Tengwar for Esperanto

This is a Tengwar mode for writing Esperanto devised by Andrew Cockroft. Tengwar are well suited for this task, as the Esperanto orthography is almost phonetic, as is the case with Tengwar. This means that there is practically a one to one relationship between a tengwa or tehta and a letter of the Esperanto alphabet.

This approach is based off the Tengwar mode for Esperanto published by Eric S. Raymond in 2000, but with the diphthongs changed to be in line with the diphthongs as used in Sindarin mode (as opposed to a combination of Sindarin, Quenya, and Beleriand modes).

Notable features

The vowel diacritics (tehtar) are written over the consonant which follows them. If vowels appear at the end of a word, the diacritics are written over the vowel carrier (as in the table). The diphthongs are always stand-alone.
The y shaped 'r' is used before vowels. The n shaped 'r' is used before consonants and at the end of words.
Either of the 's' or 'z' variants can be used. The descending variants are more suited to carrying a vowel diacritic.

Tengwar Alphabet for Esperanto

Download an alphabet chart for Tengwar Alphabet for Esperanto (Excel)

Sample text

Sample text in Tengwar for Esperanto

Transliteration

Ĉiuj homoj estas denaske liberaj kaj egalaj laŭ digno kaj rajtoj. Ili posedas racion kaj konsciencon, kaj devus konduti unu la alian en spirito de frateco.

Translation

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

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