • Sindarin's exact match is recorded as http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#Sindarin[25].
  • Sindarin's Wikimedia Incubator URL is recorded as https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/sjn[26].

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Geography

Sindarin is part of languages constructed by J. R. R. Tolkien[9].

Designation and Status

Sindarin's instance of is recorded as constructed language[4].

Why It Matters

Sindarin ranks in the top 6% of constructed_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,154 views/month).[2] Sindarin has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] Sindarin is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . bbc.com. Retrieved . bbc.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of languages constructed by J. R. R. Tolkien
    Subclass of
    Creator
    Native label Eglathrin
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007544657105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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