Hi Plastikdol,
Tolkien invented a new type of runes for the Lord of the Rings which we usually call cirth (pronounced "kurth") or angerthas or Dwarvish Runes. These look like the other runes. .R.R. Tolkien created many languages throughout his life. He wrote in one of his letters that the tales of Middle-earth (The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarilion) grew from these languages, rather than the languages being created for use in the stories.
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/cirth.htm
Tolkien also created a number of different alphabet to write his languages - he modelled Cirth on Anglo-Saxon and Norse Runes. Its function in his stories is for inscriptions in wood and stone, just as Runes were used in the real world.
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Rig
Here's something interesting: I was just watching Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and there's a part when they're in a cave reading a dwarvish book. I only caught a glimpse of it, but it appears to me that the book was written in the Elder Futhark. I know Tolkien had studied Old Norse and Old English, so this does seam feasible. Did anybody else notice it?Reanna
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