Q’eqchi’ Q’eqchi’ or Kekchi is a Mayan language spoken by about 500,000 people in Guatemala and Belize. Q’eqchi’ speakers are found mainly in the departments of Alta Verapaz, Petén, Izabal, Baja Verapaz, and El Quiché of Guatemala, and in the Toledo district of Belize. A number of orthographies have been developed for Q’eqchi’, two of…
Qio’ao Script Qio’ao (pen writing) script was invented on June 7th 2005 by Zach McVay as a means of writing the Iqalu language. Iqalu (pronounced: ih-gwa-loo) was initially written with a Javanese based abugida which was not very efficient as it could not represent some of the compound vowels used in Iqalu. For example,…
Qohenje This is the writing system for a conlang by the same name invented by Colin Harrison for a novel that he is (meant to be) writing. The Qohenje language is described in ever-increasing detail at http://perso.orange.fr/cjh/qohenje/. The Qohenje writing system is organised around its vowel (+tone) symbols, with the consonantal elements reduced to…
qosta qosta is a writing system created by Adam Heurlin (aka Arimah Šaretésia Néotsánia) in early 2006 for his constructed language of the same name. The language is part of Adam’s fictional world, where it is spoken by a race of reptilian creatures. Notable features Written in horizontal lines from left to right. qosta…
Quechua (Runasimi / Qhichwa simi) Quechua is an Amerind language with about 8 million people in Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Argentina. Quechua was the language of the Inca empire which was destroyed by the Spanish in the 16th century. The Inca used a system of knotted strings known as quipu to send messages around…
h1>Quenti The quenti is a script invented by Kevin Banks for the invented languages of Elder Tongue (Lingo Almea), Maiarin (Lingo Maiaran), and Aranin (Lingo Aranion), although the latter two are rarely ever written with the quenti. The name for the script is an Elder Tongue word that means ‘sound characters’, as opposed to…
Quikscript / Read Alphabet Origin Quikscript was created by Kingsley Read, who also created the Shavian alphabet. Read noticed various problems with the Shavian alphabet and decided to produce a new alphabet which addressed these problems. His new creation proved popular with Shavian enthusiasts. Notable features There is no case in Quickscript. Proper names…
Raga Raga is spoken in the north of Pentecost Island in Vanuatu by about 6,500 people. There are also Raga speakers on Maewo island and in Port Vila and Luganville. Raga is a member of the Vanuatu branch of the Southern Oceanic Malayo-Polynesian languages, and is also known as Hano, or is sometimes referred to…
Raitolïihaste Raitolïihaste is a fully vocalized abjad invented by Aidan Aannestad to write his conlang, Raitoliste. Raitolïihaste is written vertically and each consonant has four different shapes depending on where it appears in a word. Notable features Direction of writing: left to right in vertical columns. Used to write: Raitoliste. Vowels come to the…
Rana Rana is spoken in the agency areas of Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram districts of Andhra Pradesh in India. The Ranas, who are also known as Rena or Rona, speak Oriya in addition to their own language, which they call Ronu. Rana script This is a script for Rana devised by Professor Prasanna Sree. Information…
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