hello Dets 8D quick question, I’m reading Sansûkh again and with all this elvish and khuzdul, I was wondering about Gimli learning sindarin. I mean, he is going to Valinor. Are we going to see Legolas teaching our dwarf the birdie language of the elves? With kudos and kisses and Thorin tearing up his hair? 8D btw, can’t wait to see Thranduil’s face when he discover about his son and a dwarf! “Oh blast and damnation is like Tauriel all over again!”

Hey there, Nonnie!

Well, unlike Noldorin (banned!), or Khuzdul (sacred!), there is absolutely NOTHING secret about Sindarin! There’s nothing hindering anyone in the whole of Middle-Earth from learning it. 

Considering that Sindarin has been basically the Lingua Franca of Middle-Earth since the First Age, it’s probably a really good idea that Gimli learn it. More Elves in Valinor will speak Sindarin than Westron, I expect!

(begs the question also – did Frodo, Bilbo, Gimli etc. have to learn Quenya to converse in Aman? I honestly don’t know… but imagine older!Gimli doing lots and lots of language lessons, a frown on his white-bearded face 🙂

Oh, we are DEFINITELY going to see Thranduil’s reaction to Gigolas! But I am taking a sliiiiightly different approach to the ‘telling the parents’ situation. 😀