Gondolin and the Sindarin-Quenya creole
Itâs important to note that a good portion of Turgonâs following from Nevrast were Sindar, and the rest were of Noldor origin.
Nevrast was unique amoung the other regions of Beriland for having a mixed population, moreover a mixed population that didnât quarrel amoung themselves. The Sindar were the original inhabitants of Nevrast but there seemed to be no strife between them and the Noldor when Turgon built his city there. (That we know of)
By the time the city was abandoned in F.A 116, Turgon had ruled there for approximately 145 solar years, which is not much in the life span of an elf but culturally itâs a very long time.
We can assume that the Sindar and the Noldor would have intermarried and bore children; possibly the likes of Egalmoth, who was counted amoung the Noldor but whose name has Sindarin origins. A merger of the two cultures and most likely languages was beggining to occur which each generation.
Yes, there were some who considered Quenya to be âpureâ and would refuse to adopt any natural changes their language, as it would be for some native Sindarin speakers - but I think for ease of communication a pidgin (i.e. a simplified language or simplified mixture of languages used by non-native speakers) would be used amoung most of the populace.
Of course, the founding of Gondolin would speed up the process.
Those born in Gondolin would have their own identity. Since the walled city had very little contact with the outside world, the internal world would grow from its Sindarin and Noldor roots into something new.
A fully fledged creole takes time to become firmly established, both in spoken and written word (500 years or so), but the Sindar/Noldor elves were intermingling for at least 400 years before Maeglin arrived. It is possible the creole did not translate over to print, of course.
Turgon himself would use Quenya for the meetings of his lords and most formal events- but he would have had to learn at least some Sindarin; afterall half of his people speak it.
I donât know whether he would adopt the Sindarin-Quenya creole in itself, but I imagine being fluent in the root languages would help.
Of course, Maeglin only speaks Sindarin and some broken Quenya so it would be more difficult for him to acclimatise in Gondolin. Also speaking âpureâ Sindarin might be viewed as old fashioned, and Quenya was reserved for the King and his nobles.
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