Avo *gesto a thrastad; tôl allen

English: Don't look for trouble; it comes to you

Literal Translation: don't search for troubling; it comes to you (formal)

Guide for Adding Punctuation to the Tengwar and Cirth

Cirth, used for Woodelven and Doriathren Sindarin:
c4ð Rb#ð c 0@c#c9 8òa c:b,

Tengwar the Mode of Beleriand, used for Exilic Sindarin:
]rh sl81h ] 37]81]2 = 1hFj ]jjl6

Tengwar with vowel-tehtar, used for Quenya, Gondorian-Sindarin, Adúnaic, and Black Speech:
rE`N xiR1`N `C 37iE12# = 1~Nj jE¸5$

Pronunciation Guides

• Language(s):
  • Exilic Sindarin

    This dialect of Sindarin is spoken by the Noldorin exiles and their students. In Middle-earth in the 2nd and 3rd ages, they were most often found west of the Misty Mountains.

  • Gondorian Sindarin

    This dialect of Sindarin was spoken by the Gondorians. It has many grammatical and pronunciation differences from the other dialects, because Sindarin is spoken as a second language there.

  • Woodelven Sindarin

    This dialect of Sindarin was originally spoken in south-eastern Beleriand – Lindon and Ossiriand. The survivors moved to Mirkwood and Lothlórien, joining their Nandorin cousins. The Nandor adopted this dialect of Sindarin.

• Phrasebook Chapter(s): Advice

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