South Sámi (Åarjelsaemien gïele) South Sámi is a Western Sámi language spoken in parts of Norway and Sweden, particularly in the municipalities of Snåsa and Hattfjelldal in Norway, by about 600 of the 2,000 of so Southern Sámi people. South Sámi as two dialects: northern and southern, with only small differences between them. The South…
h1>Soyombo script Origin The Soyombo script was created in 1686 by Bogdo Zanabazar, a Mongolian monk and scholar who modelled it on the Devanagari alphabet. The Soyombo script was designed to write Mongolian, Sanskrit and Tibetan and for transcribing foreign words. The name means “Self developed Holy Letters” in Sanskrit. It is used…
SpaceKees The SpaceKees alphabet was invented by Kees Commandeur as an alternative alphabet for Dutch and English. He also tried to give the letters a form which felt natural for them, as if the form he made was already present in the sound of the letter. Notable features Type of writing system: alphabet Direction…
Spintype Spintype is a phonetic/sylabic writing system invented by Bryan Day which he uses in music composition and for his record label and projects. Notable features Type of writing system: alphabet. Direction of writing: left to right in horizontal lines. Used to write: any language Spintype alphabet Sample text Translation All human beings are born…
h1>Sranan (Sranan Tongo) Sranan is a creole language spoken by about 400,000 in Suriname, where it is used as a lingua franca. There are also Sranan speakers in the Netherlands. It is a mainly English-based creole with vocabulary from Dutch, Portuguese and languages of West and Central Africa, and it developed from a pidgin used…
h1>Šsioŵe Łuŵuŕ The Šsioŵe Łuŵuŕ alphabet was created in 2006 by Jacob Collard. The alphabet began as an alternative script for English that was meant to be very compact but still easy to learn. However, the alphabet was later used for writing a conlang that Jacob had been writing, and has rarely been used…
Streyauthe Streyauthe is an alternative alphabet for Standard American English invented by Bryn Kennan. He created it primarily for art’s sake, however it could easily be adapted for other purposes such as ESL instruction or everyday written communication. The Streyauthe script can be written in any direction and is composed of rows of glyphs…
Sugali Sugali is an Indo-Ayran language spoken in Andhra Pradesh, and a number of other Indian states, including Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Orissa and West Bengal. The language is also known as Lambadi or Lamani and has about six million speakers. Sugali script This is a script for Sugali devised…
Sumerian Sumerian was spoken in Sumer in southern Mesopotamia (part of modern Iraq) from perhaps the 4th millennium BC until about 2,000 BC, when it was replaced by Akkadian as a spoken language, though continued to be used in writing for religious, artistic and scholarly purposes until about the 1st century AD. Sumerian is…
Sundanese (Basa Sunda) Sundanese is a Polynesian language spoken by about 27 million people on the Greater Sunda island and the western third of Java in Indonesia. It is also the third most-spoken language in Indonesia. Sundanese is used as a medium of instruction in elementary and junior high schools. Sundanese script (Aksara Sunda)…
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