Early Cirth
Understand what this system was used for. The Early Cirth are the earliest form of Cirth, used by the Sindar elves to write Sindarin.
Early cirth.png Learn the forms of the runes. The Early Cirth were somewhat underdeveloped, with only 19 runes. This makes them easy to learn, but hard to use.
Certhas Daeron
Understand what this form was used for. The Certhas Daeron was an extension and reorganization of the Early Cirth, by the elf Daeron. This was also used to write Sindarin.
Learn the forms of the runes.
Angerthas Daeron/Angerthas Eregion
Understand how this form was used. The Angerthas ("long rune rows") Daeron, also known as the Angerthas Eregion, was used for Sindarin. However, by this time, the Sindar had been introduced to the Tengwar. The Angerthas Daeron was mainly used in places where the Tengwar were inappropriate (such as carvings - the Tengwar had curved shapes, making them harder to carve).
Learn the forms of the runes. The Angerthas Daeron has many more runes than the previous Cirth forms, so it may be a bit trickier to learn.
Angerthas Moria
Understand what this form was used for. The Angerthas Moria was the form used by the dwarves of Khazad-dum (Moria to the Elves). As such, it was adapted to writing the Dwarven language, Khuzdul.
Learn the forms of the runes.
Angerthas Erebor
Understand how this form was used. After the dwarves were driven out of Moria by the Balrog, some of them settled in the Lonely Mountain of Erebor. These dwarves would trade with the humans in the nearby towns of Dale and Esgaroth (Laketown). The Angerthas Erebor was an adaption of the Angerthas Moria that could be used to write Human languages (English) as well as Khuzdul.
Learn the forms of the runes. Note that the runes in red were only used when writing English.
Angerthas erebor diacritics.png Learn the diacritics. The Angerthas Erebor had two diacritics: Circumflex above: turns a consonant into a long or double consonant. Macron below: turns a vowel into a long or double vowel.
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