Samoan (Gagana Samoa) Samoan is an Austronesian language spoken mainly in Western Samoa and American Samoa by about 420,000 people. There are also speakers of Samoan in Fiji, Tonga, Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia and the USA. Samoan is closely related to the other languages of Polynesia, particularly to Tongan. Samoan alphabet Notes Vowels can be…
Sango (Yângâ tî Sängö) Sango or Sangho is spoken mainly in the Central African Republic (Ködörö tî Bêafrîka). There are also speakers of Sango in Chad and Congo-Kinshassa. There are about 400,000 native speakers and maybe 5 million second language speakers. Some sources describe Sango as a Ngbandi-based Croele with French influences, while others say…
Santali alphabet (Ol Cemet’/Ol Chiki) Origin The Santali alphabet, which is also known as Ol Cemet’, Ol Ciki or simply Ol, was created in the 1920s by Pandit Raghunath Murmu as part of his efforts to promote Santali culture. Every other major language in India had its own alphabet, so he thought Santali should…
Saraiki (ਸਰਾਇਕੀ / सराइकी / سرائيكى) Saraiki is a member of the Lahnda branch of Indo-Aryan languages and spoken by about 14 million people mainly in the central Pakistan provinces of Sindh and Punjab, and also in India, mainly in the state of Punjab, and in parts of Afghanistan. Saraiki is also known as Siraiki,…
Saramaccan (Saamáka) Saramaccan is a Portuguese-based creole language spoken by about 24,000 people in Suriname and 2,000 people in French Guiana. Saramaccan has some similarities with the English-based creole languages of Suriname, Aukan and Sranan, and contains vocabulary from English, Dutch, and Sub-Saharan African languages such as Fongbe, Akan and Gbe. Saramaccan alphabet and pronunciation…
Sarati alphabet Origin J.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. Tolkien also created a number of different…
Sardinian (sardu) Sardinian is a Romance language with about 1.2 million speakers in Sardinia. There are four dialects of Sardinian: Logudorese (Logudorian), Campidanese (Campidanian), Gallurese (Gallurian) and Sassarese (Sassarian). Sardinian is a descendant of the ancient form of Latin brought to Sardinia by the Romans in 238 BC. Between the 14th and 17th centuries, Catalan…
Sarin The Sarin alphabet is the creation of Corey Hanson. He was inspired by a writing system he created while in Jobcorps when he was bored. Consequently he reconstructed it, then lost the key somewhere when moving back home, but remembered the main shapes used for the consonants and reconstructed the system to the…
Satzī alphabet The Satzī alphabet was created by Charles Heisler for his constructed language, Mor’osi. The alphabet’s name (which can also be applied to the individual letters) is Mor’osi for “primary characters”, and the alphabet itself was inspired in part by both Korean Hangul and the Shavian Alphabet. Both the language and the alphabet have…
Savara Savara is a Dravidian language spoken by just over a million people in the Eastern Ghats of Srikakulam and Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh in India. Savara script This is a script for Savara devised by Professor Prasanna Sree. Information provided by Professor Prasanna Sree of Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India Links Information…
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