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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Cirth canonical 20
Invention of the Cirth 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constructed script ⓘ
fictional writing system ⓘ
adaptedBy Dwarves ⓘ
adaptedFor Khuzdul phonology ⓘ
appearsInWork The Hobbit ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings ⓘ
The Silmarillion ⓘ
contrastedWith Tengwar ⓘ
creator J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
describedInWork The History of Middle-earth ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings Appendix E ⓘ
The Road Goes Ever On ⓘ
designedForMedium carving on stone ⓘ
carving on wood ⓘ
documentationStatus partially standardized by Tolkien's appendices ⓘ
etymologyLanguage Sindarin ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Angerthas Erebor ⓘ
Angerthas Moria ⓘ
inspiredBy historical runic alphabets ⓘ
inUniverseInventor Daeron of Doriath ⓘ
primaryLanguage Sindarin ⓘ
relatedConcept Angerthas ⓘ
scriptType runic script ⓘ
timeOfInventionInLegendarium First Age (in-universe) ⓘ
linked to: First Age
usedByPeople Dwarves of Erebor ⓘ
Dwarves of Moria ⓘ
Men of the West ⓘ
Sindar ⓘ
usedForLanguage English (in adaptations and examples) ⓘ
Khuzdul ⓘ
Sindarin ⓘ
Westron ⓘ
usedInFictionalUniverse Middle-earth ⓘ
usedOnObject Balin's tomb inscription ⓘ
Doors of Durin inscription (in some representations) ⓘ
Maps in The Hobbit ⓘ
writingCategory alphabet ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
writingSystemFamily Tolkienian scripts ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sindarin → writingSystem → Cirth ⓘ
Khuzdul → writingSystem → Cirth ⓘ
Black Speech → scriptUsed → Cirth ⓘ
Dwarves → writingSystem → Cirth ⓘ
Adûni → writingSystem → Cirth ⓘ
Falathrin → writingSystem → Cirth ⓘ
Khazâd → scriptedIn → Cirth ⓘ
Doriathrin → writingSystem → Cirth ⓘ
Daeron → notableWork → Invention of the Cirth ⓘ
linked to: Cirth
Daeron → invented → Cirth ⓘ
Daeron → usedScript → Cirth ⓘ