Jeernervaniaan This alphabet was created by Simon Halfdan Hvilshøj Garnero for use in his sci-fi novels. Simon based this alphabet on the Greek and Latin alphabets and originally used it to write French phonetically. Later he constructed a language, Nobuzyanese, to go with it. The alphabet is used to write most of the conlangs…
井卜文 (Jǐngbǔ script) The Jǐngbǔ script is a writing system created in 2005 by 殷慈遠 (Yin Ciyuan) to write a Chinese. The shapes of the letters and the way they fit together is based on Korean hangul, while the sound system is based on bopomofo. Notable features Direction of writing: left to right in…
Jèrriais Jèrriais is a Romance language spoken on Jersey (Jèrri), one of the Channel Islands, particular in the parish of St. Ouen. According to the 2001 census, there are 2,674 speakers. Jèrriais is one of the langues d’oïl and is related to Norman, Dgèrnésiais, Picard, Gallo and Walloon. It has been spoken on Jersey for…
Javanese alphabet The earliest known writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at which time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet. By the 10th Century, the Kawi alphabet, which developed from Pallava, had a distinct Javanese form. By the 17th Century, the Javanese alphabet, also known as tjarakan or carakan, had…
Jatapu The Jatapu are one of the major Scheduled Tribes in the India state of Orissa, mainly in the Srikalulam and Vizianagaram districts, and also in the Koraput and Ganjam districts. The Jatapu are part of the Khondas, who speak the Khond language in the hills and Telugu on the plains. They speak a dialect…
Jaquela The Jaquela alphabet was invented by Wei Quan Liang to write his invented language, also known as Jaquela. The alphabet is based partly on Chinese characters and partly on the the Korean alphabet. The Jaquela language combines elements from Chinese, Spanish and English. Notable features Type of writing system: alphabet Direction of writing:…
Japanese (Nihongo) Before the 4th century AD, the Japanese had no writing system of their own. During the 5th century they began to import and adapt the Chinese script, along with many other aspects of Chinese culture, probably via Korea. However the Japanese were aware of Chinese writing from about the 1st century AD from…
Japanese Rōmaji (Roman letters) The Latin alphabet was first used in Japan in the 16th century by Portuguese missionaries, who devised a romanisation system based on Portuguese spelling. Later the Dutch introduced a romanisation system based on Dutch. By the 20th century, there were a number of different romanisation systems in use, including the Nippon,…
Japanese Katakana Origin The katakana syllabary was derived from abbreviated Chinese characters used by Buddhist monks to indicate the correct pronunciations of Chinese texts in the 9th century. At first there were many different symbols to represent one syllable of spoken Japanese, but over the years the system was streamlined. By the 14th century, there…
Japanese Kanji Between 5,000 and 10,000 characters, or kanji, are used in written Japanese. In 1981 in an effort to make it easier to read and write Japanese, the Japanese government introduced the 常用漢字表 (jōyō kanji hyō) or the “List of Chinese Characters for General Use”, which includes 1,945 regular characters, plus additional characters used…
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