Mapuche (Mapudungun) Mapuche is spoken by between 240,000 and 700,000 people in parts of southern Chile and western Argentina. It is a language isolate unrelated to any other language. This language is also known as Mapudungu or Araucanian, (Araucano in Spanish), though the latter term is no longer used. The native name for the language,…
Marain alphabet The Marain alphabet was invented by Iain M. Banks to write his constructed language with the same name, which appears in his ‘Culture’ series of novels, such as The Player of Games Internal history Marain was designed by the Culture’s hyperintelligent Minds, self-conscious entities that have evolved in machines such as starships,…
Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by about 71 million people mainly in the Indian state of Maharashtra and neighbouring states. Marathi is also spoken in Israel and Mauritius. Marathi is thought to be a descendent of Maharashtri, one of the Prakrit languages which developed from Sanskrit. Marathi first appeared in writing during the 11th…
Mari (кырык мары йӹлмӹ / олык марий йылме) Mari belongs to the Volgaic subgroup of the Finno-Ugric language family. It is spoken by about 600,000 people in Russia, mainly in the Mari Republic (Марий Эл), and also along the Vjatka river basin, eastwards to the Urals, and in Tatarstan, Udmurtia and Perm. The language used to be known as Cheremis.…
Mars alphabet The Mars alphabet was invented by George Boeree as a phonetic alphabet, strictly for fun, in the hope that someone might like. It uses the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabary as an alphabet (with no regard to what the symbols represent in that syllabary). Notable features Type of script: alphabet Direction of writing: left to…
Marshallese (ri-Majōl) Marshallese is a member of the Micronesian group of the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language family. Marshallese is spoken by about 23,000 people on the Marshall Islands in the North Pacific. Marshallese is an official language of the Marshall Islands, along with English, and is used as the language of instruction in…
Mártölammë Mártölammë is a fictional language and alphabet invented by Æ Martinez for use in a book he is writing. The book regarding the language and its writing system is the result of thirty years of work and is being published online as PDFs at www.ardrakho.net. After the book is complete it will published…
Massachusett Massachusett is an Algonquian language spoken until late 19th century in the States of Rhode Island and Massachusetts, especially in Boston, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, and Nantucket by the Massachusett and Wampanoag nations. It was also one of first Native American languages encountered and learned by English settlers when they arrived in…
Matoran The Matoran or Bionicle alphabet is used in the Lego series Bionicle. It is used to write things in the constructed language, Matoran, and can also be used to write in English. Notable features Type of writing system: alphabet. Direction of writing: left to right in horizontal lines. Used to write: Matoran and…
Maui The Maui script was invented by Ian James as an alternative way of writing Pacific languages such as Maori. It is a kind of syllabary where syllables are assembled phonetically from parts, and made to form distinct, singular forms. There is also a sense of the third dimension in the syllabic shapes, and…
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