Supplement 1: Historical Phonology — How Sindarin Evolved
Why Historical Phonology Matters Most learners encounter Sindarin mutations as a wall of tables: soft mutation does this, nasal mutation does that, mixed mutation is something else entirely. Without context, these tables are arbitrary rules to memorize — and they will be forgotten as quickly as they are learned. Historical phonology changes everything. Once you understand why mutations exist — that they are the fossilized remains of ancient sound changes...