J.R.R. Tolkien’s invented language Quenya belongs to the Elvish languages of Middle-earth.
Quenya is one of Tolkien’s principal constructed languages for the Elves. Within the fictional history, it developed from Primitive Quendian and is related to Sindarin, another major Elvish language. Tolkien modeled aspects of its sound and structure on languages including Finnish, Latin, and Greek.
Quenya was associated especially with the High Elves and became a formal, literary, and ceremonial language in much of Middle-earth. In The Lord of the Rings, characters use Quenya names, phrases, songs, and quotations, including the title “Namárië,” Galadriel’s lament.
Quenya is sometimes incorrectly treated as simply “the Elvish language,” as though Tolkien created only one. He developed several Elvish tongues, and Sindarin is generally the more commonly spoken Elvish language in the Third Age. Quenya is the name of one specific language, not the name of every Elvish speech form.