Cwirhald
Cwirhald is yet another alphabet created by the people in Dardaniell,
the fictional world invented by Pieter Rottiers. Cwirhald is a Dardain
word meaning Hand of the king, since it is the writing system introduced
by King Dhincarian himself, though it is believed the actual inventor
of the script was his royal advisor, Waeleryn. The biggest difference
between Cwirhald and most of the ancient scripts is that it is an alphabet
in the true meaning of the word, with separate vowel signs instead of
diacritics.
Cwirhald alphabet
Hard consonants: plosives and fricatives
Like Sadhain, Cwirhald uses only four basic forms to cover this
section of the alphabet.
Soft consonants: sonorants
Sonorants are those consonants that are voiced and can never be
made voiceless, and that can be produced continuously at the same pitch.
In Cwirhald these are separated in four subgroups: nasals (m, n and ŋ),
liquids (l and r), semi-vowels (j and w) and the h.
Vowels
Punctuation
Sample text
Transliteration
run’derion saran hwi shaiar in hornilen hwi ddarcharar nasil simoriat.
Tharen hanwil hwi chinsen danwil noriat, hwi ‘hare in sinhir bhfariddinain
dthar araliniar dturoriat.
Translation
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They
are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another
in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
If you have any questions about the Cwirhald alphabet, you can contact
Pieter Rottiers at: