Lezgi (лезги чӀал / lezgi čʼal) Lezgi or Lezgian is part of the small family of Nakh-Daghestanian or Northeast Caucasian languages spoken by about 400,000 people in southern part of Dagestan, a republic of Russia, and northern Azerbaijan in the eastern Caucasus. There are also speakers in Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.…
Lingua Franca Nova Lingua Franca Nova is an International Auxiliary Language based on French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Catalan. It is the creation of Dr. C. George Boeree, a professor of Psychology at Shippensburg University, Pennsylvania, and was designed to be particularly simple, consistent and easy to learn. Notable features It has a limited number…
Library The Library alphabet was invented by Bob Weiland in July, 2008. It features simply-made letters arranged primarily by sounds. Its defining characteristic is the sharing of space between adjoining letters. Notable features Writing direction: left to right in horizontal lines. Used to write: English. Each consonant is composed of a vertical line with…
Limbu / Kirati alphabet Origin The Limbu or Kirati alphabet was probably modelled on the Lepcha alphabet, which is thought to have derived from the Tibetan alphabet. According to many historians, King Sirijonga invented the “Kirat-Sirijonga Script” in the late 9th century. It disappeared for many years and was then reintroduced by Te-ongsi Sirijonga…
Linear A In 1900 the archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans (1851-1941) discovered a large number of clay tablets inscribed with mysterious symbols at Knossos on Crete. Believing he had discovered the palace of King Minos, together with the Minotaur’s labyrinth, Evans dubed the inscriptions and the language they represented as ‘Minoan’. Evans spent the rest of…
Linear B In 1900 the archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans (1851-1941) discovered a large number of clay tablets inscribed with mysterious symbols at Knossos on Crete. Believing he had discovered the palace of King Minos, together with the Minotaur’s labyrinth, Evans dubed the inscriptions and the language they represented as ‘Minoan’. Evans spent the rest of…
Linephon Linephon alphabet was devised by Erik Moreno, a colombian teenager. He devised it for create an “alphabeta franca” between all world’s languages. The linephon name comes from the words line and phoneme. Line because the letters are made with lines, and phoneme because the letters are made in groups that correspond to the…
Lines and Circles The Lines and Circles alphabet is the creation of Massimiliano Monagheddu from Sardinia. He was influenced expecially by ‘Phags-pa script for the consonants and by Arabic and Hebrew alphabets for vowel system. This alphabet can be used to write many languages but is best suited to writing Italian and English. Notable…
Lingala Lingala is one of the principal languages spoken in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), (Congo-Kinshasa), and the Republic of Congo (Congo-Brazzaville). The Lingala of today is based on Bobangi, spoken by the people (bangala) who lived along the Congo River between Lisala and Kinshasa. Bobangi was the regional trade language until the arrival…
Ling’amon’ Ling’amon’ was created by Thomas Maska to be a free flowing script capable of writing all of his favorite languages. The script is best written with a calligraphy pen but also works well without one and makes an excellent shorthand as well. It was based largely on one of his prior conlangs known…
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