Dragon Runes Dragon Runes are the creation of Lance Alan Dyas who also created a language known as Dragon Tongue. The Runes and the language are used in a roleplaying game. Internal history Dragon Tongue is rumored to be the oldest of all languages or the one true language from which all others descend,…
Dorai Minath Dorai Minath was created by Alex Mason in July of 2005 as an alphabet for use by the Draconic people of Ardor (a fantasy world he created) to write Dorai Ssatha, their language. It was originally quite different from the one pictured here but was revised again and again until this version…
D’ni alphabet The D’ni alphabet was created for use in the computer games Myst and Riven, which are produced by Cyan Inc. The D’ni alphabet is used to write D’ni, a language created for use in Myst and Riven which is spoken by a number of the characters in these games. Note Some of…
Dn’alan The Dn’alan alphabet was invented by Henry Lee and can be used to write English or any other language that uses the letters of the English alphabet. Notable features In each block there can be two consonants and an unlimited amount of vowels and so, to make it look neat, you need to…
Dizin (ዲዚኖግ) Dizin is a member of the Omotic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken in the southwest of Ethiopia by about 33,900 people. Dizin is also known as Dizi and Maji. Dizin is written with a version of the Ethiopic (Ge’ez) script and has no official status in Ethiopia. Ethiopic script for Dizin…
Alphabetum Directum (Vertical Alphabet) Alphabetum Directum or the Vertical Alphabet was created by Samuel Barnes during a boring world geography class. Samuel modelled his alphabet on the Vine alphabet, though made some major changes to the structure of his alphabet. Samuel uses his alphabet to write random notes and comments during class, and for…
Dinka (Thuɔŋjäŋ) Dinka is a member of the Western Nilotic branch of Nilo-Saharan languages. It is spoken mainly in southern Sudan by about 2-3 million people, who call them selves Dinka (Jiëŋ). There are five major dialect divisions: Agar, Bor, Padaŋ and Rek, which are more or less mutually intelligible. The Rek dialect is considered…
Dholuo Dholuo or Luo or is spoken around the shores of Lake Victoria in Kenya, Sudan and Tanzania by about 3 million people. It is a member of the Nilo-Saharan language family. The language has no official status and is used to some extent in schools, churches and on the radio. Since the 1960s, efforts…
Dhives Akuru Origin Dhives Akuru is a script that was once used in the Maldive Islands. It developed from the Grantha script and the earliest known inscription, found on Landhū Island in Southern Miladhunmadulhu Atoll, dates back to the 8th century AD. The script is thought to have been in use before then, however…
Origin The Nāgarī or Devanāgarī alphabet descended from the Brahmi script sometime around the 11th century AD. It was originally developed to write Sanskrit but was later adapted to write many other languages. The name Devanāgarī is made up of two Sanskrit words: deva, which means god, brahman or celestial, and nāgarī, which means city.…
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