Tengwar

Tengwar
The word "Tengwar" written using the Tengwar script in the Quenya mode
Script type
Alternative
abugida or alphabet according to the "mode"
CreatorJ. R. R. Tolkien
Time period
1930s–present
DirectionLeft-to-right Edit this on Wikidata
Languagesa number of Tolkien's constructed languages, Quenya and Sindarin, English
Related scripts
Parent systems
Sarati
  • Tengwar
ISO 15924
ISO 15924Teng (290), ​Tengwar
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First article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in English, written with a spelling-based pointed mode of Tengwar. The first three lines: "All human beings are / born free and equal / in dignity and rights. /..."

The Tengwar (/ˈtɛŋɡwɑːr/) script is an artificial script, one of several scripts created by J. R. R. Tolkien, the author of The Lord of the Rings. Within the context of Tolkien's fictional world, the Tengwar were invented by the Elf Fëanor, and used first to write the Elvish languages Quenya and Telerin. Later a great number of Tolkien's constructed languages were written using the Tengwar, including Sindarin. Tolkien used Tengwar to write English: most of Tolkien's Tengwar samples are actually in English.


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