List of fictional languages
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 languanges, which are constructed primarily for other purposes, such as language reform, thought experiments, or artistic expression. They are also referred to as "professional artlangs." "Fictional", however, is something of a misnomer, since they do, in fact, exist—many with thousands of registered words (such as J. R. R. Tolkien's Quenya and Sindarin languages).
Individual languages
- 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.
- Aklo is an ancient and obscure language in the works of HP Lovecraft.
- Arumbabya from the Tintin books. In the English version it is rendered as a phonetic transcription of Cockney English [1]
- Atlantean language created by Marc Okrand for the film Atlantis: The Lost Empire
- Atreides battle language, in Dune by Frank Herbert.
- Babel-17 language, from Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany
- Baronh, from Morioka Hiroyuki's Seikai no Monsho (Crest of the Stars) and others.
- 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
- D'ni language from Cyan Worlds' Myst computer game series
- Drac, from Barry B. Longyear's The Enemy Papers
- Enochian by Edward Kelley
- Hardic, Osskilian, and Kargish from Ursula K. LeGuin's Earthsea books
- Kad'k (Dwarfish) from Terry Pratchett's Discworld
- 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
- Goa'uld from the Stargate SG-1 world
- Iotic, in The Dispossessed by Ursula K. LeGuin
- Klingon language 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
- Kryptonian, the language of Superman's home planet, Krypton
- 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
- Marain from Iain M. Banks' Culture novels
- Molvanian from the Molvania Touristic Guide
- Newspeak from George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four
- Nadsat from Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange
- The Old Tongue from Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series
- Paku language from Land of the Lost
- 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
- 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.
- Tenctonese from the Alien Nation movie and television series, created by Van Ling and Kenneth Johnson.
- Troll language from Terry Pratchett's Discworld
- Utopian language, appearing in a poem by Petrus Gilles accompanying Thomas More's Utopia
- 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.
- Adûnaic
- Aulëan
- Black Speech
- Common Eldarin
- Common Telerin
- Doriathrin
- Elvish language
- Falathrin
- Khuzdul
- North Sindarin
- Oromëan
- Primitive Quendian
- Quenya
- Rohirric
- Sarati
- Sindarin
- Telerin
- Taliska
- Tengwar
- Valarin
- Westron
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.
- 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.