The Elvish Linguistic Fellowship (E.L.F.) is an organization devoted to the scholarly study of the invented languages of J.R.R. Tolkien, headed by Carl F. Hostetter. It was founded in 1988 as a Special Interest Group of the Mythopoeic Society. The E.L.F. publishes two print journals, Vinyar Tengwar, edited by Hostetter, and Parma Eldalamberon, edited by Christopher Gilson; an online journal, Tengwestië, edited by Hostetter and Patrick H. Wynne, also sponsoring the Lambengolmor mailing list.