Elvish writing - phonetic mode for English

Introduction | Tengwar | Tehtar

This table shows how to use the Tengwar to represent consonants. I also show the name of each letter.

	I	II	III	IV
1	t as in time tinco	p as in pass parma	ch as in chill calma	k as in can quesse
2	d as in do ando	b as in bit umbar	j as in just anga	g as in go ungwe
3	th as in think thuule	f as in field formen	sh as in sheet harma	kh as in loch hwesta
4	dh as in then anto	v as in vast ampa	zh as in leisure anca	(not used) unque
5	n as in not nuumen	m as in mind malta	ny as in canyon noldo	ng as in sing nwalme
6	r as in star oore	w as in wild vala	y as in yes anna	qu as in queen vilya

r as in right roomen	rd as in hard arda	l as in light lambe	ld as in told alda
s as in silver silme	s as in silver silme nuquerna	z as in cause aaze	z as in cause aaze nuquerna
h as in hill hyarmen		y as in try yanta	w as in gown uure
"the"	"of"	"of the"

In this mode vala and anna are used for W and Y when used as consonants.
Uure and yanta are used for W and Y when they appear as part of a vowel sound.

war	—	yet	—
gown	—	gay	—

A bar over the tengwa, but under any tehta, should be used for a preceeding N or M that is part of the same syllable.

bond	—	camp	—
tent	—	gamble	—
song	—	somnambulant	—

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