Cecarakan Cecarakan is an alternative script for writing Malay or Indonesian invented by Ali Aulia Ghozali from Indonesia. The name Cecarakan is based on the name of the Balinese alphabet, Carakan. The Cecarakan script is divided into three parts: huruf utama (‘main letters’ or consonants), huruf sandangan (‘attached letters’) and tanda baca (‘punctuation marks’).…
Cebuano (Sinugboanon/Sugboanon) Cebuano is an Austronesian language spoken by about 18 million people in the Philippines, particularly in Cebu, Negros, Bohol, Visayas and parts of Mindanao. It is also spoken in the USA. The language is also known as Sebuano or Sugbuhanon. Cebuano started to appear in writing during the early part of 18th century…
Cayuga (Goyogo̱hó:nǫ’) Cayuga is an Iroquoian language spoken mainly along the Grand River in southern Ontario, Canada by about 100 people. A number of Cayuga elders in New York state also speak the language. There are a number of different spelling systems for Cayuga. Alternative spellings are shown in brackets. Cayuga pronunciation Source: http://www.native-languages.org/cayuga_guide.htm Sample…
Caucasian Albanian The Caucasian Albanian alphabet, which is also known as the Old Udi script, was used by the Caucasian Albanians, speakers of a northeast Caucasian language who lived in parts of what is now Azerbaijan and Daghestan. The alphabet was mentioned in some early sources, and was rediscovered in 1937 by Professor Ilia Abuladze…
Catalan (català) Catalan is a Romance language spoken by about 12 million people. It is the official language of Andorra and an official language, along with Spanish, in Catalonia (Catalunya), Valencia (Comunitat Valenciana), the Balearic Islands and the Sardinian city of Alghero (l’Alguer). It is also spoken in parts of Aragon and Murcia, Rousillon (Rosselló)…
Carrier syllabary (Déné Syllabics) Origin The Carrier syllabary, or Déné Syllabics, was devised by Father Adrien-Gabriel Morice in 1885. He adapted it from the syllabic writing systems developed for the Athabaskan languages of the Northwest Territories of Canada by Father Emile Petitot. The Carrier syllabary was fairly widely used for several decades for such…
Carpathian Basin Rovas The Carpathian Basin Rovas script, or Kárpát-medencei rovás in Hungarian, was used in the Carpathian Basin between about the 7th and 11th centuries. Most of the inscriptions are in Hungarian, but some were in Onogur, As-Alan, Slavic or Eurasian Avar. Carpathian Basin Rovas is thought to be a descendent of the Proto-Rovas…
Carian The Carian language was an Anatolian language spoken in the southwest of Anatolian (modern Turkey) up to about the 1st Century AD. It was probably a descendant of the Luwian language and was closely related to Lydian. The Carian alphabet appears in a about 100 pieces of graffiti inscriptions left by Carian mercenaries who…
Caralhûnan The Caralhûnan were first created by Michael S. Repton in October 2003 but the letters did not take on their final shapes until 2005. The script is attached to Michael’s created language Arêndron, and the name is Arêndron for “Thirty Runes”, from the number of consonant letters in the alphabet (The vowels were…
The Caps was invented by Destin Hubble as an alternative alphabet for English. It is a way of writing the English language in all caps instead of the standard way. Destin found that writing in all caps is often much clearer and standard but many parts of it still made it look too complex. Destin…
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