Editing Tengwar (section)

{{short description|Fictional script in the fantasy works of J. R. R. Tolkien}}
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{{Infobox writing system
| name      = Tengwar
| sample    = Tengwar.svg
| caption   = The word "Tengwar" written using the Tengwar script in the Quenya mode
| imagesize = 180px
| type      = Alternative
| typedesc  = [[abugida]] or [[alphabet]] according to the "[[Tengwar#Modes|mode]]"
| time      = 1930s–present
| fam1      = [[Sarati]]
| creator   = [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]
| languages = a number of [[Tolkien's constructed languages]], [[Quenya]] and [[Sindarin]], [[English language|English]]
| iso15924  = Teng
}}

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[[File:Tengwar sample.svg|thumb|First article of the [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]] in [[English language|English]], written with a spelling-based pointed mode of ''Tengwar''. The first three lines: "All human beings are / born free and equal / in dignity and rights. /..."]]

The '''Tengwar''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|t|ɛ|ŋ|ɡ|w|ɑː|r}}) script is an [[artificial script]], one of [[Tolkien's scripts|several scripts created]] by [[J. R. R. Tolkien]], the author of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. Within the context of Tolkien's fictional world, the Tengwar were invented by the [[Elf (Middle-earth)|Elf]] [[Fëanor]], and used first to write the Elvish languages [[Quenya]] and [[Telerin]]. Later a great number of [[Tolkien's constructed languages]] were written using the Tengwar, including [[Sindarin]]. Tolkien used Tengwar to write [[English language|English]]: most of Tolkien's Tengwar samples are actually in English.