Tadvaradcel

Tadváradcel    Tadváradcel, which means “language of wind” is a constructed language invented by Sarah Maiocchi for use in a in a fantasy world called Gaeden. She later invented an alphabet to write it. The language is supposed to sound like wind with the various voiceless fricatives and affricates. Notable features Type of writing system:…

Tagalog

Tagalog    Tagalog is an Austronesian language with about 57 million speakers in the Philippines, particularly in Manila, central and southern parts of Luzon, and also on the islands of Lubang, Marinduque, and the northern and eastern parts of Mindoro. Tagalog speakers can also be found in many other countries, including Canada, Guam, Midway Islands,…

Tagbanwa

Tagbanwa alphabet    Origin The Tagbanwa alphabet is one of a number of closely related scripts used in the Philippines until the 17th Century AD. It is thought to have descended from the Kawi script of Java, Bali and Sumatra, which in turn descended from the Pallava script, one of the southern Indian scripts derived…

Tahano Hikamu

Tahano Hikamu    Tahano Hikamu (the “Round Script”) is the creation of Carsten Becker, who designed it to write his constructed language Ayeri. It will be used for further language projects that are placed in the region where this script is used. The script itself is an abugida after the fashion of Indic scripts by…

Tahitian

Tahitian (te reo tahiti/te reo Māʼohi) Tahitian is a Polynesian language spoken in French Polynesia by about 125,000 people. Most speakers of the language live in the Society Islands (Îles de la Société) and some islands in the Tuamotus including the Mihiroa group. It is also spoken in New Caledonia, New Zealand and Vanuatu, and…

Tai Anphabet

Tai Anphabet   The Tai Anphabet was designed to write languages of the Tai family, which includes Thai, Lanna, Lao, etc, by Ian James. There is only one glyph per phoneme, and tone-marks sit upon the vowel. The aim was to have a writing system in a single channel, in a linear-alphabetic fashion. Originally the…

Tai Dam

Tai Dam alphabet    Origin The origins of the Tai Dam alphabet are unknown, though the shapes of the letters suggest that they might have been modelled on the Lao and/or Thai alphabets. Alternative writing systems, including some based on the Latin alphabet, are also used to write Tai Dam. Notable features Type of writing…

Tailue

New Tai Lue script    Origin The New (Simplified) Tai Lue script was developed in China during the 1950s. It is based on the Old (Traditional) Tai Lue script, which had been in use since about 1200 AD. Between 1950 and the early 1980s the Chinese government promoted the new script as a replacement for…

Tainua

Dehong Dai script    The Dehong Dai script developed from a script known as Old Dai, which developed from a script called Baiyi. The Dehong script is used mainly by the Tai Ne/Le people in the Dehong region in southwestern Yunnan province. It has also been used on occasion by the Jingpo people. Originally tones…

Taiogeuna

Taiogeuna    Heather Bryan started working on the Taiogeuna script around November 2006 as a way to write her conlang Taiogeuinaa. Taiogeuna is the name of the alphabet (and means ‘traditional world script’), and Taiogeuinaa means ‘traditional world speech.’ Notable features Type of writing system: alphabet There is no distinction between capital and lowercase letters.…