This project is my attempt at creating a system of Germanic
Runes which is capable of properly transcribing Modern English
(c. 2024 AD). I have used the
Anglo-Saxon Futhorc
as the main base for this runic system, as it was used for
writing a form of Old English. I have also borrowed some
characters from
Younger Futhark
&
Medieval Futhork
to work around
some of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc's phonetic limitations.
The purpose of this project is NOT to simulate what I believe any
variant of the Germanic Runic systems would have naturally
evolved into, had the Latin Alphabet not superceded them in usage;
Rather, I have made this as an artistic exercise, & because
it's FUN.
Unicode | IPA | Name |
---|---|---|
ᚠ | /f/ | Fee |
ᚢ | /u/ | Oure |
ᚦ | /θ/ | Thorn |
ᚩ | /ɔ/ | Oose |
ᚱ | /ɹ/ | Road |
ᚳ | /tʃ/ | Chen |
ᛣ | /k/ | Calc |
ᚷ | /g/ | Gift |
ᚹ | /w/ | Wyn |
ᚻ | /h/, /x/ | Hail |
ᚾ | /n/ | Need |
ᛁ | /ɪ/, /i/ | Ice |
ᛡ / ᛄ | /j/ | Year |
ᛈ | /p/ | Pearth |
ᛉ | /ks/, /z/ used to transliterate Latin letter ⟨X⟩ | Ilx |
ᛋ | /s/, /z/ used like English Alphabet ⟨S⟩ | Sun |
ᚴ | /s/ | Bookhand Sun |
ᚵ | /z/ | Stung Bookhand Sun |
ᛏ | /t/ | Tie |
ᛒ | /b/ | Birch |
ᛖ | /ɛ/ | Ee |
ᛗ | /m/ | Man |
ᛚ | /l/ | Lake |
ᛝ | /ŋ/ | Ing |
ᛟ | /i/ | Eathel |
ᛞ | /d/ | Day |
ᚪ | /ɑ/ | Oak |
ᚫ | /æ/ | Ash |
ᛠ | /ə/ | Er |
ᚤ | /ʊ/ | Stung Oure |
ᚡ | /v/ | Stung Fee |
ᚧ | /ð/ | Stung Thorn |
Note: ⟨⟩ is a viable alternative to ⟨ᛠ⟩ for the purposes of this script.
Unicode | IPA |
---|---|
ᛋᚳ | /ʃ/ |
ᛞᚷ | /dʒ/ |
ᚵᚳ | /ʒ/ |
ᚻᚹ | /ʍ/ |
ᚫᛁ / ᛖᛁ | /eɪ/ |
ᚩᚢ | /oʊ/ |
ᚪᛁ | /aɪ/ |
ᚩᛁ | /ɔɪ/ |
ᚫᚢ | /aʊ/ |
Unicode | Description |
---|---|
᛫ | Word Separator (Mandatory) |
᛫᛫ | Sentence Separator; akin to ⟨.⟩ |
᛫᛫᛫ | Elipses; akin to ⟨…⟩ |
᛬ | akin to ⟨,⟩ or ⟨:⟩ Clause Separator, List Separator, etc. |
! | Exclamation Mark; borrowed from Latin Alphabet |
? | Question Mark; borrowed from Latin Alphabet |