User:Gilgamesh~enwiktionary/Tengwar Classical Mode

This work-in-progress is a reference for the classical mode of tengwar writing. It is used to write Quenya.

Tables

 * Translit: Transliteration in, especially that used by Tolkien.
 * Dan Smith: Encoding used in Dan Smith's tengwar fonts and copied by the vast majority of other tengwar fonts since made. It is based on the  code page, substituting its tengwar and tehtar for the characters in those ranges.
 * CUR: Encoding based on the proposal for encoding tengwar in the ConScript Unicode Registry at range UxE000-UxE07F. This is more Unicode-friendly, but most fonts do not support it.  A notable exception is.

Ñoldorin differences
These are differences in the Ñoldorin orthography of Quenya, which also applies to Quenya of Middle-earth. These differences spring up after Ñoldorin Quenya phonology begins to differentiate itself from Vanyarin Quenya phonology.

Other sequences
These sequences are theoretically possible in Quenya, but they either aren't attested or are poorly attested in official sources. They could also ultimately be impossible because of hitherto undocumented exceptions. But based on the rules of spelling Quenya in tengwar, these are how they would be spelled. In any event, any of these sequences can only be used word-internally, and not at the beginning nor end or words.