The most notable characteristic of the Tengwar script is that the shapes of the letters correspond to the distinctive features of the sounds they represent. The Quenya consonant system has five places of articulation: labial, dental, palatal, velar, and glottal. The velars distinguish between plain and labialized (that is, articulated with rounded lips, or followed by a sound). Each point of articulation, and the corresponding tengwa series, has a name in the classical Quenya mode. Dental sounds are called Tincotéma and are represented with the Tengwar in column I. Labial sounds are called Parmatéma, and represented by the column II Tengwar; velar sounds are called Calmatéma, represented by column III; and labialized velar sounds are called Quessetéma, represented by the Tengwar of column IV. Palatal sounds are called Tyelpetéma and have no tengwa series of their own, but are represented by column III letters with an added diacritic for following .
the most notable characteristic of the tengwar script is that the shapes of the letters correspond to the distinctive features of the sounds they represent the quenya consonant system has five places of articulation labial dental palatal velar and glottal the velars distinguish between plain and labialized (that is articulated with rounded lips or followed by a sound) each point of articulation and the corresponding tengwa series has a name in the classical quenya mode dental sounds are called tincotéma and are represented with the tengwar in column i labial sounds are called parmatéma and represented by the column ii tengwar; velar sounds are called calmatéma represented by column iii; and labialized velar sounds are called quessetéma represented by the tengwar of column iv palatal sounds are called tyelpetéma and have no tengwa series of their own but are represented by column iii letters with an added diacritic for following 