Please note these exceptions to the chart:

tengwa	what the tengwa actually represents	what's in the chart above
·	:	, (comma)
~	begins and ends a paragraph	` (grave accent)
	opening quotation mark	' (apostrophe)
	for vowels without preceding consonants	q

   Instructions

Vowels are always above their preceding consonants. For example, kasi in tengwar is . As you can see, a () is above k (). Similarly, i is above s.

However, some words begin with vowels. If a vowel does not have a preceding consonant, a separate line (resembling an undotted i) is used. For example, akesi in tengwar is .

The letter n is written differently depending on how it is used in a word. If the n is at the end of a syllable (e.g., tenpo, sitelen, and anpa) rather than at the beginning (e.g., nimi, noka, and pona), use a special n marker above the previous consonant. For example, here are the words tenpo, sitelen, and anpa:

For sentences, :must be placed at the beginning and end of the sentence. For questions or exclamations, add their symbols next to the final : of the sentence. For example, of the three sentences below, the first is a typical sentence, the second is a question, and the third an exclamation:

 
   Automatic text-to-tengwar conversion

A variety of changes must be made to Toki Pona text to ensure that the text is rendered properly with the TokiTengwar font. For example, en must be changed to qeN. To save you from making these changes, the tool below automates most of these changes.

Type the Toki Pona text that you want to convert into tengwar into the box below. When you're done, hit the Convert button.

   
        Convert

After you hit the Convert button, your edited text will appear below. Copy-paste this text into a word processor, switch its font to TokiTengwar, and the text will be in Toki Pona tengwar.

Your converted text appears here:

Some notes about the converted text:

The convertor automatically assumes you are writing a sentence. If you want to write just a name or a word, remove the periods that appear at the beginning and end of the phrase. The convertor does not distinguish between open and closed quotation marks. If you want to use quotations in your text, you must manually change the opening quotation mark to '. The convertor does not change : (colon) to , (comma). You will have to make this change yourself.