Quettar’s aim was described thus on its back cover:
QUETTAR is Quenya, or ‘High-Elven’. It means ‘words’, and is the bulletin of the Linguistic Fellowship of the Tolkien Society, whose members are referred to as Quendili, which means ‘lovers of language’ or ‘lovers of Quenya’, (though there are some Sindarindili among us). Those who describe themselves as philologists tend to say Lambendili. Feanorian calligraphers are known (perhaps inaccurately) as Tengwardili, runemasters as Certatúri.The languages which principally interest us are those sub-created by J. R. R. Tolkien, including:
Quenya Khuzdul Qenya Adûnaic Sindarin Rohirric Nandorin Wose-speech Wood-Elven Arctic Telerin Black Speech Eldarissa Common Speech / Westron Goldogrin Other Mannish languages This also involves a degree of interest in Finnish, Welsh, Old English and other ‘real world’ languages. We stress ‘interest’. While expertise is welcome, in order to become a Quendil all you need is love. We trust that knowledge will follow.
However, one commonly requested back issue is the Special 1 on the writing systems of Middle-Earth. This is now available: special1.pdf.
If you have a special need, for research, for just one or two back issues, please mail me (user back-issues, domain quettar.org).
NEWS Feb 2022: Volume V is now published – see below. These issues have been recreated from the original source files, and may not be precisely identical to the originals in fine details of layout.
The complete Quettar is published in five volumes:
Volume I, containing issues 1 to 10 (originally published in 1980 to 1981). Volume I.
Volume II, containing issues 11 to 20 (originally published in 1981 to 1984). Volume II.
Volume III, containing issues 21 to 30 and Specials 1 and 2 (originally published in 1984 to 1988)/ Volume III.
Volume IV, containing issues 31 to 40 (originally published in 1988 to 1990). Volume IV.
Volume V, containing issues 41 to 49 (originally published in 1991 to 1995). Volume V.