Cirth
Regularly formed cirth
Labial
consonants
Certh
Transliteration p b f v m[i] mh, mb
IPA [p] [b] [f] [v] [m] (S.) [ṽ]
(Q.) [mb]
Dental
consonants
Certh or
Transliteration t d th dh n nd[ii]
IPA [t] [d] [θ] [ð] [n] [nd]
Front
consonants[iii]
Certh
Transliteration ch[iv] j[v] sh[vi] zh nj[vii]
IPA (N.) [cȷ̊] [ɟj] [ç] [ʝ] ɟ[ɲj][ɲɟj]
(V.) [t͡ʃ] [d͡ʒ] [ʃ] [ʒ] [nd͡ʒ]
Velar
consonants
Certh
Transliteration k g kh gh ŋ ng
IPA [k] [ɡ] [x] [ɣ] [ŋ] [ŋɡ]
Labiovelar
consonants
Certh
Transliteration kw[1] gw[2] khw ghw nw[viii] ngw[2]
IPA (Q.) [kʷ] [ɡʷw] [ʍ] [w] [nʷw][ŋʷw] [ŋɡʷw]
Additional cirth
Consonants Certh or
Transliteration r rh l lh s ss or z[ix] h[x]
IPA [r] [r̥] [l] [l̥] [s] [sː] or [z] [h]
Approximants Certh
Transliteration w hw[xi]
IPA [w] [ʍ]
Vowels Certh
Transliteration i, y u e a o
IPA [i], [j] [u] [e] [a] [o]
Long
vowels
Certh or
Transliteration ū ē ā ō
IPA [uː] [eː] [aː] [oː]
Fronted
vowels
Certh or or
Transliteration ü ö
IPA [y] [œ]
  1. ^ Tolkien, J.R.R. (2015-06-12). "The Feanorian Alphabet (Part 1) and Quenya Verb Structure: Qenya Grammar – Spelling and Transcription". Parma Eldalamberon (22): 66. ⟨q⟩ (⟨kw⟩) consists of a lip-rounded followed by a partly unvoiced w-offglide (more marked medially than initially).
  2. ^ a b Tolkien, J.R.R. (2015-06-12). "The Feanorian Alphabet (Part 1) and Quenya Verb Structure: Qenya Grammar – Spelling and Transcription". Parma Eldalamberon (22): 66. ⟨gw⟩ which only occurs in the medial group ⟨ngw⟩ is the voiced counterpart: a lip-rounded ɡ̊ followed by a w-offglide.

Angerthas Moria edit

Labial
consonants
Certh            
Transliteration p b f v m mb
IPA [b] [f] [m] [mb]
Dental
consonants
Certh           or    
Transliteration t d th dh n nd
IPA [t] [d] [n] [nd]
Front
consonants
Certh           or  
Transliteration ch j sh zh nj
IPA [t͡ʃ] [ʃ]
Velar
consonants
Certh            
Transliteration k g kh gh ŋ ng
IPA [k] [ɡ] [ŋɡ]
Labiovelar
consonants
Certh            
Transliteration kw gw khw ghw nw ngw
IPA
Additional
consonants
Certh                
Transliteration r l lh s z h +h
IPA [ʀ] [l] [s] [z] [h] [ʔ] [ʰ]
Approximants Certh        
Transliteration y hy w hw
IPA
Vowels Certh             or     or  
Transliteration i u e a o
IPA [i] [u] [e] [a] [o] [ə] [ʌ]
Long
vowels
Certh         or  
Transliteration ū ē ā ō
IPA [uː] [eː] [aː] [oː]
Fronted
vowels
Certh   or     or  
Transliteration ü ö
IPA
Abbreviations Certh  
Transliteration &
Usage coordinating
conjunction

Mode of Erebor edit

Labial
consonants
Certh              
Transliteration p b f v m mb ps
IPA [b] [f] [m] [mb]
Dental
consonants
Certh           or      
Transliteration t d th dh n nd ts
IPA [t] [d] [n] [nd]
Front
consonants
Certh           or  
Transliteration ch j sh zh nj
IPA [t͡ʃ] [ʃ]
Velar
consonants
Certh     or       or        
Transliteration k g kh gh ŋ ng ks
IPA [k] [ɡ] [ŋɡ]
Labiovelar
consonants
Certh            
Transliteration kw gw khw ghw nw ngw
IPA
Additional
consonants
Certh                
Transliteration r l lh s z h +h
IPA [ʀ] [l] [s] [z] [h] [ʔ] [ʰ]
Approximants Certh        
Transliteration y hy w hw
IPA
Vowels Certh             or     or  
Transliteration i u e a o
IPA [i] [u] [e] [a] [o] [ə] [ʌ]
Long
vowels
Certh         or  
Transliteration ū ē ā ō
IPA [uː] [eː] [aː] [oː]
Fronted
vowels
Certh   or     or  
Transliteration ü ö
IPA
Abbreviations Certh    
Transliteration & þͤ
Usage coordinating
conjunction
definite
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