Chelyesta Chelyesta was created by David J. Peterson in 2005 to write his conlang, Sidaan, which means “writing”. It is a fairly simple alphabetic script. Notable Features Word-finally, the glyph for “h” is used to lengthen a vowel. When the glyph “h” precedes a consonant, that consonant is geminated. When the glyphs “l” and…
Chechen (Noxchiin mott/Нохчийн мотт) Chechen is part of the small family of Nakh-Daghestanian or Northeast Caucasian languages spoken by about 950,000 people in Chechnya. There are also some Chechen speakers in Georgia, Germany, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Syria, Turkey and Uzbekistan. The Chechens call themselves Noxchi and their language Noxchiin Mott. The name Chechen comes from…
Chavacano Chavacano or Philippine Creole Spanish is a Spanish-based creole language spoken in parts of the Philippines, especially in and around the city of Zamboanga, by over 600,000 people. There are also speakers of the Zamboanga dialect of Chavacano in Sempornah, Malaysia. It is the only Spanish-based creole in Asia and the only non-Austronesian language…
Chartograph Script Chartograph Script was invented by Charles Smith, whose inspiration came from an episode of the cancelled Fox series Vanished. In it, a girl was taken in for questioning by detectives. When she was taken home in a squad car, she held her hand up to the window to show a message to…
Chamorro (chamoru) Chamorro is an Austronesian language spoken by about 50,000 people mainly in Guam, and also in the Northern Mariana Islands and the USA. Chamorro contains a huge number of words of Spanish origin and this has lead some to mistakenly believe that it is a Spanish-based Creole. Chamorro first started to appear in…
Cham alphabet Origin The Cham alphabet developed from India’s early Brahmi script. The earliest known inscriptions in the Cham alphabet date from the first millennium AD. Notable features Type of writing system: syllabic alphabet Direction of writing: left to right in horizontal lines Used to write: Cham, an Austronesian language spoken by about 230,000…
Chakma The Chakma language (Changma Vaj / Changma Kodha) is an Eastern Indo-Aryan language closely related to Bengali and spoken by about 600,000 people in parts of Bangladesh and India. About half the Chakma speakers live near Chittagong in southeast Bangladesh, while the rest can be found in the states of Mizoram, Assam, and…
Chaha (ቸሃ) Chaha is a Semitic language spoken in Central Ethiopia by about 440,000 people. The majority of Chaha speakers life in the Gurage Zone in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People’s Region of Ethiopia, and can also be found in Ethiopia’s cities, particularly in Addis Ababa. Chaha is one of the varieties of Sebat…
Cantonese Grid Script Cantonese Grid Script is an alternative way of writing Cantonese invented by Desmond Lee (sumomo_nagamoto@yahoo.com). Writing orientation The script is written from right to left in horizontal lines running from top to bottom. Syllabic blocks Each block represents a syllable. The nucleus of a syllable is placed at the centre of the…
Celtiberian Celtiberian is an extinct Celtic language once spoken on the Iberian peninsula until about the 1st century BC, particularly between the Duero, Tajo, Júcar, Turia and Ebro rivers in the north of what is now Spain. Celtiberian is thought to have been a Q-Celtic language related to the Gaelic/Goidelic languages of Ireland, Scotland and…
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