Post #2693348
2026-04-15 19:21 UTC
@jeroen94704@fosstodon.org ...OH! Sorry, I thought I was replying to the person with the other quotation. That's a whole different question!!
I built yours from Tolkien's own handwritten Quenya, with more research, for maximal accuracy.
The previous post is my personal handwriting, which is much looser.
Gimme a minute :)
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@alexglow@chaos.social 2026-04-15 20:24
@jeroen94704@fosstodon.org Alright, so, how to read Elvish in general is a big question: there are *many* versions, for various languages, and Tolkien himself wrote it differently over time. This chart shows a few different sets of consonants: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tengwar_modi2_EN.svg This mode is an abjad: roughlyyyy, each syllable is written as a consonant/cluster, with the following vowel written above as a diacritic. I'd recommend learning the vowel signs, grabbing that chart, and sitting down with a known text. (Cont'd)