Does Biriwilg sound Elvish?

I know this sounds egocentric, but... Just wondering! If not, what does it sound like?

I think "Elbiriwilg" would be a little more Elvish, with the "El-" prefixing it.

Actually, no, the G at the end still makes it look kind of funny...

Oh well. I'm Quenya-illiterate anyway.

It sounds more Hobbit than Elf!

Actually, this is a pretty good Tolkien topic, since he wanted to make elvish languages euphonious.

I was just wondering, because biriwilg is my screen name all over the net. It's actually Aboriginal, I got it out of a book. I've never seen it anywhere since. Thanks!

For some reason Biriwilg just seems orcish to me. Just the g at the ending reminds me of orcs.

Yeah, it does sound ort of orcish...or maybe dwarfish, though they usually have shorter names. Biriwil, without the g, would sound elvish, imho.

all the short "i" sounds make it a very unserious sort of name. Like Periwinkle. That's what made me think of hobbitses.

If you want to go Elvish, try Birithiriel or something like that. What's in a name?

Orcish names should be more gutteral and have more hard consonants!