Parma Eldalamberon
Parma Eldalamberon, Parma, or PE for short, is a linguistic journal dedicated to the scholarly study of the invented languages of J.R.R. Tolkien. It was first published by the Mythopoeic Society, then by the Elvish Linguistic Fellowship since issue 6.
The name Parma Eldalamberon is a Neo-Quenya rendering of "The Book of Elven-tongues", which is consist of parma ("book"), elda ("Elf"), and lambë ("tongue, language"). However, like with Vinyar Tengwar, the rendering is questionable as PE 18 gives the genitive plural of lambë as lambion instead of lamberon.
History
Parma Eldalamberon was started in 1971, as an irregular periodical published by the Mythopoeic Linguistic Fellowship (M.L.F.) of the Mythopoeic Society. The first editor was Paula Marmor. It ran for five issues, ending in 1977, but resulted in the landmark book An Introduction to Elvish. Of that book Paula Marmor was co-author, several other co-authors, Bill Welden, Christopher Gilson, Lawrence J. Krieg, and editor Jim Allan, were regular contributors to Parma and parts of it had grown from their articles in the journal. The publication of The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, and The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien made most of the discussions outdated, however, and the project was shelved.
Another regular contributor was Robert Foster, who had already published his Guide to Middle-earth, which he revised and extended to The Complete Guide to Middle-earth after the publication of The Silmarillion.
Six years later, in 1983, Chris Gilson revived Parma. He kept the original name, despite the fact that the increase in Quenya material gave the correct translation as Parma Eldalambion. Gilson published Parma outside the Linguistic Fellowship, but after the Elvish Linguistic Fellowship (E.L.F.) was founded it became associated with that organisation.
In 1991, Christopher Tolkien approved of Parma publishing original text by Tolkien, especially the long linguistic texts for which he could find no place in The History of Middle-earth.
In the meantime, Vinyar Tengwar also started publishing Tolkien's original texts. Now, they are both edited by more or less the same team, and Parma specializes in the longer wordlists, while Vinyar Tengwar publishes Tolkien's essays.
List of issues
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1971: Parma Eldalamberon 1
1972: Parma Eldalamberon 2
1973: Parma Eldalamberon 3
1974: Parma Eldalamberon 4
1977: Parma Eldalamberon 5
1983: Parma Eldalamberon 6
1988: Parma Eldalamberon 7
1989: Parma Eldalamberon 8
1990: Parma Eldalamberon 9
1994: Parma Eldalamberon 10
Since issue 11, the journal has been dedicated to publishing Tolkien's original materials:
1995: Parma Eldalamberon 11:
I·Lam na·Ngoldathon: The Grammar and Lexicon of The Gnomish Tongue
1998: Parma Eldalamberon 12:
Qenyaqetsa: The Qenya Phonology and Lexicon
2001: Parma Eldalamberon 13:
The Alphabet of Rúmil and Early Noldorin Fragments
2003: Parma Eldalamberon 14:
Early Qenya and Valmaric
2004: Parma Eldalamberon 15:
Sí Qente Feanor and Other Elvish Writings
2006: Parma Eldalamberon 16:
Early Elvish Poetry and Pre-Fëanorian Alphabets
2007: Parma Eldalamberon 17:
Words, Phrases, and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings
2009: Parma Eldalamberon 18:
Tengwesta Qenderinwa and Pre-Fëanorian Alphabets, Part 2
2010: Parma Eldalamberon 19:
Quenya Phonology
2012: Parma Eldalamberon 20:
The Qenya Alphabet
2013: Parma Eldalamberon 21:
Qenya Noun Structure
2015: Parma Eldalamberon 22:
The Feanorian Alphabet, Part 1; Quenya Verb Structure
2024: Parma Eldalamberon 23:
The Feanorian Alphabet, Part 2; Eldarin Pronouns
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Future and back issues
It is known that PE 24 is in the works, and its publication should not be too far off. For back issues, though most are currently out of print, they are slowly put for print-on-demand publication. As of April 2026, all issues have been made available again, except for 11, 13, 14, and 15.
Referencias
1. Esta ficha se ha importado inicialmente de TolkienGateway.net el día 29/05/2026.
