Writing Finnish in Tengwar

This is meant to be a simple, phonemic tehta mode. Each phoneme in Finnish has been assigned its own tengwa or tehta. For the sake of practicality, the foreign /b g f / have been regarded as phonemes, although they are not part of the "core" consonant system.

The following tables list for each phoneme the usual spelling in Finnish orthography, the pronunciation using IPA symbols, and the chosen Feanorian symbol. The pronunciation information is from the site Phonetics of Finnish.

Vowels

Spelling	Pronunciation	Symbol
a	[]
e	between [e] and []
i	[i]
o	between [o] and []
u	[u]
y	[y]
ä	[æ]
ö	between [ø] and []

Consonants

Spelling	Pronunciation	Symbol
Stops
p	[p]
t	[t]
k	[k]
b	[b]
d	[d]
g	[g]
Fricatives
f	[f]
s	[s]
sh,	[]
Semivowels
h	[h], []
v	[v]
j	[j]
Liquids
l	[l]
r	[r]
Nasals
m	[m]
n	[n]
ng	[]

For other new Tengwar modes (including ones for Finnish), see the section Modern Tengwar Modes in the link page at Amanye Tenceli.

A sample text written in this mode can be found at Tengwar samples.