Younger Futhorc is way to write English based on Anglo-Saxon runes (Futhorc) devised by Nothelm Hurlebatte. One of the main goals when creating this system was to not deviate from runic precedent needlessly like so many other modern runic alphabets do; only two runes have been completely repurposed, no new runes were invented, and no characters were borrowed from outside of Futhorc.
Younger Futhorc
Notes
- Words are spelled stressed. So the adjective learned is spelled ᛚᛖᚱᚾᛖᛞ, not ᛚᛖᚱᚾᛁᛞ.
- Words like pair and sang are spelled like ᛈᚫᚱ and ᛋᚫᛝ so that ᛈᛖᛁᚱ and ᛋᛖᛁᛝ can be payer and saying.
- ᚱ following a vowel often becomes an "r-colored vowel". For example, ᛣᚪᚱ is [kɑɝ] rather than literally being [kɑɹ].
- For non-rhotic kinds of English, ᚱ can indicate vowel length; in Received Pronunciation ᛣᚪᚱ is /kɑː/.
- ᛖ followed by ᚾ, ᛚ, or ᛗ can stand for the syllabic consonants n̩, l̩, or m̩. So fatten is ᚠᚫᛏᛖᚾ.
- ᛉ is only [ks] and [gz] in morphemes. So sax is ᛋᚫᛉ, but sacks is ᛋᚫᛣᛋ. This mimics how the Anglo-Saxons usually used X in their Latin-based alphabet, and how we still use it today.
Download an alphabet chart for Younger Futhorc (Excel)
Sample texts
ᚦᚫᚱ᛬ᚹᛟᚾᛋ᛬ᚹᛟᛋ᛬ᚪ᛬ᛗᚫᚾ᛬ᚠᚱᛟᛗ᛬ᛈᛖᚱᚢ᛬
ᚻᚢ᛬ᛞᚱᛖᛗᛏ᛬ᚻᛠ᛬ᚹᛟᛋ᛬ᛠᛏᛁᛝ᛬ᚻᛁᛋ᛬ᛋᚳᚢ᛬
ᚻᛠ᛬ᚹᚩᛣ᛬ᚹᛁᚦ᛬ᚪ᛬ᚠᚱᚪᛁᛏ᛬ᛁᚾ᛬ᚦᛠ᛬ᛗᛁᛞᛖᛚ᛬ᛟᚠ᛬ᚦᛠ᛬ᚾᚪᛁᛏ᛬
ᛏᚢ᛬ᚠᚪᛁᚾᛞ᛬ᚦᚫᛏ᛬ᚻᛁᛋ᛬ᛞᚱᛠᛗ᛬ᚻᚫᛞ᛬ᛣᛟᛗ᛬ᛏᚱᚢ
Transliteration
There once was a man from Peru
who dreamt he was eating his shoe.
He woke with a fright in the middle of the night
to find that his dream had come true.
ᚻᚹᛖᚾ᛬ᚫᛚᚠᚱᛖᛞ᛬ᚫᚢᚱ᛬ᛣᛁᛝ᛬ᛞᚱᚩᚠ᛬ᚦᛠ᛬ᛞᛖᛁᚾ᛬ᚠᚱᛟᛗ᛬ᚦᛁᛋ᛬ᛚᚫᚾᛞ᛬ᚻᛠ᛬ᛋᛠᛞᛖᛞ᛬ᛖᚾ᛬ᚩᛣ᛬ᚹᛁᚦ᛬ᚻᛁᛋ᛬ᚩᚾ᛬ᛣᛁᛝᛚᛠ᛬ᚻᚫᚾᛞ
Transliteration
When Alfred our king drove the Dane from this land he seeded an oak with his own kingly hand.
More details about Younger Futhorc
https://anglish.miraheze.org/wiki/Younger_Futhorc
Runic scripts
Elder Futhark, Younger Futhork, Medieval (Latinised) Futhark, Dalecarlian Runes, Anglo-Saxon Runes
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