Vulcan

Golic Vulcan    Golic Vulcan is one of the constructed languages of the Vulcan race from the science fiction series Star Trek. It was carefully crafted over many years by Mark R. Gardner and other collaborators in the Vulcan Language Institute, which has been defunct since the latter half of 2008. The core features of…

Wakhi

Wakhi (x̌ik zik) Wakhi is a member of the Southern Pamir group of Iranian languages. It is spoken in parts of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan and China by about 31,000 people. Speakers of Wakhi call themselves Wakhi or Pamiri. Wakhi is used to some extent on the radio on TV in Pakistan. It has been written…

Trees

Trees The Trees alphabet is the creation of Massimiliano Monagheddu from Sardinia. The alphabet can be used to write any language, just simply putting together the single letters. Long vowels and consonants are marked by a vertical line on the right side of the letter. Notable features Type of writing system: alphabet Direction of writing:…

Troitrosking

Troitròskíng    Troitrosking is an alphabet invented by Svip to write his conlang, Eufnix. He plans to use the alphabet and the language is a novel he’s writing. The sounds of the Eufnix language are based on Danish, Svip’s mother tongue. Internal history The language is named are its creator, Jymtòs Éufníx, but is also…

Tsez

Tsez (Цез мец) Tsez is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken by about 7,000 people in the Tsunta district of southern and western Dagestan in Russia. The name Tsez, which is used for both the language and the people who speak it, comes from the Tsez word for eagle. In Georgian, the Tsez language is known as…

Tshiluba

Tshiluba Tshiluba is a member of the Bantu language family spoken by about six million people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is one of the national languages along with Lingála, Kiswahili and Kikongo. It is spoken mainly in Western and Eastern Kasai. Other names for the language include Cilubà, Luba, Luba-Kasai…

Tsonga

Tsonga (xiTsonga) Tsonga is a member of the Bantu branch of Niger-Congo language family. It is spoken by about 3.6 million people, who call themselves the Shangaan. The majority of Shangaan live in the Limpopo, Gauteng and Mpumalanga provinces of South Africa, where Tsonga is one of the official languages. There are also speakers of…

Tsotsil

Tsotsil (Bats’i k’op) Tsotsil or Tzotzil is a Mayan language spoken in the Mexican state of Chiapas by about 330,000 people. It is closely related to Tzeltal and Ch’ol and is part of the Cholan-Tzeltalan branch of the Mayan language family. Tsotsil has six dialects which are named after the different regions of Chiapas in…

Tswana

Tswana (Setswana) Tswana is a Bantu language spoken by about 4.4 million people in Bostwana, where it is the national and majority language, Namibia, Zimbabwe and South Africa. The majority of speakers, about 3.6 million, live in South Africa, where the language is officially recognised. Tswana is closely related to Southern and Northern Sotho, and…

Tuareg

Tuareg (Tamasheq, Tamajaq, Tamahaq) Tuareg is a Berber language or a number of closely-related languages spoken in parts of Mali, Niger, Algeria, Libya and Burkina Faso by the Tuareg people, and by some Kinnin people in Chad. The total number of speakers is about 1.2 million. Tuareg is traditionally written with the Tifinagh alphabet, which…