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Not my OC, but a great resource. This is for the Quenya mode of Tolkien' s elvish language. The vowels go above or below the consonants, dependent on the letters around it. You can clearly see this lettering on the ring, albeit in much fancier script.
The text reads
"Ash nazg durbatulûk,
Ash nazg gimbatul,
Ash nazg thrakatulûk,
Agh burzum-ishi krimpatul."
This translates to four of the last five lines of Tolkien's poem,
"One ring to rule them all,
One ring to find them,
One ring to bring them all
And on the darkness, bind them."
Warg tax
DarthZerma
thomar524
YoungGandalf
PeterMerkin
phantomgallery
no i didnt want to but now i can fuck with people
Dontdeprivemeofmydelusion
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Scarletspider71
yourmotherandIthinkyoushouldmoveout
MasonTice
TheVoicesinMyHeadSingShowtunes
Mari89
I used to be able to read and write elvish.
GeorgeLever
Of all the examples of elvish you pick the piece of black speech that Gandalf was chided for saying in a haven of solace and light
ResearchByJoe
In grade school my group had a private lexicon of like 50 made up words. Administration thought we were a gang, somehow
mrfloris
Saw the first post and thought. Oh. A post about the Zodiac
GHOST101010101
lordski
lucky141
So you can read doctor handwriting?
TxDragnier
The language of the Yiddish Elvis??
Pizzathehutman
skeletophilia
deechill
ShittyPeopleAnonymous
No
Dopplerfart
This looks like the Georgian alphabet
Belshezzar
So, how would one write diphthongs? Or aren't there any in Elvish?
Qethsegol
Now do Klingon!
PreciousPotato
Hey, I was looking for this guide just yesterday. To write stuff while I'm bored at work. Wished they'd let me knit there.
ashtonn4
Pretty sure this is what i followed when i made my elvish tattoo... but still too worried to post it in case i screwed up...i do love it tho
j4yr0u93
Don't talk to me until you master black speech.
IFixGuitars
I mean, the inscription is black speech, just on the Quenya mode. It's a start
yourabigguy
I know what "woke" and "finna" means. Does that count?
PhailRaptor
This has been debunked numerous times. There is no direct letter-for-letter translation from Elvish to English. English is symbolic. ->
gandraw
Partially true. Just translate the english word to phonetics. Writing "cow" in elvish would be "kaw".
gaidinbdj
On top of that, this is just writing English words with the Tengwar alphabet. It's like using Morse code.
PhailRaptor
-> Elvish is phonetic. They don't equate that way.
TheGreatAku
If only there were a way to denote a symbol for certain phonetic syllables
kalgashir
This would be writing in tengwar. Tengwar=script, quenya/sindarin=language. *pushes glasses up nose*
kalgashir
the website Council of Elrond is a great resource for the language.
Aeneathor
But I was never sure what differences Cirth and Tengwar have?
kalgashir
Cirth is the dwarvish script (the one that looks like runes), tengwar the elvish (like on the ring). Cirth is basically plagarised norse -
kalgashir
- while tengwar characters aim to be a symbolic representation of where in the mouth each consonant is articulated. In fact, what sounds -
kalgashir
- each character of tengwar represent is actually dependant on the language its representing!
Wabbadabba
We used elvish in HS (in the most crude way) to pass notes (I had a cipher in my backpack). We got caught one day by the one teacher (1/2)
Wabbadabba
Who knew what it was. Couldn't read it, but made us read it, and if he didn't believe us he said he'd look up the translation
Tigergurke
Me and a friend learned Braille and later a rune alphabet to write notes in school. No teacher complained.
Crimpwithyourthumb
I would have made him look up the translation out of principle
iLikeToRubMyToastsTogetherAndMakeAFireSandwich
So what did you guys write?
Improbabilitydrive42
We used runes. worked well enough.
Wabbadabba
Dwarvish?
Improbabilitydrive42
No, celtic I tried to link it, but I can't.
BenPierce1998419
So what did it say
Wabbadabba
Oh it was just some gossip bs
scarescapez
go on ...
doesntmatter
"Radagast blew Boromir behind the gym yesterday"
Wabbadabba
I legit dont remember. Just remember the event