An introduction to Elvish : and to other tongues and proper names and writing systems of the Third Age of the Western Lands of Middle-Earth as set forth in the published writings of Professor John Ronald Reuel Tolkien / edited and compiled by Jim Allan from his own researches and from those of Nina Carson, Björn Fromén, Chris Gilson, Alexandra Tarasovna, Kiceniuk, Laurence J. Krieg, Paula Marmor, Lise Menn, Bill Welden, and others ; as authorized by the Mythopoeic Linguistic Fellowship, a discussion group of the Mythopoeic Society.