DougEwell2@cs.com writes:
[...]
> Even Tengwar and Cirth, although created to support languages introduced in
> works of fiction, were invented according to some of the same principles that
> guide the creation of so-called "real" scripts.
To be utterly pedantic about the whole thing, Tolkien created his
fictional mythology around the languages spoken and written forms, not
vice versa.
-tree
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