Dardanian

Dhingion Niginair Dhingion Niginair – letters of the Wise – is the alphabet developed by Pieter Rottiers to write his conlang, Dardanian. It’s characters are loosely based on the Futhark, though they are usually written vertically, from top to bottom and from left to right. Internal history The alphabet is said to be designed by…

Danish

Danish (dansk) Danish is a North Germanic language with around 5.5 million speakers mainly in Denmark, but also in Greenland, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Canada, the UAE and the USA. Danish was the official language of Norway until about 1830 and of Iceland until 1944. Danish is now the first foreign language learnt in Iceland. During…

Dameshona

Dameshon A    Dameshon A was created by a visitor to Omniglot, who was inspired by a long-standing interest in and esthetic appreciation for the appearance of various forms of the Hebrew, Arabic, Phoenecian, Mandaic, Aramaic alphabets, as well as the Tibetan script. Elements of each of these may be recognized in the various letter-forms…

Dalorm

Dalorm alphabet    The Dalorm alphabet is the creation of Isak Sellanrå. The name Dalorm is Norwegian for “Valley Worm” and Isak chose it because the alphabet looks like a mixture of valleys and worms. The alphabet is designed to write Norwegian. Notable features The letters have different shapes depending on their position in a…

Dalecarlian

Dalecarlian Runes    Dalecarlian runes were a runic alphabet used in the Swedish province of Dalarna/Dalecarlia until the early 20th century, mainly to write the Elfdalian language. They developed from Younger Futhork during the 16th century and other time became increasingly mixed with letters from the Latin alphabet. This alphabet is also known as Elfdalian…

Daikan

Daikan    Daikan was invented by Carlos Ignacio Pellegrini as an alternative alphabet for Spanish and to write Daikan, a conlang he is currently developing. The Daikan alphabet is based on the Armenian alphabet, and the Daikan language takes most of vocabulary from Spanish and Latin. Notable features Written from left to right in horizontal…

Daedric

Daedric alphabet   The Daedric alphabet is used in a series of computer games known as The Elder Scrolls produced by Bethdesa Softworks. It first appeared in TESL: Battlespire in about 1997 and is used to write English. The Daedric alphabet also appears in episode 16, season 3 of the Canadian TV series Sanctuary on…

Cyrillish

Cyrillish (Чириллисһ) This alphabet is a simple alternative alphabet for the English language that was developed by Bill DuShane. It matches each letter in the Latin alphabet for English with a letter in the Cyrillic alphabet. Notes Ф only used in place of В in words such as “of”. Ж only used in place of…

Cypriot

Cypriot syllabary The Cypriot syllabary was used in Cyprus from about 1500 and 300 BC and is thought to have developed from the Linear A. The earliest known inscriptions from between 1500 and 1200 BC are in an unknown language called ‘Eteo-Cypriot’, or ‘True Cypriot’, and the script in which they are written is called…

Cwirhald

Cwirhald   Cwirhald is yet another alphabet created by the people in Dardaniell, the fictional world invented by Pieter Rottiers. Cwirhald is a Dardain word meaning Hand of the king, since it is the writing system introduced by King Dhincarian himself, though it is believed the actual inventor of the script was his royal advisor,…