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How to write Sindarin and Quenya in Cirth?   Message List  
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According to the appendix, Cirth was originally invented to write
Sindarin. Yet the table doen't seem to provide all the sounds that
occur in Sindarin, such as the vowel 'y' or the dipthongs. What all the
values of these sounds? And is it possible write Quenya in Cirth?
Tue Dec 26, 2006 4:07 am

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According to the appendix, Cirth was originally invented to write Sindarin. Yet the table doen't seem to provide all the sounds that occur in Sindarin, such as... 		i_aran_elenion
Offline Send Email 		Dec 26, 2006
4:07 am

... What do you mean? What sounds? I think they are all there. Y is number 45 And yes, some sounds exist in Quenya, I guess that usage was used in Eregion...
elfiness
Offline Send Email 		Dec 27, 2006
7:02 pm

... How to write Sindarin is really no mystery if you read Appendix E carefully. Only remember that what is usually transcribed _ch_ in Sindarin is transcribed...
Melroch 'Aestan
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12:46 pm

Thanks, Melroch. A few questions. So. The diphthongs. They are written as in they are written in alphabet, seperately, unlike in tengwar mode in which they use...
i_aran_elenion
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1:35 pm

... Yes probably. In the Book of Mazarbul facsimile there are a number of extra cirth for English vowel digraphs, but I wouldn't venture into using them for...
Melroch 'Aestan
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2:37 pm

The dots indicate the separate 'sets' of Cirth in the list, they are not part of the letters themselves ... From: i_aran_elenion <ivyofeternity@...> ...
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