Tolkien's Elvish: A dead language?

[Lothiel]

So, what do you all think?

I've read a ton of stuff where people say that Tolkien's Elvish is truly a dead language, and won't be revived (either in spoken or written form), places that say they are very popular languages (even though they're fictional), and everything in between.

Personally, I think they're alive. People use them and are learning to speak them. Granted, they are probably more "dead" than languages like English, but I think Elvish could make a "comeback," so to speak... lol

[Elessar]

Well, I think with the films out, there will be whole new generations of Tolkien fans who want to learn about the languages. Probably as the years go on, "popular" interest in it will decline, but there will still be many people who are practiced in it and many more who are learning it.

[Tishamet]

I don't think it's necessarily dead, but I don't think it was ever necessarily alive either. I think it's still in its infancy. People will continue to learn it now, and more and more people willl...it's gonna be the next english! ;D Okay, maybe not that much, but wouldn't that be awesome?

[Lothiel]

Yes, it would be very cool if Elvish became widely used...