Elven Glyphs
How to use:
Each glyph is composed of a consonants followed by a vowel sound. When a sound is isolated, the glyphs from the primary set are used instead. For example, the word for cat, pronunced fublè, will be written with the glyphs for /fʊ/, /b/ and /lɛ/:
fublè
Here the /b/ sound is isolated, without any vowel sound, so the glyph for it comes from the primary set. The others come from the secondary one.Nota Bene: There are a few exceptions where the glyphs don't match with the pronunciation of a word. However, they follow the sound changes noted in the corresponding language article (Common Elvish, High Elvish, Dark Elvish). For example, in common elvish, the word for mood is written as abu and is pronunced /ɑˈmʊ/ but the gyphs used are the ones for /ɑ/ and /bʊ/.
Secondary set for common elvish
Sound | Glyph | Sound | Glyph | Sound | Glyph | Sound | Glyph | Sound | Glyph | Sound | Glyph |
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bɑ | ba |
fɔɪ̯ | fö |
keɪ̯ | kë |
naɪ̯ |
nä |
ɹʊ |
ru |
vo |
vo |
bɛ | bè |
gɑ | ga |
kɔɪ̯ | kö |
neɪ̯ |
në |
ɹaɪ̯ |
rä |
vʊ |
vu |
bɜː | be |
gɛ | gè |
lɑ | la |
nɔɪ̯ |
nö |
ɹeɪ̯ |
rë |
vaɪ̯ |
vä |
bɪ | bì |
gɜː | ge |
lɛ | lè |
pɑ |
pa |
ɹɔɪ̯ |
rö |
veɪ̯ |
vë |
bo | bo |
gɪ | gì |
lɜː | le |
pɛ |
pè |
sɑ |
sa |
vɔɪ̯ |
vö |
bʊ | bu |
go | go |
lɪ | lì |
pɜː | pe |
sɛ | sè |
θɑ | wa |
baɪ̯ | bä |
gʊ | gu |
lo | lo |
pɪ | pì |
sɜː | se |
θɛ | wè |
beɪ̯ | bë |
gaɪ̯ | gä |
lʊ | lu |
po | po |
sɪ | sì |
θɜː | we |
bɔɪ̯ | bö |
geɪ̯ | gë |
laɪ̯ | lä |
pʊ | pu |
so | so |
θɪ | wì |
dɑ | da |
gɔɪ̯ | gö |
leɪ̯ | lë |
paɪ̯ | pä |
sʊ | su |
θo | wo |
dɛ | dè |
ʃɑ | ha |
lɔɪ̯ | lö |
peɪ̯ | pë |
saɪ̯ | sä |
θʊ | wu |
dɜː | de |
ʃɛ | hè |
mɑ | ma |
pɔɪ̯ | pö |
seɪ̯ | së |
θaɪ̯ | wä |
dɪ | dì |
ʃɜː | he |
mɛ | mè |
ŋɑ | qa |
sɔɪ̯ | sö |
θeɪ̯ | wë |
do | do |
ʃɪ | hì |
mɜː | me |
ŋɛ | qè |
tɑ | ta |
θɔɪ̯ | wö |
dʊ | du |
ʃo | ho |
mɪ | mì |
ŋɜː | qe |
tɛ | tè |
zɑ | za |
daɪ̯ | dä |
ʃʊ | hu |
mo | mo |
ŋɪ | qì |
tɜː | te |
zɛ | zè |
deɪ̯ | dë |
ʃaɪ̯ | hä |
mʊ | mu |
ŋo | qo |
tɪ | tì |
zɜː | ze |
dɔɪ̯ | dö |
ʃeɪ̯ | hë |
maɪ̯ | mä |
ŋʊ | qu |
to | to |
zɪ | zì |
fɑ | fa |
ʃɔɪ̯ | hö |
meɪ̯ | më |
ŋaɪ̯ | qä |
tʊ | tu |
zo | zo |
fɛ | fè |
kɑ | ka |
mɔɪ̯ | mö |
ŋeɪ̯ | që |
taɪ̯ | tä |
zʊ | zu |
fɜː | fe |
kɛ | kè |
nɑ | na |
ŋɔɪ̯ | qö |
teɪ̯ | të |
zaɪ̯ | zä |
fɪ | fì |
kɜː | ke |
nɛ | nè |
ɹɑ | ra |
tɔɪ̯ | tö |
zeɪ̯ | zë |
fo | fo |
kɪ | kì |
nɜː | ne |
ɹɛ | rè |
vɑ | va |
zɔɪ̯ | zö |
fʊ | fu |
ko | ko |
nɪ | nì |
ɹɜː | re |
vɛ | vè |
||
faɪ̯ | fä |
kʊ | ku |
no | no |
ɹɪ | rì |
vɜː | ve |
||
feɪ̯ | fë |
kaɪ̯ | kä |
nʊ | nu |
ɹo | ro |
vɪ | vì |
Secondary set for high elvish
The glyphs used are mostly the same as for common elvish but there are a few changes:
- ɜː, bɜː, dɜː, fɜː, gɜː, ʃɜː, kɜː, lɜː, mɜː, nɜː, pɜː, ŋɜː, ɹɜː, sɜː, tɜː, vɜː, θɜː and zɜː glyphs don't exist
- gɑ, gɛ, gɪ, go, gʊ, gaɪ̯, geɪ̯ and gɔɪ̯ glyphs don't exist
- kɑ, kɛ, kɪ, ko, kʊ, kaɪ̯, keɪ̯ and kɔɪ̯ glyphs don't exist
- zɑ, zɛ, zɪ, zo, zʊ, zaɪ̯, zeɪ̯ and zɔɪ̯ glyphs don't exist
- any /ɹ/ sound is pronunced /ʀ/ and any /o/ is pronunced /ɔ/ but the glyphs are the same
- some glyphs are added:
Sound Glyph Sound Glyph Sound Gyph Sound Glyph Sound Glyph be bé
ŋe qé
ʧiː xi
viː vi
ʒɑ ja
de dé
ʀe ré
ʒiː ji
θiː wi
ʒɛ jè
fe fé
se sé
liː li
ʧɑ xa
ʒɪ jì
ʃe hé
te té
miː mi
ʧɛ xè
ʒɔ jo
ʧe xé
ve vé
niː ni
ʧɪ xì
ʒʊ ju
ʒe jé
θe wé
piː pi
ʧɔ xo
ʒaɪ̯ jä
le lé
biː bi
ŋiː qi
ʧʊ xu
ʒeɪ̯ jë
me mé
diː di
ʀiː ri
ʧaɪ̯ xä
ʒɔɪ̯ jö
ne né
fiː fi
siː si
ʧeɪ̯ xë
pe pé
ʃiː hi
tiː ti
ʧɔɪ̯ xö
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