Cirth

fictional script from J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium
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Cirth
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Cirth

Summary

Cirth is a fictional writing system[1]. Cirth draws 839 Wikipedia views per month (fictional_writing_system category, ranking #2 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cirth is the creator of J. R. R. Tolkien[3].
  • Cirth's instance of is recorded as fictional writing system[4].
  • Cirth's instance of is recorded as constructed writing system[5].
  • Cirth's instance of is recorded as unicase alphabet[6].
  • Cirth's instance of is recorded as alphabet[7].
  • runic script is named after Cirth[8].
  • Cirth is part of Tengwar and Cirth[9].
  • Cirth's Commons category is recorded as Cirth[10].
  • Cirth's language of work or name is recorded as Khuzdûl[11].
  • Cirth's language of work or name is recorded as Sindarin[12].
  • Cirth's language of work or name is recorded as Quenya[13].
  • Cirth's language of work or name is recorded as Westron[14].
  • Cirth's language of work or name is recorded as English[15].
  • 1930 marks the founding of Cirth[16].
  • Cirth's described at URL is recorded as https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Cirth[17].
  • Cirth's from narrative universe is recorded as Tolkien's legendarium[18].
  • Cirth's script directionality is recorded as left-to-right[19].
  • Cirth's present in work is recorded as The Silmarillion[20].
  • Cirth's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Cirth'}[21].
  • Cirth's name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'cirth'}[22].
  • Cirth's Unicode range is recorded as U+E080-E0FF[23].

Body

Geography

Cirth is part of Tengwar and Cirth[9].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include fictional writing system[4], constructed writing system[5], unicase alphabet[6], and alphabet[7].

History and Context

1930 marks the founding of Cirth[16]. runic script is named after Cirth[8].

Why It Matters

Cirth draws 839 Wikipedia views per month (fictional_writing_system category, ranking #2 of 6).[2] Cirth has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] Cirth is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . worldswritingsystems.org. worldswritingsystems.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · VGMaintenanceBot bot · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Creator → J. R. R. Tolkien
    From narrative universe → Tolkien's legendarium
    Language of work or name → Khuzdûl, Sindarin, Quenya +2
    Present in work → The Silmarillion
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ [[Property:P9675]]: 1743, Add qualifier to Tolkien Gateway ID `Cirth`"
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