The Elvish Linguistic Fellowship (E.L.F.) is an organization devoted to the scholarly study of the invented languages of J.R.R. Tolkien, headed by Carl F. Hostetter. It had been founded in 1988 as a Special Interest Group of the Mythopoeic Society. The E.L.F. publishes two print journals, Vinyar Tengwar, edited by Hostetter, and Parma Eldalamberon, edited by Christopher Gilson; an online journal, Tengwestië, edited by Hostetter and Patrick H. Wynne, also sponsoring the Lambengolmor mailing list.
History[]
In 1992, Christopher Tolkien, son of J.R.R. Tolkien, appointed an editorial group consisting of the chief editors and scholars of the E.L.F. to order, edit, and then publish his father's writings concerning his invented languages, working from photocopies of the materials sent to them over the course of the next decade and from notes taken by the group's members in Tolkien manuscript archives. It was agreed by all parties that it was best to proceed chronologically, as Tolkien's writings are often enough fully explicable only in light of his earlier writings, and sufficiently dependent on them for their context (both in internal and external terms). This main course of publication is being carried out in the journal Parma Eldalamberon. There are, however, some writings that are largely independent, and/or whose context has been sufficiently established by Christopher Tolkien's own chronological publication efforts in The History of Middle-earth, and so do not have to be presented in the normal chronological flow of the larger project. These materials are now being published in the journal Vinyar Tengwar.
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Elfen Linguistiese Vereniging |
| Albanian | Kompania e gjuhës Elven |
| Armenian | Էլֆերեն լեզվի ընկերություն |
| Assamese | এলভেন লিংগুৱেষ্টিক ছ'চাইটি |
| Azerbaijani | Elf Linqvistik Qardaşlıq |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Эльфійскі Лінгвістычнае Братэрства |
| Bengali | এলভেন লিঙ্গুইস্টিক সোসাইটি |
| Bosnian | Kompanija za vilenjački jezik |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Елфическо лингвистично общество |
| Catalan | Germanor Lingüística Elfica |
| Chinese | 精灵语言兄弟会 |
| Croatian | Vilenjačkog jezičnog društva |
| Czech | Jazykové bratrstvo elfů |
| Danish | Fællesskabet af den Elver Lingvistik |
| Dutch | Elven Taalkundige Broederschap |
| Estonian | Elfisarnane lingvistiline Vennaskond |
| French | Fraternité Linguistique Elfiques |
| Galician | Compañía Lingüística Èlfica |
| Georgian | ელფი ლინგვისტური საძმო ? |
| German | Gemeinschaft der elbischen Linguistik |
| Greek | Ξωτικό Γλωσσική Αδελφότητα |
| Gujarati | એલ્વેન ભાષાકીય બ્રધરહુડ |
| Hungarian | Tünde Nyelvi Testvériség |
| Italian | Compagnia Linguistica Elfica |
| Japanese | エルフ言語同胞団 |
| Kannada | ಎಲ್ವೆನ್ ಭಾಷಾ ಸಹೋದರತ್ವ |
| Korean | 엘프 언어 형제단 |
| Latvian | Elfu Lingvistiskā Brālība |
| Norwegian | Samfunn av Alviske Lingvistikk |
| Portuguese | Fraternidade Lingüística Élfica |
| Punjabi | ਏਲੇਵਨ ਭਾਸ਼ਾਈ ਭਾਈਚਾਰਾ |
| Romanian | Elfilor Frăția Lingvistică |
| Russian | Эльфийское Лингвистическое Братство |
| Sinhalese | එල්වන් භාෂාමය සහෝදරත්වය |
| Slovak | Elf lingvistické bratstvo |
| Slovenian | Vilinski Jezikovno Bratstvo |
| Spanish | Hermandad Lingüística Elfica |
| Swedish | Gemenskap av Alviska Språkvetenskap |
| Tamil | எல்வ மொழியியல் பெல்லோஷிப் |
| Thai | บริษัท ภาษาเอลฟ์ |
| Turkish | Elfçe Dilbilim Kardeşliği |
| Turkmen | Elwen Dil Kärhanasy |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Ельфів Лінгвістичний Братство |
| Urdu | ایلوین زبان کی کمپنی |
| Yiddish | עלווען שפּראַך פירמע |