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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). Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Some authors use fictional languages as a device to underline differences in culture, by having their characters communicate in a fashion which is both alien and dislocated. ... Some authors use fictional languages as a device to underline differences in culture, by having their characters communicate in a fashion which is both alien and dislocated. ... An artificial or constructed language (known colloquially as a conlang among aficionados), is a language whose phonology, grammar and vocabulary are specifically devised by an individual or small group, rather than having naturally evolved as part of a culture as with natural languages. ... Look up Misnomer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary A misnomer is an incorrect or misleading name for a thing. ... The Klingon language or Klingonese (tlhIngan Hol in Klingon) is a constructed language (an artistic language created by Marc Okrand for Paramount Pictures and spoken by Klingons in the fictional Star Trek universe). ... J. R. R. Tolkien in 1916. ... This article is about the artificial language created by J.R.R. Tolkien. ... Sindarin is an artificial language (or conlang) developed by J. R. R. Tolkien. ...

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See languages of Middle-earth for a list of languages by J. R. R. Tolkien The languages of Middle-earth are artificial languages invented by J. R. R. Tolkien and used in his books about Middle-earth, including The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion. ... Tolkien redirects here. ...

Abcadefghan is a fictional language featured in the 1980 film The Falls, directed by Peter Greenaway. ... In British and Australian English, an entrée (also known as starters) is a smaller course that precedes the main course. ... Peter Greenaway Peter Greenaway (b. ... The Falls is a 1980 film directed by Peter Greenaway. ... Diane Duane (b. ... The Al Bhed are a faction of technologists in the role-playing game Final Fantasy X. They are notable for their use of machina prohibited by the Yevon religion and the Al Bhed language which they speak, and can be recognized by the black spiral pattern visible on the irises... Map of Spira Spira is the world in which the role-playing games Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2 are based. ... Final Fantasy X (ファイナルファンタジーX Fainaru FantajÄ« X) is the tenth title of the Final Fantasy role-playing game series and the first installment of the series released on the PlayStation 2. ... Final Fantasy X-2 (ファイナルファンタジーX-2 Fainaru FantajÄ« X-2, pronounced: ten-two) is a role-playing game in the Final Fantasy series, and the first to be a true sequel to a previous Final Fantasy game. ... A role-playing game (RPG) is a type of game in which players assume the roles of characters and collaboratively create narratives. ... There are two Dark eye video games, the first was one was: The Dark Eye: a video game by inscape inspired by Edgar Allen Poe stories-1995 [1] secondly: The Dark Eye (TDE, German: Das Schwarze Auge (DSA), literally the black eye, but without its idiomatic sense, as the German... In the works of H.P.Lovecraft Aklo is a secret language, possibly an artifical cipher or that used by a non-human race, associated with the writing of forbidden tomes and evil cultists. ... H. P. Lovecraft Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890–March 15, 1937) was an American author of fantasy and horror fiction, noted for giving horror stories a science fiction framework. ... Clark Ashton Smith (January 13, 1893-August 14, 1961) was a poet, sculptor, painter and author of fantasy, horror and science fiction short stories. ... A written language is a language that uses a writing system to convey meaning, or more generally the written form of any language that has such written components. ... The Serpent People of Valusia are a pre-human race in H. P. Lovecrafts fictional Cthulhu Mythos. ... The Ancients (or Alterans, as they originally called themselves) are a fictional race in the Stargate universe. ... Main article: Stargate (film) Stargate, the feature film, was released in 1994. ... Season 8s opening title Spoiler warning: See Stargate for a general summary of this universe, or List of Stargate SG-1 episodes for a detailed plot analysis. ... ... A typical Stargate. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... Athos (( )) is the Home planet of the Athosians in Stargate Atlantis. ... In the Legend of Zelda series of video games, Hylian means from or related to the mythical land of Hyrule. ... The Legend of Zelda series (ゼルダの伝説 シリーズ; often shortened to just Zelda series) is a series of action-adventure video games created by Nintendo and industry legend Shigeru Miyamoto beginning in 1986. ... In this article, the Ancient Language refers to the Ancient Language of Christopher Paolinis Inheritance Trilogy, comprising Eragon, Eldest, and the third book (which has yet to be published yet and may be called Empire) in the fictional world of Alagaësia. ... The Inheritance Trilogy is a three book series, soon to be a major motion picture trilogy, about a 15 year old teenager named Eragon and his dragon Saphira. ... Christopher Paolini (born November 17, 1983) is the author of the Inheritance trilogy. ... Anglic is a term used to refer to speech varieties derived from Old English, especially the Anglian variety thereof spoken in Northumbria—the most notable modern descendants of which are English and Scots—and their corresponding speech communities. ... A recent picture of David Brin. ... Biological uplift refers to the theoretic prospect of upgrading the capacities of non-human animals or other intelligences. ... Tintin and Snowy (Tintin et Milou) are world travellers and inseparable friends in The Adventures of Tintin. ... A Cockney, in the loosest sense of the word, is a working-class inhabitant of the East End of London. ... The Atlantean language is a constructed language created by Marc Okrand for Disneys film Atlantis: The Lost Empire. ... Marc Okrand is the inventor of the Klingon language. ... Milo trying to convince scholars of Atlantis existence. ... House Atreides is a fictional noble family from Frank Herberts Dune novels. ... Dune is a science fiction novel written by Frank Herbert and published in 1965 . ... Frank Herbert (1920 - 1986) Frank Patrick Herbert (October 8, 1920 – February 11, 1986) was a critically and commercially successful American science fiction author. ... Babel-17 Language is an artificial language first put forth in Samuel R. Delanys 1966 science-fiction novel Babel-17. ... Babel-17 is a science fiction novel by Samuel R. Delany in which the Sapir_Whorf Hypothesis (that language forms thought) is strongly influential. ... Samuel Ray Chip Delany, Jr. ... The Ath Alphabet, used to write Baronh Baronh is an artificial language created by Japanese science fiction author Morioka Hiroyuki and used in Crest of the Stars and Banner of the Stars. ... Morioka Hiroyuki (森岡浩之: 1962-) is a Japanese sci-fi novelist. ... Crest of the Stars (1999, Japanese: 星界の紋章 Seikai no Monshō) is an anime science fiction (space opera (some parts could classify as military science fiction/military space opera)) series based on a Japanese trilogy of science fiction novels of the same title, the first of which was published in 1996. ... The Bluddian language, an artistic constructed language, is used in the game Captain Blood. ... Captain Blood is the name of a video game from 1988 made by Imagitec Design Ltd and released by ERE Informatique (later known as Exxos). ... The Swedish Chef, making chocolate moose The Swedish Chef is a Muppet who appeared in the long-running The Muppet Show and was operated by Jim Henson and Frank Oz simultaneously. ... The Muppet Show is a television program featuring a cast of Muppets (diverse hand operated puppets, typically with huge eyes and large moving mouths) produced by Jim Henson and his team from 1976 to 1981. ... Brutopia is a fictional country appearing in several Donald Duck stories. ... The Chakobsa language was a secret language in Frank Herberts Dune series of novels, invented using mirabhasa principles for use by the Bhotani Assassins of the first war of Assassins. ... Frank Herbert (1920 - 1986) Frank Patrick Herbert (October 8, 1920 – February 11, 1986) was a critically and commercially successful American science fiction author. ... Blade Runner is a 1982 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott, which depicts a dystopic Los Angeles in November 2019. ... Berlins Sony Centre in Potsdamer Platz reflects the global reach of a Japanese corporation. ... This article is about traditional role-playing games. ... Flaming Carrot Comics is a surrealist comic book by Bob Burden originally published by Aardvark-Vanaheim, then by Renegade Comics and Dark Horse Comics between 1984 and 1993. ... Map of Azeroth as it appears in Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness. ... Myst franchise Games Myst Riven Myst III: Exile Myst IV: Revelation Uru: Ages Beyond Myst Myst V: End of Ages Ages of: Myst Riven Myst III: Exile Myst IV: Revelation Uru Myst V: End of Ages Novels Myst: The Book of Atrus   Tiana   Dni   Marrim Comic Books #0... Photo of Cyan Worlds Myst franchise Games Myst Riven Myst III: Exile Myst IV: Revelation Uru: Ages Beyond Myst Myst V: End of Ages Ages of: Myst Riven Myst III: Exile Myst IV: Revelation Uru Myst V: End of Ages Novels Myst: The Book of Atrus   Tiana   Dni... This article is about the first computer game titled Myst. For the entire series, see Myst franchise. ... Map of Azeroth as it appears in Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness. ... Drac can be: The word for dragon in Catalan and other languages, from Latin DRACO. See European dragon (particularly the section on Catalan dragons). ... Barry B. Longyear (born 1942) is an award-winning US science fiction author and screenwriter. ... The Enemy Papers is a book by Barry B. Longyear containing his books enemy mine and its two sequels The Last Enemy and The Tomorrow Testament Categories: Stub ... Dwarves as seen in the World of Warcraft. ... Map of Azeroth as it appears in Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness. ... Elvish languages are constructed languages used typically by elves in a fantasy setting. ... Enochian is an occult language popularised by John Dee and Edward Kelley in the 16th Century. ... Edward Kelley, nineteenth-century portrait Edward Kelley or Kelly, also known as Edward Talbot (August 1, 1555 - 1597) was a spirit medium who worked with John Dee in his magical investigations. ... Ultimate X-Men is a superhero comic book published by Marvel Comics. ... The Fremen are a group of people in the Dune series of science fiction novels by Frank Herbert. ... Mesquite Flat Dunes in Death Valley National Park In physical geography, a dune is a hill of sand built by eolian (wind-related) processes. ... Frank Herbert (1920 - 1986) Frank Patrick Herbert (October 8, 1920 – February 11, 1986) was a critically and commercially successful American science fiction author. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... A group of different furbys A Furby is an electronic soft-toy made by Tiger Electronics which went through a brief period of being a must-have toy following its launch in the Holiday season 1998. ... The cover of the first novel in the Hitchhikers series, from a late 1990s printing. ... Gargish is the fictional language used by the gargoyle race in the Ultima computer game series. ... Ultima is a series of fantasy computer role-playing games from Origin Systems, Inc. ... Gelflings are elf-like beings who populated the fictional world of Thra, in Jim Hensons 1982 movie The Dark Crystal. ... Jim Henson James Maury Henson, commonly known as Jim Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990), was one of the most important puppeteers in modern American television history. ... Cover art from the 2004 Region 2 DVD. The Dark Crystal is a 1982 fantasy film by Jim Henson and Frank Oz. ... The Glide language, or simply Glide, is a highly-abstract visual constructed language created by Diana Reed Slattery and features prominently in her science fiction novel The Maze Game. ... Gnomes as seen in World of Warcraft. ... Map of Azeroth as it appears in Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness. ... The Goauld language is a fictional language spoken by the Goauld and Jaffa from the television series Stargate SG-1. ... Season 8s opening title Spoiler warning: See Stargate for a general summary of this universe, or List of Stargate SG-1 episodes for a detailed plot analysis. ... Map of Azeroth as it appears in Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness. ... Hardic is a fictional language in the Earthsea series of short stories and novels by Ursula K. Le Guin. ... Ursula K. Le Guin at an informal bookstore Q&A session, July 2004 Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (born October 21, 1929), is an American author. ... A Wizard of Earthsea Earthsea is a fictional realm that was created by Ursula K. Le Guin for her short story The Word of Unbinding, published in 1964, but became more famous in her novel A Wizard of Earthsea, first published in 1968. ... ... For the short film of the same title, see ( ) (film). ... Sigur Rós is an Icelandic post-rock band with shoegazing and minimalist elements. ... The Legion of Super-Heroes is a team of comic book superheroes in the future. ... Iotic is one of the fictional languages used and referred to in the science-fiction book The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. LeGuin. ... The Dispossessed is a 1974 utopian science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin, set in the same universe as that of The Left Hand of Darkness (the Ekumen universe). ... Ursula K. Le Guin at an informal bookstore Q&A session, July 2004 Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (born October 21, 1929), is an American author. ... An Irken is an inhabitant of Irk in the fictional Invader Zim universe. ... ZIM wishes to take over the world, whilst GIR is obsessed with, well, whatevers in front of him at the time. ... Jhonen Vasquez (Jo-Nen) (born September 1, 1974) is a comic book artist and writer from San Jose, California. ... Dwarfs in Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels are similar to the Dwarves of J. R. R. Tolkiens Middle-earth, which they largely started out pastiching, and dwarfs/dwarves in other fantasy novels. ... Dwarfs in Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels are similar to the Dwarves of J. R. R. Tolkiens Middle-earth, which they largely started out pastiching, and dwarfs/dwarves in other fantasy novels. ... Terence David John Pratchett OBE is an English fantasy author (born April 28, 1948, in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England), best known for his Discworld series. ... The Discworld is a series of 35 humorous fantasy novels and a number of shorter works by Terry Pratchett set on the Discworld. ... The Klingon language or Klingonese (tlhIngan Hol in Klingon) is a constructed language (an artistic language created by Marc Okrand for Paramount Pictures and spoken by Klingons in the fictional Star Trek universe). ... http://www. ... Marc Okrand is the inventor of the Klingon language. ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... Christian Vander (1948-) is a drummer and musician and founder of the band Magma, which sings songs in Kobaian, a constructed language. ... Progressive rock (shortened to prog, or prog rock when differentiating from other progressive genres) is an ambitious, eclectic, and often grandiose style of rock music which arose in the late 1960s, reached the peak of its popularity in the early 1970s, and continues as a musical form to this day. ... Magma is a French progressive rock band founded in 1969 by classically-trained drummer Christian Vander, who claimed as his inspiration a vision of humanitys spiritual and ecological future that profoundly disturbed him. ... Krakozhia (Кракожия) is a fictional country created for the movie The Terminal starring Tom Hanks and Catherine Zeta Jones. ... The Terminal (2004) is a movie about a man trapped in an airport terminal when he is denied entry into the United States, but cannot return to his country of origin due to a revolution in his country. ... The following is a glossary of terms related to the fictional planet Krypton, the birthplace of Superman: All, The - Post-Crisis, The All are a collection of artifacts created by the Clerics people. ... Lara, Jor-El, and Superman on Krypton. ... Ku, KU, or ku may refer to: Korea University (South Korea) Kansas University (USA) The University of Karachi (Pakistan) Kasetsart University (Thai) University of Copenhagen (Københavns Universitet) (Denmark) Kansai University (Japan) Kuwait University (Kuwait) A ward (区) in a Japanese city The Ku band of microwave radio frequencies in the... The Interpreter is a 2005 drama/thriller film, directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn. ... Láadan is a constructed language created by Suzette Haden Elgin in 1982 to test the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis for women, specifically to determine if Western natural languages were better suited for expressing the views of men than women. ... Suzette Haden Elgin is an American science fiction author. ... Lapine is an artificial language constructed by Richard Adams and spoken by the fictional rabbits of his novel Watership Down. ... Richard George Adams (born May 9, 1920 in Newbury, Berkshire, England) is a British novelist who is best known for two novels with animal characters, Watership Down and The Plague Dogs. ... Watership Down For the hill named Watership Down, see Watership Down, Hampshire. ... Jonathan Swift Jonathan Swift (November 30, 1667 – October 19, 1745) was an Anglo-Irish writer who is famous for works like Gullivers Travels, A Modest Proposal, and A Tale of a Tub. ... Gulliver Gullivers Travels (1726, amended 1735) is a work of fiction by Jonathan Swift that is both a satire on human nature and a parody of the travellers tales literary sub-genre. ... Terence Hanbury White (May 29, 1906 - January 17, 1964) was a writer. ... In the Star Trek television series, linguacode is a universal language code that is sometimes used by the United Federation of Planets in first contact situations. ... http://www. ... Loxian is an artistic language and alphabet created by writer and lyricist Roma Ryan for Enyas 2005 album Amarantine. ... Enya (born 17 May 1961), birth name Eithne Ní Bhraonáin (sometimes presented in the media as the Anglicized Enya Brennan), is Irelands best-selling solo musician. ... Mangani is a fictional language from the Tarzan novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs. ... Tarzan, a character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, first appeared in the 1914 novel Tarzan of the Apes, and then in twenty-three sequels. ... Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan, although he produced works in many genres. ... Marain is a constructed language used by the fictional Culture of Iain M. Banks . ... Iain Menzies Banks (born on February 16, 1954 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland) writes mainstream novels as Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks. ... The Culture is a fictional anarchic, socialistic and utopian society created by the Scottish writer Iain M. Banks and described by him in several of his novels and shorter fictions. ... Molvanîa is a fictional country set in Eastern Europe. ... Molvanîa is a fictional country set in Eastern Europe. ... Nadsat is a constructed set of Russian-based slang invented by the linguist, novelist, and composer Anthony Burgess. ... Anthony Burgess Anthony Burgess (February 25, 1917 - November 22, 1993) was an English novelist and critic. ... A Clockwork Orange book cover A Clockwork Orange is a science fiction 1962 novel by Anthony Burgess, and forms the basis for the 1971 film adaptation by Stanley Kubrick. ... Newspeak is a fictional language in George Orwells novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. ... George Orwell Eric Arthur Blair (June 25, 1903–January 21, 1950), better known by the pen name George Orwell, was a British author and journalist. ... This article contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... The Old Tongue is a fictional language from Robert Jordans The Wheel of Time fantasy series. ... Robert Jordan is the pen name of James Oliver Rigney, Jr. ... For the philosophical concept, see vedic philosophy. ... Male and Female Orcs as seen in the World of Warcraft. ... Map of Azeroth as it appears in Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness. ... Orzet is the fictional language of the orks in the role-playing game Shadowrun. ... Cover of Shadowrun Third Edition Shadowrun is a cyberpunk-urban fantasy cross-genre role-playing game, set in the years 2050, 2060 or 2070 (depending on the game edition) following a great cataclysm that has brought use of magic back to the world, just as it begins to embrace the... This article is about traditional role-playing games. ... This article describes magic in the fictional Harry Potter universe. ... Superfamilies and Families Henophidia Aniliidae Anomochilidae Boidae Bolyeriidae Cylindrophiidae Loxocemidae Pythonidae Tropidophiidae Uropeltidae Xenopeltidae Typhlopoidea Anomalepididae Leptotyphlopidae Typhlopidae Xenophidia Acrochordidae Atractaspididae Colubridae Elapidae Hydrophiidae Viperidae Snakes are cold blooded legless reptiles closely related to lizards, which share the order Squamata. ... Cover of the original novel in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone. ... It has been suggested that Spells and spell-like magic in the world of Harry Potter be merged into this article or section. ... Land of the Lost title screen Land of the Lost (1974–1976) is one in a variety of popular, uniquely produced childrens television series created and produced by Sid and Marty Krofft. ... Land of the Lost title screen Land of the Lost (1974–1976) is one in a variety of popular, uniquely produced childrens television series created and produced by Sid and Marty Krofft. ... Pennsylvanisch is the language spoken by Pennsylvanians in the science fiction book The Forest of Time. ... Carlo Bonomi is an Italian clown who provided the voices for the animated childrens TV series, Pingu. ... Pingu Pingu was a Swiss animated series aimed at children. ... Pravic is a language used and referred to in the science-fiction book The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. LeGuin. ... Ursula K. Le Guin at an informal bookstore Q&A session, July 2004 Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (born October 21, 1929), is an American author. ... The Dispossessed is a 1974 utopian science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin, set in the same universe as that of The Left Hand of Darkness (the Ekumen universe). ... Václav Havel with the Order of Canada Václav Havel, GCB, CC (IPA: ) (born October 5, 1936) is a Czech writer and dramatist. ... Qwghlm is a fictional location, featured in the books Cryptonomicon and The Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson. ... Neal Stephenson (b. ... Cryptonomicon is a sprawling novel by Neal Stephenson that is more a combination of historical fiction and contemporary techno-thriller than the science fiction of Stephensons earlier works. ... The Baroque Cycle, a series of books written by Neal Stephenson, appeared in print in 2003 and 2004. ... Simlish is a fictional language featured in Maxis Sim series of games. ... This article is on The Sims video game. ... Syldavia is a fictional Balkan country featured in the adventures of Tintin by Hergé. The language spoken is Syldavian. ... Georges Remi Hergé Georges Remi (May 23, 1907 - March 3, 1983), better known by the pen name Hergé, was a Belgian comics writer and artist. ... Tintin and Snowy (Tintin et Milou) are world travellers and inseparable friends in The Adventures of Tintin. ... Sperethiel is the language of the elves in the role-playing game Shadowrun. ... Cover of Shadowrun Third Edition Shadowrun is a cyberpunk-urban fantasy cross-genre role-playing game, set in the years 2050, 2060 or 2070 (depending on the game edition) following a great cataclysm that has brought use of magic back to the world, just as it begins to embrace the... This article is about traditional role-playing games. ... In the Enders Game series fiction of Orson Scott Card, Stark, short for Starways Common, is the common interstellar language which evolved from English and IF Common over the 3000 years between the novels Enders Game and Speaker for the Dead. ... Orson Scott Card (born August 24, 1951) is a prolific and best-selling author working in numerous genres. ... Andrew Ender Wiggin is a fictional character from Orson Scott Cards science fiction story Enders Game and its sequels (Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, Children of the Mind), as well as in the second part of the spin-off series, Enders Shadow. ... Starsza Mowa is a language created by Andrzej Sapkowski for short stories and the saga of the Hexer. ... Andrzej Sapkowski Andrzej Sapkowski, born June 21, 1948 in Lodz, is a Polish fantasy writer. ... The Hexer or the Witcher (Polish: Wiedźmin) is a character created by Andrzej Sapkowski. ... The title as it appeared in most episodes opening credits. ... Darmok is an episode of the television science fiction series Star Trek: The Next Generation. ... Map of Azeroth as it appears in Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness. ... Neal Stephenson (b. ... Snow Crash, US version cover shot, illustrated by Bruce Jensen. ... In the FOX television series Alien Nation, the Tenctonese, also known as Newcomers are a humanoid species from the planet Tencton. ... Alien Nation is a 1988 science fiction movie written by Rockne S. OBannon and directed by Graham Baker. ... Alien Nation was a science fiction television series, based on the movie of the same name. ... Van Ling is a producer and creator of DVD menus for many popular movies, including the Star Wars DVDs. ... Kenneth Johnson (born 26 October 1942 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA) is an American screenwriter, producer and director. ... Trolls in Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels, unlike the monstrous trolls of folklore and J.R.R. Tolkien, have been subverted into a moderately civilised race. ... Terence David John Pratchett OBE is an English fantasy author (born April 28, 1948, in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England), best known for his Discworld series. ... The Discworld is a series of 35 humorous fantasy novels and a number of shorter works by Terry Pratchett set on the Discworld. ... Two Jungle Trolls, as seen in World of Warcraft. ... Map of Azeroth as it appears in Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness. ... The Unas language from Stargate SG-1 is, although simplistic, a beautiful language that lends itself to quick, sharp sentences. ... Season 8s opening title Spoiler warning: See Stargate for a general summary of this universe, or List of Stargate SG-1 episodes for a detailed plot analysis. ... The Utopian language is the constructed language of the fictional land of Utopia. ... Portrait of Sir Thomas More, by Hans Holbein the Younger (1527). ... See Utopia (disambiguation) for other meanings of this word Utopia, in its most common and general meaning, refers to a hypothetical perfect society. ... The Verdurian language is a conlang by Mark Rosenfelder, characterized by its Romance-like phonology and Latin-like inflection. ... Mark Rosenfelder is the creator of the website Zompist. ... Vulcans are a humanoid species in the fictional Star Trek universe who reside on the planet Vulcan and are noted for their attempt to live by reason and logic. ... http://www. ... At the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow, August 2005 Harry Harrison (born Henry Maxwell Dempsey, March 12, 1925 in Stamford, Connecticut) is an American science fiction author who has lived in many parts of the world including Mexico, England, Denmark and Italy. ... West of Eden is a 1984 science fiction novel by Harry Harrison that tells of a fictitious planet Earth in which the extinction of the dinosaurs never occurred. ... François Rabelais (ca. ... Gargantua and Pantagruel is a connected series of five books written in the 16th century by François Rabelais. ... Alan Dean Foster (born November 18, 1946) is a prolific writer of science fiction and fantasy novels and movie novelizations. ... The Humanx Commonwealth is a fictional interstellar civilisation featured in the science fiction novels of Alan Dean Foster. ... This article contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... A blade is the flat part of a bladed tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge and/or pointed end typically made of a metal, such as steel used to cut, stab, slice, throw, thrust, or strike. ... Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (Russian: Владимир Владимирович Набоков; pronounced: vlah-DEE-meer nah-BAWK-awf) (April 22 [O.S. April 10] 1899– July 2, 1977) was a Russian-American author. ... Penguin Classics edition of Pale Fire Pale Fire (1962) is a novel by Vladimir Nabokov, his fourteenth in total and fifth in English. ...

Scripts

This chart showing the runes shared by the Angerthas Daeron and Angerthas Moria is presented in Appendix E of The Return of the King. ... First article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (in English) The Tengwar are an artificial script which was invented by J. R. R. Tolkien. ...

Unnamed languages

Caveman in a Minute Maid Bibo ad A caveman is a popular stylized characterization of what early humans or hominids may have looked and behaved like. ... The Codex Seraphinianus is a book written and illustrated by the Italian architect and industrial designer Luigi Serafini during the late 1970s. ... Luigi Serafini is an Italian graphic artist famous for his unusual and obscure works, such as the Codex Seraphinianus. ... The Fifth Element (1997) is a science fiction action movie, directed by Luc Besson, starring Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm, Milla Jovovich, Chris Tucker, Indra Ové and Al Matthews. ... Milla Jovovich at Cannes, 2002 Milla Jovovich (Serbian: Милица Јововић (Milica Jovović), born December 17, 1975), is an actress, musician, and model. ... Luc Besson (born March 18, 1959) is a French film director, writer, and producer. ... Quest for Fire (French La Guerre du feu after an eponymous novel) is a 1981 fantasy film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud. ... Anthony Burgess Anthony Burgess (February 25, 1917 - November 22, 1993) was an English novelist and critic. ... When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth is a 1970 movie starring Victoria Vetri, set in the time of cavemen. ... The Time Machine is a novel by H. G. Wells, first published in 1895, later made into two films of the same title. ... The War of the Worlds television series ran for two seasons, from 1988 to 1990. ... Mor-Tax is the name of the planet in which the aliens from the first season of War of the Worlds TV series originate. ... // Etymology World map showing Africa (geographically) The name Africa came into Western use through the Romans, who used the name Africa terra — land of the Afri (plural, or Afer singular) — for the northern part of the continent, as the province of Africa with its capital Carthage, corresponding to modern-day... The Zerg are an alien race in the StarCraft universe. ... StarCraft (SC) is a real-time strategy computer game by Blizzard Entertainment. ...

Lists of languages

The languages of Middle-earth are artificial languages invented by J. R. R. Tolkien and used in his books about Middle-earth, including The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion. ... The fictional universe of Star Wars is a multilingual one, in which it is common to have either a passive or active understanding of many multiple languages from numerous alien races and cultures. ...

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Fictional language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (195 words)
Some authors use fictional languages (also known as artistic languages, as opposed to International auxiliary languages intended for actual use) as a device to underline differences in culture, by having their characters communicate in a fashion which is both alien and dislocated.
Some of these languages are presented as distorted versions or dialects of modern English.
A fictional language is separated from an artlang (language constructed for beauty or fun) by both purpose and relative completion: a fictional language generally has the least amount of grammar and vocabulary possible, and it is made usually for a novel or movie.
List of fictional languages - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (954 words)
Fictional languages are created specifically for a work of fiction, such as a movie or book.
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.
Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis) is the language of the Ancients, the builders of the Stargates; it is similar to Latin.
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