Mukha Dora

Mukha Dora Mukha Dora is a Dravidian language spoken in the tribal areas of Visakhapatnam, Srikakulam and East Godavari Districts of Andhra Pradesh in India. The Mukha Dora population numbers just over 40,000, according to the 2001 census, and about 30,000 of them speak Mukha Dora. Most also speak Telugu. The Mukha Dora language is…

Mundari

Mundari (মুণ্ডরি / मुण्डरि / ମୁଣ୍ଡରି / Muṇḍari) Mundari is a Munda language with about two million speakers in eastern India, Bangladesh and Nepal. It is closely related to Santali, and has no official status. Mundari is written with the Bengali alphabet in Bangladesh and in the India state of West Bengal. In the India…

Muplo

Muplo alphabet    Muplo was invented by Max Jurcev to write his conlang of the same name. Muplo means “beautiful language” in Muplo. He invented it just because of his deep interest in linguistics, and it’s the last con-lang of a long series. Notable features Type of writing system: alphabet Writing direction: left to right…

Muplo cursive

h1>Muplo cursive alphabet    This Muplo alphabet (muplona hyuyaaq) is a cursive version of Max Jurcev’s Muplo alphabet, which he invented to write his conlang of the same name. Muplo means “beautiful language” in Muplo. He invented it just because of his deep interest in linguistics, and it’s the last conlang of a long series.…

Muric

Muric    The Muric alphabet was invented by Keegan Covey for use in a novel he’s currently writing called Natural Reselection. In the novel a number of animal species, including cats, mice, hamsters and reptiles, begin a militaristic takeover of the Earth in the name of their species, party, god, or animal class. The Muric…

Murrinh-Patha

Murrinh-Patha Murrinh-Patha is an independent non-Pama-Nyungan Australian language. It could also be related to the Daly group. It is spoken around Wadeye (western coast of the Northern Territory) and along the Fitzmaurice River by more than 1500 speakers, including those people who use it as a second language. It is used as a lingua franca…

Murui Huitoto

Murui Huitoto Murui Huitoto is a member of the Witotoan language family spoken by about 2,900 people along Ampiyacu, Putumayo and Napo rivers in Peru and Colombia. In Peru the language has official status and is used in schools and churches. Murui Huitoto was formerly spoken in Brazil, and is also known as Murui, Bue…

Mwangwego

Mwangwego The Mwangwego script was invented by Nolence Moses Mwangwego as a way to write Malawian languages. He invented it after visiting France in 1977 and discovering the existence of several other writing systems. He also believed that people in Malawi used to write due to the existence of words for ‘write’ in Chichewa and…

Nabatean

Nabataean abjad Origins The Nabataean abjad developed from the Aramaic abjad during the 2nd century BC. Stone inscriptions in the Nabataean abjad have been found in Petra, the capital of the Nabataean kingdom (c. 150 BC to 100 AD) and in Damascus and Medina. During the 4th and century AD, the Nabataean abjad evolved into…

Madri

Madri    Madri started in the early sixties as a “secret writing” invented by Peter J. Franke in the Netherlands. First it followed the Roman alphabet, but it soon turned into a phonetic system for Dutch. Over time more characters for neighbouring languages were included. After Peter studied the IPA, Madri evolved into a world…