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1462 the return of the king
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G
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R
represents f, except at the end of words, where it is used
to represent the sound of v (as in English of): Nindalf,
Fladrif.
has only the sound of g in give, get: gil ‘star’, in Gildor,
Gilraen, Osgiliath, begins as in English gild.
standing alone with no other consonant has the sound of
h in house, behold. The Quenya combination ht has the
sound of cht, as in German echt, acht: e.g. in the name
Telumehtar ‘Orion’. 1 See also CH, DH, L, R, TH, W, Y.
initially before another vowel has the consonantal sound
of y in you, yore in Sindarin only: as in Ioreth, Iarwain.
See Y.
is used in names drawn from other than Elvish languages,
with the same value as c; kh thus represents the same sound
as ch in Orkish Grishnákh, or Adûnaic (Númenórean)
Adûnakhôr. On Dwarvish (Khuzdul) see note below.
represents more or less the sound of English initial l, asin
let. It was, however, to some degree ‘palatalized’ between
e, i and a consonant, or finally after e, i. (The Eldar would
probably have transcribed English bell, fill as beol, fiol.) LH
represents this sound when voiceless (usually derived from
initial sl-). In (archaic) Quenya this is written hl, but was
in the Third Age usually pronounced as l.
represents ng in finger, except finally where it was sounded
as in English sing. The latter sound also occurred initially
in Quenya, but has been transcribed n (as in Noldo),
according to the pronunciation of the Third Age.
has the same sound as f. It is used (a) where the f-sound
occurs at the end of a word, as in alph ‘swan’; (b) where
the f-sound is related to or derived from a p,asini-Pheriannath
‘the Halflings’ (perian); (c) in the middle of a few
words where it represents a long ff (from pp) asinEphel
‘outer fence’; and (d) in Adûnaic and Westron, as in Ar-
Pharazôn (pharaz ‘gold’).
has been used for cw, a combination very frequent in
Quenya, though it did not occur in Sindarin.
represents a trilled r in all positions; the sound was not lost
1 Usually called in Sindarin Menelvagor (p. 107), Q. Menelmacar.