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The '''Ilkorins''' is the name of an [[Elf (Middle-earth)|Elven peoplegroup of Elves]], and their language (''Ilkorin''), invented by [[J. R. R. Tolkien]] for his ''[[Book of Lost Tales]]''.
  
The name literally means "Not of ''Kôr''", Kôr being the original (and subsequently abandoned) name for the hill of Tûna in [[Valinor]] as well as the city later named [[Tirion]]. In the early ''BOLT'' conception they occupy the place later taken by [[Avari (Middle-earth)|Avari]], although their origin and history is quite different.

As the ''BOLT'' developed into the [[Silmarillion]], the Ilkorin were dropped  and their language was not further developed. As a result little is known of it, except for some general notes and a few words. There is some speculation among [[Tolkienist]]s that the [[Sindarin]] dialect [[North Sindarin]] adopted many Ilkorin features and words.. It first appears in ''[[The Book of Lost Tales]]''. It is then a name of a broad meaning for all the Elves who "never saw the light of Kôr". Kôr is the Quenya name for a hill and the city built on it, near the shores of the Bay of Faery.

'''Ilkorin''' literally means in Quenya "not of Kôr". ⏎


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