Write English with Tengwar: A Workbook for English General Use

Want to write like an elf, but not learn a language? Then this book is for you!

Welcome to General Use Tengwar, a mode Tolkien developed for using his Elven letters to write English. He used it to write the text on the title page of The Lord of the Rings, Christmas greetings to friends, and even secret messages to his fans.

After J. R. R. Tolkien's passing, many pieces of his essays and notes on his languages and writing systems were published, as well as some of his gorgeous tengwar manuscripts. Today there is more information to draw on than there ever was before. This workbook contains the latest research and discoveries made about tengwar, including a number system unknown until recently!

This isn't just a book telling you what each symbol stands for; it teaches you to form them correctly and to be able to read what you've written. Furthermore, you'll be learning tengwar not as though it is a code, but like a real-world writing system. The text even describes how to format documents.

Whether you're putting a powerful Elvish inscription on your magnificent sword or writing secret notes in class, this book will show you the way!

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Write English with Tengwar: A Workbook for English General Use

Want to write like an elf, but not learn a language? Then this book is for you!

Welcome to General Use Tengwar, a mode Tolkien developed for using his Elven letters to write English. He used it to write the text on the title page of The Lord of the Rings, Christmas greetings to friends, and even secret messages to his fans.

After J. R. R. Tolkien's passing, many pieces of his essays and notes on his languages and writing systems were published, as well as some of his gorgeous tengwar manuscripts. Today there is more information to draw on than there ever was before. This workbook contains the latest research and discoveries made about tengwar, including a number system unknown until recently!

This isn't just a book telling you what each symbol stands for; it teaches you to form them correctly and to be able to read what you've written. Furthermore, you'll be learning tengwar not as though it is a code, but like a real-world writing system. The text even describes how to format documents.

Whether you're putting a powerful Elvish inscription on your magnificent sword or writing secret notes in class, this book will show you the way!

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Write English with Tengwar: A Workbook for English General Use

Write English with Tengwar: A Workbook for English General Use

by Fiona Albini Jallings
Write English with Tengwar: A Workbook for English General Use

Write English with Tengwar: A Workbook for English General Use

by Fiona Albini Jallings

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Overview

Want to write like an elf, but not learn a language? Then this book is for you!

Welcome to General Use Tengwar, a mode Tolkien developed for using his Elven letters to write English. He used it to write the text on the title page of The Lord of the Rings, Christmas greetings to friends, and even secret messages to his fans.

After J. R. R. Tolkien's passing, many pieces of his essays and notes on his languages and writing systems were published, as well as some of his gorgeous tengwar manuscripts. Today there is more information to draw on than there ever was before. This workbook contains the latest research and discoveries made about tengwar, including a number system unknown until recently!

This isn't just a book telling you what each symbol stands for; it teaches you to form them correctly and to be able to read what you've written. Furthermore, you'll be learning tengwar not as though it is a code, but like a real-world writing system. The text even describes how to format documents.

Whether you're putting a powerful Elvish inscription on your magnificent sword or writing secret notes in class, this book will show you the way!


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781087864150
Publisher: Realelvish.Net
Publication date: 02/02/2020
Series: Write Like an Elf , #1
Pages: 60
Product dimensions: 8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.12(d)

About the Author

Fiona Jallings has a BA in English-Linguistics and a minor in Japanese. She's been studying Tolkien's languages and writing systems since she was 15, when the first Lord of the Rings movie came out. She uses her linguistic knowledge to manage her website, RealElvish.net, which provides free phrasebooks and name translations in a handful of Tolkien's languages.

She lives a quiet nerdy life in North-western Montana with her wife of many years, spending her free time taking photos of wildlife, sewing her own cosplay costumes, and talking to her cat Muior.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • Most Effective Use of This Book
  • Fonts
  • Vocabulary
  • Organization of Consonants
  • The Tengwar Chart
  • The Tehtar
  • Numbers
  • Shorthand Words
  • Capital Letters, Underlining, and Red Ink
  • Punctuation Marks
  • Paragraphs
  • Alphabetic Tengwar Quick Reference Sheet
  • Practice Writing
    • Tyellë 1: Voiceless Stops
    • Vowel Carriers and Vowel A
    • Tyellë 2: Voiced Stops and Vowel E
    • Tyellë 3: Voiceless Fricatives and Vowel I
    • Extended Voiceless Tengwar and Silent E
    • Tyellë 4: Voiced Fricatives and Vowel O
    • Extended Voiced Tengwar
    • Tyellë 5: Nasals and Vowel U
    • Tyellë 6: Approximants and Vowel Y
    • Tyellë 7: More Approximants and Double Vowels AA
    • Tyellë 8: S and Z and Double Vowels EE
    • Tyellë 9: H and WH and Double Vowels OO and UU
    • Digraphs
      • -A Digraphs and Double Consonants
      • -E Digraphs and Nasals + Stops
      • -I/Y Digraphs and the W-Tehta
      • -U/W Digraphs and the S-Tehta


    • Christopher’s Numbers
    • Tolkien’s Numbers
    • Shorthand Words
    • Punctuation Marks
      • Dots
      • Sentences
      • Paragraphs, Verses, and Texts




  • Let’s Put it All Together!
  • Answer Key

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