Argpal The Argpal alphabet was invented by JP Mallaroni to write his conlang, Silarg. It can also be used to write French, English and various other languages. Argpal means literally “the Door of the Citadel”. Silarg is based on numerous languages, including Coptic, Latin, Greek, and is described as “Une langue artificielle pour le…
Argobba (ዓርጎባ) Argobba is spoken by about 40,000 people in an area north-east of Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. It is a member of the Southern Ethiopian branch of Semitic languages and has four main dialects: Harar (extinct), Aliyu Amba, Shewa Robit and Shonke. There is currently a shift among Argobba speakers in favour of Oromo…
Areil Cirith Areil Cirith is an alphabet created by Heather Reyes in 2006. She designed the alphabet as a means of writing her conlang, Kulionth. It was originally inspired by Tolkien’s Tengwar, but does not much resemble Tengwar in its present form. The script was designed to look flowing and elegant, while still being…
Archi (Аршаттен чӀат) Archi is a Northeast Caucasian language with about 1,000 speakers in the village of Archi in the Dagestan in Russia. It is thought to related to Avar and Lak, although its exact relationship to these languages and others has not been established as yet. Until recently Archi was unwritten, except in some…
Arcadian The Arcadian alphabet was invented to write Arcadia, an invented language used in the computer game the ‘Skies of Arcadia’. The alphabet is used to write inscriptions throughout the game. Notable features Type of writing system: alphabet Direction of writing: left to right in horizontal lines Used to write: Arcadian Arcadian alphabet Links…
Arapaho (Hinono’eitiit) Arapaho, which is also spelled Arapahoe or Arrapahoe, is an Algonquian language with about 1,000 speakers in Wyoming, most of whom are elderly. The Arapaho are currently working to revitalize their language among the younger members of their nation. There are two main groups of Arapaho: the Nortern Arapaho, who live in Wyoming,…
Aranese (Aranés) Aranese is a variant of the Gascon dialect of Occitan spoken in the Val d’Aran in the northeast of Spain. About 90% of the inhabitants of the Val d’Aran can understand Aranese, and about 65% can speak it. Aranese has co-official status with Catalan and Spanish, and has been taught in schools since…
Aramaic (ארמית) The Aramaic alphabet was adaptaed from the Phoenician alphabet during the 8th century BC and was used to write the Aramaic language until about 600 AD. The Aramaic alphabet was adapted to write quite a few other languages, and developed into a number of new alphabets, including the Hebrew square script and cursive…
Arahauvarf Arahauvarf was invented by Russian writer Ivan Karasev in 2006 to write his conlang, Arahau. Each vocalic sound designates a noun, and consonants designate grammatic formants. The construction of language allows it to reduce a stream of speech sometimes. The Arahau language is generated by a polysynthetic principle, and the language is typologically active,…
Aragonese is a Romance language spoken mainly in Aragon in Spain. The speakers are concentrated in the valleys of the Aragon River, Sobrarbe and Ribagorza, and also in part of Catalonia. There are about 10,000 native speakers, including 500 elderly monolinguals, and some 20,000 people speak the language as a second language. Aragonese alphabet Aragonese…
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