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It was the language of the Ilkorindi, "those who were not of Kôr" (cf. Umanyar "not of Aman") and it referred to the Elves who stayed in the Great Lands.

In the later writings, the language was, replaced by Sindarin and Avarin. In The Etymologies, some names (for example, the rivernames of Ossiriand) are said to be of Ilkorin origin. However, in later notes[1][2], some of those names were renamed or given another etymology.



  1. Morgoth's Ring
  2. The War of the Jewels