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The '''Ilkorins''' is the name of a [[Elf (Middle-earth)|group of Elves]], and their language (''Ilkorin''), invented by [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]. 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". ''Ilkorins'' is an anglicized term. These Elfes are called ''Ilkorindi'' in grammaticaly correct Quenya.

Later, in the early 20's, Ilkorin becomes the name given to some of the Elves who did not reach Kôr, those Elves leaft in Beleriand:

"In the course of ages the tongues and dialects of Beleriand became altogether estranged from those of other Eldar in Valinor, through the learned in such lore may perceibve that they were anciently sprung from Telerian. These were the Ilkorin speeches of Beleriand."<ref>J.R.R. Tolkien "The Lhammas", ''The Lost Road'', p. 175.</ref>

At that time Tolkien decided that thes Ilkorin Elves spoke three dialects: 
*the speech of the Kingdom of Doriath, ''Doriathrin'';
*the speech of the havens of Beleriand Brithombar and Eglorest, ''Falassian'';
*the speech of the nomadic Elves.

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