ᚠᚢᚦᚩᚱᚳ: ᚫᛝᛚᚩ-ᛋᚫᛉᛇᚾ᛫ᚱᚣᚾᛁᚳ᛫ᚳᛁᛁᛒᚩᚱᛞ

Futhorc: Anglo-Saxon runic keyboard

Harys Dalvi | ᚻᚪᚱᛁᛋ ᛞᚪᛚᚠᛁ

ᚻᚪᚹ᛫ᛏᚣ᛫ᚱᛡᛏ᛫ᛁᚾ᛫ᚱᚣᚾᛋ

How to Write in Runes

First of all, forget everything you know about English spelling. My system of Runic spelling is (mostly) phonetic, unlike J. R. R. Tolkien's system, which mostly substitutes the non-phonetic English spelling system letter by letter. There are a few exceptions to this phonetic system, which I will explain later. First, here is a basic guide to writing modern English in my system of runes. I have included the sounds of American English as I speak it in IPA (the international phonetic alphabet), plus an example of this sound in a word, and finally the rune to represent that sound. I start with pure vowels, then diphthongs, and finally consonants. There is no distinction for vowel length.

You may have noticed that some runes stand for more than one sound. There are a few other possible ambiguities. Here are some rules to clear that up.

1. Apostrophes and punctuation are used just like in standard English.
2. /i/ at the end of a word or before an apostrophe is simply ᛁ. So you have we'll/ᚹᛁ'ᛚ, will/ᚹᛁᛚ, wheel/ᚹᛁᛁᛚ. This applies to morphemes too: you have any/ᛖᚾᛁ, anything/ᛖᚾᛁᚦᛁᛝ. Also note that ᛁᛁ may represent /iɪ/ as in being/ᛒᛁᛁᛝ.
3. If there is ambiguity between /f/ and /v/, use ᚠᚠ for /f/ and ᚠ for /v/. So you have live/ᛚᛁᚠ, leave/ᛚᛁᛁᚠ, leaf/ᛚᛁᛁᚠᚠ, lives/ᛚᛁᚠᛋ, leaves/ᛚᛁᛁᚠᛋ. Note that rules apply in the order they are listed here in case of a conflict.
4. There is similar ambiguity clarification as above for /s/ (ᛋᛋ) and /z/ (ᛋ), So you have ones/ᚹᚢᚾᛋ, once/ᚹᚢᚾᛋᛋ
5. "No" is spelled ᚾᚩ and "know" is spelled ᚾᚩᚹ.
6. Words which use "tr" for /tʃɹ/ in standard English are spelled with ᛏᚱ, not ᚳᚻᚱ. Similar for "dr"/ᛞᚱ and /dʒɹ/; "x"/ᛉ and /ks/. So you have truck/ᛏᚱᚢᚳ, draw/ᛞᚱᛟ, tax/ᛏᚫᛉ, racks/ᚱᚫᚳᛋ.
7. Word-final /ə/ is written ᚪ. So you have comma/ᚳᛟᛗᚪ (not ᚳᛟᛗᛇ), vanilla/ᚠᛇᚾᛁᛚᚪ.
8. Syllabic consonants are spelled with ᛇ before the consonant. So you have bottle/ᛒᛟᛏᛇᛚ.
9. ᛋ and ᛏ are optionally written together as the ligature ᛥ as in stone/ᛥᚩᚾ.
10. The name of this alphabet is written ᚠᚢᚦᚩᚱᚳ, but pronounced /fuθork/ like "FOO-thork" as if it were spelled ᚠᚣᚦᚩᚱᚳ.

ᛋᚫᛗᛈᛇᛚ᛫ᚠᚱᛟᛗ᛫ᚹᛁᛚᛄᛇᛗ᛫ᛋᚻᛠᚳᛋᛈᛁᛁᚱ

Sample from William Shakespeare

ᛏᚣ᛫ᛒᛁ, ᚪᚱ᛫ᚾᛟᛏ᛫ᛏᚣ᛫ᛒᛁ, ᚦᚫᛏ᛫ᛁᛋ᛫ᚦᛇ᛫ᚳᚹᛖᛋᚳᚻᛇᚾ:
ᚹᛖᚦᛇᚱ᛫'ᛏᛁᛋ᛫ᚾᚩᛒᛚᛇᚱ᛫ᛁᚾ᛫ᚦᛇ᛫ᛗᛡᚾᛞ᛫ᛏᚣ᛫ᛋᚢᚠᛇᚱ
ᚦᛇ᛫ᛋᛚᛁᛝᛋ᛫ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᚫᚱᚩᛋ᛫ᛟᚠ᛫ᚪᚹᛏᚱᛠᚷᚻᛇᛋ᛫ᚠᚩᚱᚳᚻᛇᚾ,
ᚪᚱ᛫ᛏᚣ᛫ᛏᛠᚳ᛫ᚪᚱᛗᛋ᛫ᛇᚷᛖᚾᛥ᛫ᛇ᛫ᛋᛁ᛫ᛟᚠ᛫ᛏᚱᚢᛒᛇᛚᛋ,
ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᛒᛡ᛫ᛇᛈᚩᛋᛁᛝ᛫ᛖᚾᛞ᛫ᚦᛖᛗ: ᛏᚣ᛫ᛞᛡ, ᛏᚣ᛫ᛋᛚᛁᛁᛈ
ᚾᚩ᛫ᛗᚩᚱ; ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᛒᛡ᛫ᛇ᛫ᛋᛚᛁᛁᛈ, ᛏᚣ᛫ᛋᛠ᛫ᚹᛁ᛫ᛖᚾᛞ
ᚦᛇ᛫ᚻᚪᚱᛏ-ᛠᚳ, ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᚦᛇ᛫ᚦᚪᚹᛋᛇᚾᛞ᛫ᚾᚫᚳᚻᛇᚱᛇᛚ᛫ᛋᚻᛟᚳᛋ
ᚦᚫᛏ᛫ᚠᛚᛖᛋᚻ᛫ᛁᛋ᛫ᛠᚱ᛫ᛏᚣ? 'ᛏᛁᛋ᛫ᛇ᛫ᚳᛟᚾᛋᛇᛗᛠᛋᚻᛇᚾ
ᛞᛇᚠᚪᚹᛏᛚᛁ᛫ᛏᚣ᛫ᛒᛁ᛫ᚹᛁᛋᚻᛞ. ᛏᚣ᛫ᛞᛡ, ᛏᚣ᛫ᛋᛚᛁᛁᛈ,
ᛏᚣ᛫ᛋᛚᛁᛁᛈ, ᛈᛇᚱᚳᚫᚾᛋ᛫ᛏᚣ᛫ᛞᚱᛁᛁᛗ; ᛡ, ᚦᛠᚱ'ᛋ᛫ᚦᛇ᛫ᚱᚢᛒ,
ᚠᚪᚱ᛫ᛁᚾ᛫ᚦᚫᛏ᛫ᛋᛚᛁᛁᛈ᛫ᛟᚠ᛫ᛞᛖᚦ᛫ᚹᚢᛏ᛫ᛞᚱᛁᛁᛗᛋ᛫ᛗᛠ᛫ᚳᚢᛗ,
ᚹᛖᚾ᛫ᚹᛁ᛫ᚻᚫᚠ᛫ᛋᚻᚢᚠᛇᛚᛞ᛫ᛟᚠᚠ᛫ᚦᛁᛋ᛫ᛗᚪᚱᛏᛇᛚ᛫ᚳᚩᛁᛚ,
ᛗᚢᛥ᛫ᚷᛁᚠ᛫ᚢᛋ᛫ᛈᛟᛋ.

ᛋᚫᛗᛈᛇᛚ᛫ᚠᚱᛟᛗ᛫ᛖᛗᚪ᛫ᛚᚫᛋᛇᚱᛇᛋ

Sample from Emma Lazarus

“ᚳᛁᛁᛈ, ᛠᚾᛋᚻᛇᚾᛏ᛫ᛚᚫᚾᛞᛋ, ᛄᚩᚱ᛫ᛥᚩᚱᛁᛞ᛫ᛈᛟᛗᛈ!” ᚳᚱᛡᛋ᛫ᛋᚻᛁ
ᚹᛁᚦ᛫ᛋᛡᛚᛇᚾᛏ᛫ᛚᛁᛈᛋ. “ᚷᛁᚠ᛫ᛗᛁ᛫ᛄᚩᚱ᛫ᛏᛡᛇᚱᛞ, ᛄᚩᚱ᛫ᛈᚣᚱ,
ᛄᚩᚱ᛫ᚻᚢᛞᛇᛚᛞ᛫ᛗᚫᛋᛇᛋ᛫ᛄᛇᚱᚾᛁᛝ᛫ᛏᚣ᛫ᛒᚱᛁᛁᚦ᛫ᚠᚱᛁ,
ᚦᛇ᛫ᚱᛖᚳᚻᛇᛞ᛫ᚱᛖᚠᛄᚣᛋ᛫ᛟᚠ᛫ᛄᚩᚱ᛫ᛏᛁᛁᛗᛁᛝ᛫ᛋᚻᚪᚱ.
ᛋᛖᚾᛞ᛫ᚦᛁᛁᛋ, ᚦᛇ᛫ᚻᚩᛗᛚᛖᛋ, ᛏᛖᛗᛈᛖᛥ-ᛏᛟᛋᛏ᛫ᛏᚣ᛫ᛗᛁ,
ᛡ᛫ᛚᛁᚠᛏ᛫ᛗᛡ᛫ᛚᚫᛗᛈ᛫ᛒᛇᛋᛡᛞ᛫ᚦᛇ᛫ᚷᚩᛚᛞᛇᚾ᛫ᛞᚩᚱ!”

ᛗᛡ᛫ᛗᛟᛞᛇᚱᚾ᛫ᛁᛝᛚᛁᛋᚻ᛫ᚱᚣᚾ᛫ᚾᛠᛗᛋ

My Modern English Rune Names