Below is a table containing the Tengwar letters and their Sindarin values:
1) | The long and short carriers are silent letters. They are used in conjunction with vowel symbols. |
Below is a table containing the Tehtar symbols and their Sindarin values:
1) | In Sindarin, the a sound occurs so frequently, that it's symbol (three dots) is often simplified (to look like a circumflex) or if no confusion would occur, eliminated altogether. |
2) | All of the published Sindarin Tengwar inscriptions by Tolkien (that use this mode) have used the acute accent mark for the e sound and the single dot for the i sound, but Tolkien also stated that the reverse could be equally valid. |
3) | Long vowels have the same sound as short vowels, the only difference is the duration of the sound. For example: the short u is as the u in brute, while the long u is as the uu in cool (English pronunciation). |
Below is a table containing the Tengwar letters and their Quenya values:
1) | Technically, anna does not have the value y
when used in the Quenya mode; y is
represented by anna + "following-y" tehta (or |
2) | Although this letter is part of the standard set of additional letters, it is not used for writing Quenya language texts. |
3) | The long and short carriers are silent letters. They are used in conjunction with vowel symbols. |
Below is a table containing the Tehtar symbols and their Quenya values:
1) | In Quenya, the a sound occurs so frequently, that it's symbol (three dots) is often simplified (to look like a circumflex) or if no confusion would occur, eliminated altogether. |
2) | All of the published Quenya Tengwar inscriptions by Tolkien have used the acute accent mark for the e sound and the single dot for the i sound, but Tolkien also stated that the reverse could be equally valid. |
3) | Long vowels have the same sound as short vowels, the only difference is the duration of the sound. For example: the short u is as the u in brute, while the long u is as the uu in cool (English pronunciation). |