Cirth
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Cirth is a runic script devised by J.R.R. Tolkien for his Middle-earth legendarium, primarily used to write the Elvish language Sindarin and other tongues.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
constructed script
ⓘ
fictional writing system ⓘ |
| adaptedBy | Dwarves ⓘ |
| adaptedFor | Khuzdul phonology ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
The Hobbit
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings NERFINISHED ⓘ The Silmarillion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | Tengwar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ |
| describedInWork |
The History of Middle-earth
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings Appendix E NERFINISHED ⓘ The Road Goes Ever On NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedForMedium |
carving on stone
ⓘ
carving on wood ⓘ |
| documentationStatus | partially standardized by Tolkien's appendices ⓘ |
| etymologyLanguage | Sindarin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fandomUsage | used by fans for decorative inscriptions ⓘ |
| feature |
angular letter shapes
ⓘ
distinct signs for consonants and vowels (in later variants) ⓘ |
| genre | fantasy linguistics ⓘ |
| hasNameMeaning | "runes" in Sindarin ⓘ |
| hasTransliterationSystem | Latin alphabet transliteration ⓘ |
| hasUnicodeProposal | proposed encoding for Cirth ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Angerthas Daeron
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Angerthas Erebor NERFINISHED ⓘ Angerthas Moria ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | historical runic alphabets ⓘ |
| inUniverseInventor | Daeron of Doriath NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | Sindarin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedConcept | Angerthas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptType | runic script ⓘ |
| timeOfInventionInLegendarium | First Age (in-universe) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedByPeople |
Dwarves of Erebor
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Dwarves of Moria NERFINISHED ⓘ Men of the West ⓘ Sindar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedForLanguage |
English (in adaptations and examples)
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Khuzdul NERFINISHED ⓘ Sindarin NERFINISHED ⓘ Westron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInFictionalUniverse | Middle-earth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedOnObject |
Balin's tomb inscription
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Doors of Durin inscription (in some representations) ⓘ Maps in The Hobbit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingCategory | alphabet ⓘ |
| writingDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| writingSystemFamily | Tolkienian scripts ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.