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| x Aklo |
Aklo is a fictional language.
Aklo is a secret language, possibly an artificial cipher or that used by a non-human race, associated with the writing of forbidden texts and evil cultists.
Aklo was invented by Arthur Machen in his 1899 story "The...
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| x Speedtalk |
Speedtalk is an idea for a new language put forth by Robert A. Heinlein in his novella, Gulf (1949). Speedtalk was defined as an entirely logic-based language, and it was a key plot device. The basic concept was that the conlang would utilize a...
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| x Mangani |
Mangani is the name of a fictional species of great apes in the Tarzan novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs, as well as the invented language used by these apes. In the invented language, "Mangani" (meaning "great-ape") is the word by which the apes refer...
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| x Enchanta |
Enchanta is a fictional language that was devised for the Philippine fantasy television show (telefantasya) Encantadia, which aired on GMA Network from May 2 to December 9, 2005. A sequel series, Etheria, started airing on December 12, 2005, and...
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| x Ku |
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Ku is a fictional language appearing in the 2005 drama/thriller film The Interpreter. In the film, Ku is a language spoken in the fictional African country of Matobo. The constructed language was created for the film by Said el-Gheithy, the director...
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| x Interlac |
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In the DC Comics fictional universe, Interlac is the designated communication language of the 30th century United Planets.
In its basic form it is a simple one-to-one substitution cipher. The Interlac alphabet corresponds perfectly to the twenty-six...
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| x Syldavian |
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Syldavian is a fictional language created by Hergé as the national language of Syldavia, a small fictional Balkan kingdom that serves as a major setting in some Tintin stories. Hergé modeled the language on Marols, a dialect of Dutch spoken in and...
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| x Bordurian |
Bordurian is a fictional language, the national language of Borduria, a fictional Balkan dictatorship created by Hergé for the Tintin comics series. Little is known about Bordurian, as it is not extensively presented in the Tintin stories. The...
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| x Tsolyáni language |
Tsolyáni is one of several languages invented by M. A. R. Barker, developed in the mid-to-late 1940s in parallel with his legendarium leading to the world of Tékumel as described in the Empire of the Petal Throne roleplaying game, published by TSR...
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| x Nellish |
Nellish is a fictional idiosyncratic language developed by twin sisters Nell and May Kellty, that is discussed by psychiatric doctors in the film Nell.
The language is similar to strained English in some aspects, representative of the fact that the...
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| x Standard Mandarin |
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Firefly | Serenity |
Standard Mandarin, or Standard Chinese, known by various names to native speakers, is the official modern Chinese spoken language used in mainland China and Taiwan, and is one of the four official languages of Singapore.
The phonology of Standard...
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| x Goodenuf English |
Goodenuf English is a dialect of English used by foreigners in the Vernor Vinge novel Rainbows End. The dialect uses basic English words that are uncomplicated by proper grammatical structures or rules. By learning simple words, it assumed that...
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| x Elvish languages | Middle-earth |
J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy fiction contains several languages for Elves. The author, a philologist by profession, spent much time on these constructed languages. His interest was primarily philological, and the languages were the first thing Tolkien...
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| x Kryptonian Language | Smallville Universe | ||||
| x Na'vi language | James Cameron's Avatar Universe | Pandora | Na'vi | ||
