List of fictional languages
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This is a list of fictional languages. Fictional languages are created specifically for a work of fiction, such as a movie or book. This distinguishes them from other artificial languages, which are constructed primarily for other purposes, such as language reform, thought experiments, or personal artistic expression. They are also referred to as "professional artlangs." "Fictional," however, can be something of a misnomer, as some are so completely realized as to, in fact, exist as a functioning, useable language (such as Klingon, and J. R. R. Tolkien's Quenya and Sindarin languages).
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Individual languages
See languages of Middle-earth for a list of languages by J. R. R. Tolkien
- Abcadefghan, Allow-ese, Betelguese, Capistan, Cathaganian, Cathanay, Curdine, Entree, Foreignester, Hapaxlegominia, Hartileas B, Instantaneous Dakis, Mickle-ese, O-Lev-Lit, U-thalian and Untowards are among the fictional languages spoken by some of the characters in Peter Greenaway's film The Falls
- Ailurin is the language spoken by cats (at least those living in New York) in Diane Duane's fantasy books.
- Al Bhed is a language used by the race of people known as Al Bhed in the fictional world of Spira, in the games Final Fantasy X & Final Fantasy X-2
- Aklo, Tsath-yo, and R'lyehian are ancient and obscure languages in the works of H.P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, and others. Aklo is cosidered by some writers to be the written language of the Serpent People
- Ancient in the Stargate universe (i.e. Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis) is the language of the Ancients, the builders of the Stargates; it is similar to Latin. The Athosians say prayers in Ancient.
- Ancient Hylian is the ancient language used by the first Hylians in The Legend of Zelda
- Anglic from David Brin's Uplift series, along with the numbered languages Galactic One through Galactic Twelve.
- Arumbabya from the Tintin books. In the English version it is rendered as a phonetic transcription of Cockney English [1]
- Atlantean created by Marc Okrand for the film Atlantis: The Lost Empire
- Atreides battle, in Dune by Frank Herbert
- Babel-17 from Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany
- Baronh from Morioka Hiroyuki's Seikai no Monsho (Crest of the Stars) and others.
- Bluddian from the video game Captain Blood
- Bork-Bork-Bork or "Mock Swedish", spoken by the Swedish Chef on The Muppet Show
- Brutopian - the language of Brutopia
- Cityspeak, a "mishmash of Japanese, Spanish, German," plus Hungarian and French, spoken on the street of overcrowded and multi-lingual Los Angeles of 2019 in Blade Runner. Similarly, used in many cyberpunk genre role playing games.
- Click Talk from Flaming Carrot Comics
- Common from the Warcraft Universe
- D'ni from Cyan Worlds' Myst computer game series
- Darnassian from the Warcraft Universe
- Drac, from Barry B. Longyear's The Enemy Papers
- Dwarvish from the Warcraft Universe
- Enochian by Edward Kelley
- Fremen, language of the native people of Arrakis, in Dune by Frank Herbert
- Furbish, the language of the Furby
- Gargish from the Ultima computer game series
- Glide from Diana Reed Slattery's The Maze Game
- Gnomish from the Warcraft Universe
- Goa'uld from Stargate SG-1
- Gutterspeak from the Warcraft Universe
- Hardic, Osskilian, and Kargish from Ursula K. LeGuin's Earthsea books
- Hopelandic, from the album ( ) by Icelandic band Sigur Rós
- Interlac, the universal language spoken in the 30th century in the Legion of Super Heroes comics
- Iotic, in The Dispossessed by Ursula K. LeGuin
- Irken, in Invader Zim, by Jhonen Vasquez, et al.
- Kad'k, the language of the Dwarfs in Terry Pratchett's Discworld
- Klingon from Star Trek, invented by Marc Okrand
- Kobaian, from the fictional planet created by French musician Christian Vander and the language sung by his progressive rock band Magma
- Krakozhian from The Terminal
- Kryptonese, or Kryptonian, the language of Superman's home planet of Krypton
- Ku, a fictional African language in the movie The Interpreter (2005)
- Láadan language, from Suzette Haden Elgin's science fiction novel Native Tongue and sequels
- Lapine from Richard Adams' Watership Down
- Lilliputian from Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels. Further samples of the language are provided in T. H. White's Mistress Masham's Repose
- Linguacode from Star Trek
- Mangani in the Tarzan novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Marain from Iain M. Banks' Culture novels
- Molvanian from Molvania, A Land Untouched By Modern Dentistry
- Nadsat from Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange
- Newspeak from George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four
- The Old Tongue from Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series
- Orcish from the Warcraft Universe
- Parseltongue, the language of snakes, in the Harry Potter series. The ability of humans to speak it is considered a magic ability.
- Paku from Land of the Lost
- Pennsylvanisch, from The Forest of Time
- Pinguish, the language of Pingu, an animated penguin from a cartoon of the same name
- Pravic from Ursula K. LeGuin's The Dispossessed
- Ptydepe from Václav Havel's The Memorandum
- Qwghlmian from Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon and The Baroque Cycle
- Simlish from the computer game, The Sims
- Syldavian from Hergé's Tintin stories
- Sperethiel, the language of the Elven nations of Tir Tairngire and Tir na Nog from the Shadowrun role playing game
- Stark (short for Star Common), a common interstellar English-based language from Orson Scott Card's Ender series
- Starsza Mowa from Andrzej Sapkowski's Hexer saga
- Tamarian from the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Darmok"
- Taurahe from the Warcraft Universe
- Taxilinga - from Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash
- Tenctonese from the Alien Nation movie and television series, created by Van Ling and Kenneth Johnson
- Troll language from Terry Pratchett's Discworld
- Troll language from the Warcraft Universe
- Unas in Stargate SG-1
- Utopian language, appearing in a poem by Petrus Gilles accompanying Thomas More's Utopia
- Verdurian, in Mark Rosenfelder's Almea
- Vulcan language from Star Trek
- Yilanè from Harry Harrison's West of Eden series
- Several languages spoken by Panurgue in Rabelais' Pantagruel (1532)
- Terranglo, Symbospeech, High Thranx, and Low Thranx, and a number of other languages created by Alan Dean Foster for his Humanx Commonwealth milieu
- Zemblan, created by Vladimir Nabokov in the novel Pale Fire.
Scripts
Unnamed languages
- Caveman, a 1981 movie set in prehistoric times, featured all dialogue in a language invented for the film.
- Codex Seraphinianus by Luigi Serafini is a book apparently written in a fictional language.
- The Fifth Element featured a "Divine Language" spoken by Milla Jovovich's character Leeloo, invented by writer/director Luc Besson.
- Quest for Fire, a 1981 film set in prehistoric times, featured all dialogue in a language invented for the film by Anthony Burgess.
- When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth, a 1970 movie set in prehistoric times, featured all dialogue in a language invented for the film.
- The Time Machine featured an unnamed language for the Eloi people.
- The War of the Worlds TV series, in its first season, features the aliens from Mor-Tax speaking a distinctive African-esque type of language (simply referred to as "alienspeak" in the scripts).
Lists of languages
See also
- Archive of fictional things
- Artificial script
- Constructed language
- List of constructed languages
- Voynich Manuscript
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