Apache

Apache (Ndéé) Apache is an Athabaskan (Na-Dene) language spoken by about 15,000 in Arizona and New Mexico. There are in fact two Apache languages: Western Apache and Eastern Apache, each of which has a number of dialects, including Jicarilla, Lipan, Kiowa-Apache, Chiricahua, and Mescalero. The Apache and Navajo languages are closely related. The name Apache…

Anutan

Anutan (Te Taranga Pakaanuta) Anutan is the language spoken on Anuta Island in the remote Temotu Province of the Solomon Islands. In English Anuta was previously also called Cherry Island. Its area is less than half a square kilometre and the resident population is nearly two hundred and fifty. The only guaranteed contact the island…

Anglo-Arabic

Anglo-Arabic Anglo-Arabic, created by Pangus Ho, is a fully phonetic writing system that can be used to write English. It borrows the shape of Arabic letters so that it looks like Arabic at a glance, however few of the letters have the same sound as they do in Arabic. For example the letter “nūn”, which…

Angelic

Angelic alphabet   Origin The Angelic alphabet, which is also known as the Celestial alphabet, is derived from the Hebrew and Greek alphabets. It was created by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa during the 16th Century and was used for communication with angels. Notable features Type of writing system: alphabet Direction of writing: left to right in…

Ancients

The Ancients alphabet    The Ancients alphabet is the written language of the Ancients (Anquietas), a race of highly advanced ‘ancient’ Humans who evolved in this galaxy millions of years ago. The original version of the Ancients font was first seen in the SG-1 episode “Torment of Tantalus” and was conceptualized by Ivana Vasak. The…

Amis

Amis (Pangcah) Amis or Ami is a member of the Formosan group of Austronesian languages. It is spoken along parts of the east coast of Taiwan by about 180,000 people, particularly between Hualien and Taitung. There are a number of different dialects of Amis, including Sakizaya and Nataoran in the north, and Tavalong-Vata’an, Middle and…

Amharic

Amharic (ኣማርኛ) Amharic is a Semitic language and the national language of Ethiopia (ኢትዮጵያ). The majority of the 25 million or so speakers of Amharic can be found in Ethiopia, but there are also speakers in a number of other countries, particularly Eritrea (ኤርትራ), Canada, the USA and Sweden. The name Amharic (ኣማርኛ – amarəñña)…

Amarakaeri

Amarakaeri Amarakaeri belongs to the Harakmbut language family and is spoken by about 500 people along the Madre de Dios and Colorado rivers in Peru. The language is also known as Amarakaire, Amaracaire and Mashco. Amarakaeri pronunciation Sample text in Amarakaeri Aya’da aratbut katepi’ eka’ta’ on’pakpo ka’dik o‘ne. Nog aratbut huadak o‘nepo konigti opudomey huadak…

Amadz

Amadz Amadz was invented by Jase Daniels as the official language for a novel currently being written. As a former Hebrew Linguist in the Navy, Daniels became fascinated with languages after attending the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California and sought to create and use a fictional language for his book. Notable features Type of…

Altay

Altay (Алтай тили / Altaj tili) Altay is a member of the Kypchak branch of the Central Turkic language language family, and is spoken in the Altai republic and Altai Krai in the Russian Federation. These neighbouring regions in southern Siberia are home to about 67,900 Altay speakers, according to the 2002 census. There are two…