Tengwar for Greek

This is a method for writing Greek using Tolkien's Tengwar Alphabet devised by Stavros Neofotistos and Nikos Neofotistos. It combines the beauty of J.R.R. Tolkien's Tengwar alphabet with the rich linguistic heritage of the Greek language, offering a fresh and intriguing way to write Greek text, based on the Quenya rules.

Notable features

Type of writing system: vocalised abjad
Direction of writing: left to right in horizontal rows
No accentuation is used
Vowels are written with diacritics over (or below, in accordance to the beauty of the calligraphic text) the consonants that precede them. When the vowels are placed at the beginning of a word or on their own, a vowel carrier is used instead of a consonant

Tengwar alphabet for Greek

Download an alphabet chart (Excel)

Primary source for Quenya: Tengwar Handbook.

Sample text

Sample text Tengwar for Greek

Transliteration

Σε γνωρίζω από την κόψη του σπαθιού την τρομερή, σε γνωρίζω από την όψη που με βιά μετράει τη γη. Απ’ τα κόκκαλα βγαλμένη των Ελλήνων τα ιερά, και σαν πρώτα ανδρειωμένη, χαίρε, ώ χαίρε, Eλευθεριά!! .

Translation

I do know thee by the direful cutting edge of the sword, ? do know thee by the stare which in haste paces the earth. Thou camest forth off the sacred bones of the Greeks, and valiant as before, hail, oh hail, Liberty!!
(Hymn to Liberty)

Tengwar pages

Tengwar for Quenya, Sindarin, Arabic, English, Finnish, High Valyrian, Hungarian, Icelandic, Kurdish, Portugese, Scottish Gaelic (1), Scottish Gaelic (2), Spanish, Spanish (Latin American), Turkish, Vietnamese, Welsh

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