Altaen

Altaen    The Altaen alphabet is the creation of Daniel Pulley (leoric_denziii[at]yahoo[dot]com) who has been working on it since 2003. He uses it to write his invented language, Altaen. Altaen Standard Alphabet (I Oraehem) Sample text Transliteration Io altani orcalë meno in velantae en lathî. Est ethë suv gam en igo, en novestë evë in…

Alsatian

Alsatian (Elsässisch) Alsatian is a German Alemannic dialect spoken in Alsace, a region in eastern France which has passed between French and German control many times during its history. As a result, Alsatian has been influenced a great deal by the French language. About 96,000 people speak Alsatian, which is 60% of the inhabitants of…

Alomian

Alomian script    The Alomian script is the creation of Dan Baisden (tirtirxu@aol.com). It is named after one of the Incan gods and is designed to be quick and easy to write. Reading it is more difficult however. Notes The letters can be combined in a number of different ways. For example: The shape of…

Aljamiado

Morisco alphabet The Moriscos (Spanish for “Moor-like”) were Muslims in Spain and Portugal how were forced to convert to Christianity at the beginning of the 16th century. Many Moriscos continued to practice Islam, most in secret, but some did so openly. A decree issued by King Felipe II in 1566 oblidged the Moriscos to adopt…

Alisbet of Tapissary

The Alisbet of Tapissary The Alisbet of Tapissary was created by Steven Travis in November 2008. The alisbet coincides loosely with the abjad function of Hebrew, however many of the letters however, are derived from Latin. Alis- refers to Alice in Wonderland, a version of the story Steven is currently writing in his conlang Tapissary.…

Aliaric

Aliaric    Aliaric (aļïǎr) is the creation of Anton Antonov, a writer of Science-Fiction from Novgorod in Russia. It is language of the planet Zindzar and the religion named Sari Ambier (“right good faith”). This script is based on the Arabic script. Notable features Written from left to write in horitontal lines. Vowel symbols appear…

Alfa-Larawan

Alfa-Larawan    Alfa-Larawan was invented by Frederick Victor Paredes Añana as an alternative way to write Tagalog. It was inspired by the Baybayin script and the name is a combination of alphabet and the Tagalog word larawan which means picture or image. The appearance of each character was inspired by the human head as well…

Alfa-kinetix

Alfa-kinetix    The Alfa-kinetix script is a modified version of the Baybayin alphabet designed by Frederick Victor Paredes Añana to write Tagalog. The name is a combination of alphabet and kinetics. Most of the basic characters were patterned on the Baybayin Lopez Font while the character for “ra” was taken from the Bikol Mintz Font.…

Aleut

Aleut (Unangam Tunuu) Aleut is a member of the Eskimo-Aleut language family and is spoken by about 300 people in Alaska and Siberian Commander Islands. Most of speakers live on the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands of Alaska. There are two main groups of Aleut dialects: Eastern Aleut and Atkan. During the 19th century, when Alaska…

Albanian

Albanian (Shqip / Gjuha shqipe) Albanian is an Indo-European language which forms its own branch in the Indo-European family and has no close relatives. It is spoken by about 7.6 million people mainly in Albania and Kosovo, and also in parts of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Greece and Italy. Origins Albanian is thought by some scholars…