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'''Angerthas Daeron''' ([[Sindarin|S]]. 'Daeron's Runes') was an extension of the [[Certhas Daeron]]which was used by the [[Elves]] to represent [[Sindarin]]. [[Angerthas Moria]] was the other classical form used by the [[Dwarves]].
{{font|[http://www.acondia.com/fonts/cirth/ Cirth Erebor] by [[Dan Smith]]}}


[[Appendix E]] does not make clear who and when devised the script called "Angerthas Daeron".  
'''Angerthas Daeron''' ([[Sindarin|S]]. 'Daeron's Runes') was the full extension of the [[Certhas Daeron]] which was used by the [[Elves]] of [[Eregion]] to represent [[Sindarin]] and other languages. The [[Noldor]] made use of the [[cirth]] and made a name for them in [[Quenya]], ''[[Certar]]''.  


[[Robert Foster]] in ''[[The Complete Guide to Middle-earth]]'' identifies "Angerthas Daeron" with the script of the Noldor of Eregion, from which the Dwarves created Angerthas Moria.
The [[Dwarves]] of [[Moria]] adapted this system to [[Angerthas Moria]].
==Structure==
Angerthas was called like that because they extended the Certhas of Daeron and added several more cirth. The adding of 2 whole new rows (CH-row and QU-row) was attributed to them.  


[[Jim Allan]] in ''[[An Introduction to Elvish]]'' interprets it that Angerthas Daeron was a modification by Daeron on his alphabet in the First Age, and uses the original term "Angerthas Eregion" for the script of the Noldor of the [[Second Age]].
The addition of these caused the following: a new certh for ''h'' to replace the previous certh <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">#</em> which became ''ch''. This certh was preferred for ''ch'' because its shape seemed to be between the shapes of the T and K cirth (<em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">8</em> T + <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">e</em> K > <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">#</em> CH), to represent how the ''ch'' sound also (phonologically) exist between ''t'' and ''c''. There was also a new certh for ''nd'', which as Tolkien notes, its form wasn’t much related to the dental cirth.


[[category:Writing systems]]
Some of the new letters were used for sounds of Quenya (and other tongues) not found in Sindarin. In that stage, the Angerthas reached its fullest extent, but for most forms of writing other than carving, the Tengwar were used.
 
== Table ==
{| border="1"
| <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">1</em>
| p
| <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">8</em>
| t
| <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">#</em><ref>This certh was used for ''h'', but was chosen for ''ch'', as it occurred phonologically between sounds ''t'' and ''c'', and its shape looked intermediate between the Cirth <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">8</em> and <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">e</em>. Not to be confused with Sindarin ''ch''!</ref>
| ch
| <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">e</em>
| c
| <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">i</em><ref>Since it represents the labialised sound ''kw'' (also spelled ''qu''), its shape was maybe a mixture of the Cirth <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">8</em> and <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">1</em>.</ref>
| kw
| <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">R</em>
| r
| <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">f</em><ref name="s">Tolkien shows two distinct signs for ''s'' as indifferent. Their exact use can’t be guessed and isn’t obvious like the relation of the tengwar [[Silmë]] and [[Silmë Nuquerna]].</ref>
| s/h
|
|
|-
| <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">2</em>
| b
| <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">9</em>
| d
| <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">$</em>
| j
| <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">r</em>
| g
| <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">o</em>
| gw
| <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">T</em>
| rh
|
|
|
|
|-
| <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">3</em>
| f
| <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">0</em>
| th
| <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">%</em>
| sh
| <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">t</em>
| kh
| <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">p</em>
| chw
| <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">a</em>
| l
| <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">g</em><ref name="s"/>
| h/s
|
|
|-
| <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">4</em>
| v
| <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">!</em>
| dh
| <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">q</em>
| zh
| <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">y</em>
| gh
| <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">Q</em>
| ghw
| <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">s</em>
| lh
|
|
|-
| <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">5</em>
| hw
| <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">@</em>
| n
| <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">w</em>
| nj
| <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">u</em>
| ñ
| <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">W</em>
| ñgw
| <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">d</em>
| ng
| <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">h</em><ref>Tolkien gives the value ''z'' to that letter (in alien systems?), but notes it was ''ss'' when used in Quenya and Sindarin.</ref>
| ss/z
| <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">J</em>
| nd
|-
| <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">6</em>
| m
|
|
|
|
|
|
| <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">E</em>
| ñw
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">7</em>
| mh
|-
| <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">l</em>
| i
| <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">S</em>
| u
| <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">z</em>
| e
| <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">c</em>
| a
| <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">b</em>
| o
| |
|
|-
|
|
| <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">D</em>
| ú
| <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">x</em>
| é
| <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">v</em>
| á
| <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">n</em>
| ó
| <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">.</em><ref>Maybe near that time, this new certh was made for the value of ''h'', similar in shape to the former <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">#</em> (and to the tengwa [[Hyarmen]] <em style="font: normal 1.7em/1.5em 'Tengwar Annatar', 'Tengwar Quenya', 'Tengwar Sindarin', 'Tengwar Formal', 'Tengwar Parmaite', 'Tengwar Elfica';">9</em>).</ref>
| h
|-
|
|
| <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">G</em>
| y
|
|
|
|
| <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">m</em>
| œ
|
|
|-
|
|
| <em style="font-family: 'Cirth Erebor'; font-style: normal;">F</em>
| w
|}
 
== Notes ==
<references/>
==References==
All the above information comes from {{HM|AE}}
 
[[Robert Foster]] in ''[[The Complete Guide to Middle-earth]]'' identifies "Angerthas Daeron" with the script of the [[Noldor]] of [[Eregion]], from which the [[Dwarves]] created [[Angerthas Moria]].
 
[[Jim Allan]] in ''[[An Introduction to Elvish]]'' says the same, but later gives the name "Angerthas Eregion" to their "full expansion". In the chronological table, he uses only the name "Angerthas Eregion" while the previous versions are dubbed "Early Daeron" and "Late Daeron".
 
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Angerthas Daeron (S. 'Daeron's Runes') was the full extension of the Certhas Daeron which was used by the Elves of Eregion to represent Sindarin and other languages. The Noldor made use of the cirth and made a name for them in Quenya, Certar.

The Dwarves of Moria adapted this system to Angerthas Moria.

Structure

Angerthas was called like that because they extended the Certhas of Daeron and added several more cirth. The adding of 2 whole new rows (CH-row and QU-row) was attributed to them.

The addition of these caused the following: a new certh for h to replace the previous certh # which became ch. This certh was preferred for ch because its shape seemed to be between the shapes of the T and K cirth (8 T + e K > # CH), to represent how the ch sound also (phonologically) exist between t and c. There was also a new certh for nd, which as Tolkien notes, its form wasn’t much related to the dental cirth.

Some of the new letters were used for sounds of Quenya (and other tongues) not found in Sindarin. In that stage, the Angerthas reached its fullest extent, but for most forms of writing other than carving, the Tengwar were used.

Table

1 p 8 t #[1] ch e c i[2] kw R r f[3] s/h
2 b 9 d $ j r g o gw T rh
3 f 0 th % sh t kh p chw a l g[3] h/s
4 v ! dh q zh y gh Q ghw s lh
5 hw @ n w nj u ñ W ñgw d ng h[4] ss/z J nd
6 m E ñw
7 mh
l i S u z e c a b o
D ú x é v á n ó .[5] h
G y m œ
F w

Notes

  1. ↑ This certh was used for h, but was chosen for ch, as it occurred phonologically between sounds t and c, and its shape looked intermediate between the Cirth 8 and e. Not to be confused with Sindarin ch!
  2. ↑ Since it represents the labialised sound kw (also spelled qu), its shape was maybe a mixture of the Cirth 8 and 1.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Tolkien shows two distinct signs for s as indifferent. Their exact use can’t be guessed and isn’t obvious like the relation of the tengwar Silmë and Silmë Nuquerna.
  4. ↑ Tolkien gives the value z to that letter (in alien systems?), but notes it was ss when used in Quenya and Sindarin.
  5. ↑ Maybe near that time, this new certh was made for the value of h, similar in shape to the former # (and to the tengwa Hyarmen 9).

References

All the above information comes from J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E

Robert Foster in The Complete Guide to Middle-earth identifies "Angerthas Daeron" with the script of the Noldor of Eregion, from which the Dwarves created Angerthas Moria.

Jim Allan in An Introduction to Elvish says the same, but later gives the name "Angerthas Eregion" to their "full expansion". In the chronological table, he uses only the name "Angerthas Eregion" while the previous versions are dubbed "Early Daeron" and "Late Daeron".

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