Kala Lagaw Ya Kala Lagaw Ya is a mixed language with a Pama-Nyungan base and Papuan and Austronesian overlays spoken by about 4,000 people on the Western and Central Torres Strait Islands between Papua New Guinea and the mainland of Australian. It is one of the few Australian languages with the sounds /s/ and /z/,…
Kaingang (kanhgág) Kaingang is spoken people in the Brazilian states of São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sulin. It is a member of the Macro-Gê or Gê family of languages. There are about 29,000 Kaingang people and about 18,000 of them speak Kaingang language. Alternative names for this language include Kaingáng /Caingangue…
The Kain The Kain are a phonetic alphabet/abjad used to represent the constructed language Kyetta. The script and conlang were invented by W. Kruger. Notable features Direction of writing: left to right in horizontal lines. The word kain is a plural form of kai, which means “letter, symbol” in the conlang for which this…
Kadazandusun Kadazandusun is spoken in the state of Sabah in the north of Borneo in Malaysia by about 500,000 people. It is a member of the North Bornean branch of the Malayo-Polynesian language family. Kadazandusun refers to the form of language standardised by the Kadazandusun Cultural Association of Sabah, which is based on the Bundu-liwan…
Kabyle (Taqbaylit) Kabyle is a Berber language with about 7-8 million speakers, most of whom live in Algeria, mainly in Kabylie in the north of the country. There are also some Kabyle speakers in French, Belgium, the USA and a number of other countries. During the 20th century, the Latin and Tifinagh alphabets were adapted…
Kabardian (къэбэрдеибзэ) Kabardian is a North West Caucasian language with about 650,000 speakers mainly in the Kabardian-Balkar and Karachay-Circassian Republics of Russia. It is also spoken in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the USA. Kabardian is also known as East Circassian or Upper Circassian. Kabardian first appeared in writing in 1923 in a version of…
Jurchen script Origin The Jurchen script, which is also known as Jurchi, Jurchin or Southern Tungusic, was created by Wanyan Xiyin in 1120 and officially introduced in 1145. It was modelled on the Khitan script and contains a large number of characters from Chinese, many of which were modified or distorted. The script is known…
Juǀʼhoan Juǀʼhoan is a variety of !Kung, a member of the Kx’a or Juu–ǂHoan language family, spoken in northeast Namibia and northwest Bostwana by about 35,000 people, with the majority of speakers, some 30,000 people, in Namibia. The name of the language is also written Juǀʼhoan, Zhuǀʼhõasi, Dzuǀʼoasi, Zû-ǀhoa and JuǀʼHoansi, and there are four…
Judeo-Arabic script Origin The Judeo-Arabic script is a version of the Hebrew script used to write the Judeo-Arabic language – a version of Arabic with influences from Hebrew and Aramaic. Judeo-Arabic is used by Jews in Arabic-speaking regions and began to develop after the 7th century AD, when Islam was spreading to the Middle East…
Jtaszdasoten Jtaszdasoten is a writing system created in 2005 by 殷慈遠 (Yin Ciyuan) to write a Chinese-based conlang, also called Jtaszdasoten. Ciyuan enjoys creating languages and wanted to create one that only he could read. Originally he adapted bopomofo, then he decided to create a new writing and language. The language he created is…
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