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In the [[fictional universe]] of [[J. R. R. Tolkien]], many of the [[Elf (Middle-earth)|Elves]] undertook a great migration and built a city upon reaching their destination; in [[The Book of Lost Tales|early versions of the mythology]], this city was known as Kôr.  All those Elves who did not complete the migration, and consequently did not see Kôr, were known by the [[Quenya]] term '''Ilkorindi''', literally "not of Kôr".  The same term was applied to their many languages.

Reworking the mythology in the late 1920s, Tolkien applied the word only to those Elves (later called [[Sindar]]) who lived in [[Beleriand]] and were ruled by King [[Thingol]]:

:"In the course of ages the tongues and dialects of Beleriand became altogether estranged from those of other [[Eldar (Middle-earth)|Eldar]] in [[Valinor]], through the learned in such lore may perceive that they were anciently sprung from [[Telerin]]. These were the '''Ilkorin''' speeches of Beleriand."<ref>J.R.R. Tolkien, "The [[Lhammas]]", ''The Lost Road'', p. 175.</ref>

These Ilkorin Elves spoke three dialects: 
*the speech of the Elves of the Kingdom of [[Doriath]], ''Doriathrin'';
*the speech of the Elves from the havens of [[Brithombar]] and [[Eglarest]], ''Falassian'';
*the speech of the nomadic Elves living in Beleriand.

Later on (in the early 1940s) Tolkien conceived the name ''Lemberin'' for that language, and said about ''Ilkorin'' that it "is not rightly a linguistic name, and included the ''Pereldar'', and all who began the march, but did not come to Kór".<ref>J.R.R. Tolkien, "Tengwesta Qenderinwa 1", ''Parma Eldalamberon'' 18, p. 26.</ref>

So Lemberin became the name for the tongue of the [[Teleri]]n Elves that remained in Beleriand. Before the coming of the [[Noldor]] it was spoken far and wide in Beleriand (save in Ossiriand) and all the names of places, of rivers, woods, fields, plains, hills and mountains were given in this tongue.

== See also ==
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* [[Calendar of Imladris]]
* [[Languages constructed by J. R. R. Tolkien]]
* [[Middle-earth]]

==References==
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