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The '''Sarati''' | {{expansion}} | ||
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[[File:Sarati - The Two Trees.png|250px|thumb|right|''Valar empannen Aldaru / mi kon-alkorin / ar sealálan táro / ar sílankálan ve laure ve misil.''<br />"The Gods planted the Two Trees / in a blessed garth / and they grow high / and shine like gold like silver".]] | |||
The '''Sarati''', or '''The Alphabet of Rúmil''', was invented by [[Rúmil (elf of Tirion)|Rúmil]] of [[Tirion]] in [[Valinor]]. When [[Fëanor]] created the later [[Tengwar]] script, more ubiquitous both in [[Middle-earth]] and in real life, he modeled it after the Sarati. Unlike the Tengwar and Tolkien's other Elvish alphabet, the [[Cirth]], the Sarati is written from top to bottom, then left to right. Sarati is unusual in that it is legible if written by either hand moving in either direction and can be mirrored. | |||
As in the later Tengwar, each full character represents a consonant, while vowels are represented with diacritics called [[tehtar]]. In the Sarati, vowel signs are written to the left or right of the consonants. According to Tolkien, consonants were considered more salient than vowels, and vowels were considered merely modifiers. When writing Quenya, the sign for "a" is usually omitted, as it is the most common vowel in Quenya. This would technically make the Sarati an [[abugida]] with an inherent vowel of "a". | As in the later Tengwar, each full character represents a consonant, while vowels are represented with diacritics called [[tehtar]]. In the Sarati, vowel signs are written to the left or right of the consonants. According to Tolkien, consonants were considered more salient than vowels, and vowels were considered merely modifiers. When writing Quenya, the sign for "a" is usually omitted, as it is the most common vowel in Quenya. This would technically make the Sarati an [[:Wikipedia:Abugida|abugida]] with an inherent vowel of "a". | ||
Tolkien used the Sarati in one of [[The Diaries of J.R.R. Tolkien|his diaries]].<ref>{{B|III}}, p. 100</ref><ref>[[Måns Björkman]], [http://at.mansbjorkman.net/references.htm ''References''] on Amanye Tenceli (external link)</ref> | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http://at.mansbjorkman.net/sarati.htm Amanye Tenceli -- The Sarati] | * [http://at.mansbjorkman.net/sarati.htm Amanye Tenceli -- The Sarati] | ||
* [http://www.elbisch.info/sarati.html Sarati on Elbisch] (German) | * [http://www.elbisch.info/sarati.html Sarati on Elbisch] (German) | ||
* [http://www.omniglot.com/ | * [http://www.omniglot.com/conscripts/sarati.htm Sarati at Omniglot] | ||
===Modes=== | ===Modes=== | ||
* [http://at.mansbjorkman.net/sarati_quenya.htm Sarati mode for Quenya] | * [http://at.mansbjorkman.net/sarati_quenya.htm Sarati mode for Quenya] | ||
{{references}} | {{references}} | ||
{{languages}} | |||
[[Category:Writing systems]] | [[Category:Writing systems]] | ||
[[Category:Quenya nouns]] | [[Category:Quenya nouns]] | ||
[[fr: | [[de:Sarati]] | ||
[[fr:/langues/ecritures/sarati/sarati-de-rumil]] | |||
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The Sarati, or The Alphabet of Rúmil, was invented by Rúmil of Tirion in Valinor. When Fëanor created the later Tengwar script, more ubiquitous both in Middle-earth and in real life, he modeled it after the Sarati. Unlike the Tengwar and Tolkien's other Elvish alphabet, the Cirth, the Sarati is written from top to bottom, then left to right. Sarati is unusual in that it is legible if written by either hand moving in either direction and can be mirrored.
As in the later Tengwar, each full character represents a consonant, while vowels are represented with diacritics called tehtar. In the Sarati, vowel signs are written to the left or right of the consonants. According to Tolkien, consonants were considered more salient than vowels, and vowels were considered merely modifiers. When writing Quenya, the sign for "a" is usually omitted, as it is the most common vowel in Quenya. This would technically make the Sarati an abugida with an inherent vowel of "a".
Tolkien used the Sarati in one of his diaries.[1][2]
External links[edit | edit source]
Modes[edit | edit source]
References
- ↑ Humphrey Carpenter, J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography, "III. 1917-1925: The making of a mythology", p. 100
- ↑ Måns Björkman, References on Amanye Tenceli (external link)