Essentialist Explanations
Tolkien Languages
Quenya is essentially Finnish as spoken by Elves.
    --Thomas Leigh
Sindarin is essentially Welsh as spoken by Elves.
    --Thomas Leigh
Sindarin is essentially Quenya spoken by Welsh Elves.
    --Matthew Kehrt
Quenya is essentially Latin spoken by Elves.
    --Matthew Kehrt
Quenya is essentially all of Tolkien's "cellar door"s lined up one after another.
    --Benct Philip Jonsson
Dwarvish is essentially Basque as spoken by Dwarves.
    --Thomas Leigh
I disagree with this last statement -- Dwarvish is essentially Hebrew as spoken by dwarves.
    --Renee
Orkish is essentially Klingon as spoken by Orcs.
    --Thomas Leigh
Aelya is essentially Quenya spoken by an Irishman raised in Finland.
    --Clinton Moreland
Cein is essentially Quenya spoken by a Frenchman living in Wales (or a Welshman living in France).
    --Daniel Andreasson
Quenya is essentially a bad copy of Italian.
    --Maurizio M. Gavioli
Orkish is essentially Sumerian as spoken by angry drunks.
    --Alan Kellogg
Elvish is essentially Finnish as spoken by a people who personally remember the Pleistocene.
    --Alan Kellogg
个人喜欢第三个和倒数第三个梗：
"Sindarin is essentially Quenya spoken by Welsh Elves."
与其说 Sindarin 的启发自 Welsh 的语言，的确不如说是由威尔斯人说出来的 Quenya
"Quenya is essentially a bad copy of Italian."
我要说：Sindarin is essentially a bad mixture of Spanish and Welsh

呵呵，这些说法倒是有趣，只不过对初学者是不是会有点误导？

只要一开始学就不会被误导，而且上面讲得虽然讽刺，也不见得是误导