Lóngwén The Lóngwén script is the creation of Pangus Ho (xeno_vivre@yahoo.co.uk). Pangus was inspired to create it during a particularly tedious Biology class and modelled the letter shapes on the Thai alphabet. The name means "Dragon Language" and is written 龙文 in Chinese characters. Pangus chose this name because the shapes of the letters…
Lontara The Lontara script is descended from the Brahmi script of ancient India. The name lontara derives from the Malay word for the palmyra palm, lontar, the leaves of which are the traditional material for manuscripts in India, South East Asia and Indonesia. Notable features Type of writing system: syllabic alphabet / alphasyllabary Direction…
Lovecraftian alphabet The Lovecraftian was invented by Simon Whitechapel to be used in a forthcoming sequel to David M. Mitchell’s Lovecraft tribute The Starry Wisdom. It’s intended for transliterating the Roman alphabet. Notable features Voiced plosives and fricatives are distinguished from unvoiced by use of a dot, but all other consonants, including ‘c’, have…
Low German/Low Saxon (Plattdüütsch/Nedderdüütsch) As a branch of the West Germanic group, "Low German" includes all varieties derived from Old Low Frankish (e.g. Dutch and Afrikaans) and from Old Saxon. In Germany, the name (Niederdeutsch/Plattdeutsch) is used as a general label for Low Frankish and Low Saxon varieties that happen to be used on German…
Kolam Kolam is a Dravidian language spoken by about 200,000 people in the Indian states of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. The language is also known as Kolami, Kolamboli, Kolamy, Kolmi or Kulme. The Kolam call themselves ‘Kolvar’: ‘Kola’ means stick or bamboo in their language. Their name probably derives from their livelihood of…
Koasati (Kowassá:ti) Koasati or Coushatta is a Muskogean language spoken in Allen Parish, north of Elton in Louisiana, and near Livingston in Texas. The exact number of speakers is uncertain, but officials of the Coushatta tribe believe that the majority of tribal members over 20 speak Koasati. In 2007 a program to revitalize the Koasati…
Knot Alphabet The Knot Alphabet was created in 2010 by Sheldon Ebbeler, a linguist and analyst of verbal behavior. The Knot Alphabet is technically not an alphabet*. It is an alphasyllabary, or abugida, which entails writing each syllable as a unit. Within these syllable units, the consonant portion is primary. The vowel portion is…
Klingon (tlhIngan Hol) Klingon is the language spoken by Klingons, alien characters in the Star Trek films and TV series. In the 1984 film, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, the director, Leonard Nimoy, and the writer-producer, Harve Bennett, wanted the Klingons to speak a real-sounding language rather than gibberish, so they commissioned the…
Klhetháyol The Klhetháyol Abugida is a writing system invented by Anthony Girón. The main purpose for it’s creation is to develop a constructed language for the fantasy novel he’s currently writing, but it can also be used for encoding purposes such as in diaries. Notable features Type of writing system: abugida Direction of writing:…
Klamath & Modoc (?ewksiknii & moowat’aakknii) Klamath and Modoc are closely related dialects of a Penutian language. Klamath is spoken around Klamath and Agency Lakes in south-central Oregon, and Modoc is spoken around Tule Lake and the lava beds in California. Very few people speak either dialect, though efforts are currently being made to revive…
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