formulate an alien language ? Easy . Creating an integral writing scheme to go along with it ? Now that ’s impressive . Here are thirteen alien alphabets ( complete with downloadable fonts ! ) you should wholly employ to write your novel .
But first , a couple quick distinction . There are obviously way more deterrent example of alien writing systems out there , but these are all single that have been “ deciphered ” such that we can actually write in them . There are some major foreign languages that remain secret , including the Gallifreyan omegabet , which allegedly has millions of characters . I ’ve provided links to fonts based on these alphabets ; if you do n’t have intercourse how to install fount on your computer , hereis a handy guide . With that out of the direction , and following a brief but very honorable mention to J.R.R. Tolkien ’s Tengwar playscript from Lord of the Rings , let ’s get lead off on some alien alphabets …
1 - 2 . Alienese I and II , Futurama
As part of their in truth giant effort to make the 31st century a full realized cosmos , series God Almighty Matt Groening and David X. Cohen ( well , mainly David X. Cohen ) created Alienese , an alien alphabet that was primarily used to write humorous graffiti in the background of scenes . The ABCs has precisely the same twenty - six letter and groundwork ten number system as English , and the writers did n’t make an Alienese linguistic communication to go along with the rudiment , so everything it enounce was in English ( the main point of Alienese was to do in - laugh , after all ) . All of this allow Futurama fans to decipher the ABCs within about thirty minutes of the show ’s premiere , forcing the penning faculty to come up with a more hellish challenge , which became Alienese II .
Instead of the simple letter substitution of the first alphabet , this second alphabet use a modular addition system , where the symbol to represent a given character change ground on the missive before it . Here ’s how it would work in English : say you want to write “ Fry . ” First assign each letter of the alphabet the numeral economic value that is one less than their position in it , so A = 0 and Z = 25 ( the reasons you have to do this are too complicated and boring to go into ) . You first choose the 5th letter , which of course is “ F. ” For “ radius ” , the seventeenth letter , you coalesce the value of “ F ” and “ R ” , which is 5 + 17 = 22 , which means you use “ W. ” With “ Y ” , you tot 24 to 22 , which sacrifice you 46 . Since there are only 26 letter of the alphabet , you subtract 46 – 26 = 20 , and so the final letter is “ U ” . Thus “ Fry ” is spelled the equivalent of “ Fwu ” in Alienese II . Oh , and do n’t worry – none of the remainder of these alphabets are even remotely this complicated .
you’re able to download the fontshere(although you ’ll have to do your own accession with Alienese II ) . you could also now convince between English and either languagehere . If you ’re still a fleck confused about modular addition , you’re able to check out a more detailed primerhere .
3 . Ancient , Stargate
After the insanity of Alienese II , here ’s a squeamish square alphabet used by the Ancients on Stargate . It ’s a fairly confining phonetic couple for the English alphabet , although “ f ” and “ u ” are represented by the same fiber , so there are only 25 letters sum . Supposedly , the letters can take on new meanings when write upper side - down . As far as numbers go , the Ancients actually used a Base 8 organisation , but they invented two additional numerals so that they could more easy deal with race that used a decimal system of rules . There are no symbolization for punctuation mark in the Ancient ABCs . The makers of Stargate were somewhat inconsistent in how they used the first rudiment , on occasion writing circumstance - appropriate messages in English , but more often simply using the language for in - joke .
Download the alphabethere . And , because I ’m trying to advance this sort of thing , hereis a link to the Gospel of Matthew transliterated into the Ancient alphabet .
4 . Ath , Crest of the Stars by Morioka Hiroyuki
This Nipponese skill fabrication trilogy , along with its sequel Banner of the Stars , dealt with the Abh , an interstellar but strongly feudal slipstream that was earlier bioengineered by a highly nationalist faction in far succeeding Japan . They speak Baronh , a language base on ancient Japanese . make as hard worker , the Abh at first had no written spoken language , but upon gaining their exemption created Ath , a comparatively independent first principle that nevertheless had some fundament in Nipponese kana scripts .
you may get the fonthere .
5 . Interlac , DC Comics
In the 30th hundred era of the Legion of Superheroes , Interlac is the mutual fabricate nomenclature of the United Planets . Considering the hugely diverse backgrounds of the Legion and their taste for fighting evil on faraway alien planets , a lingua franca like Interlac is a very real necessity . Although the language was first used in a 1969 issue of Adventure Comics , it was n’t until 1984 that Paul Levitz and Keith Giffen standardized the alphabet into the consistent stage set that it is today . Recently , the titles of the five JLA and JSA books that made up the Lightning Saga were written in Interlac . And , in a augury of bang-up cosmic respect , the Guardians use Interlac to write the Book of Oa .
Download the fonthere .
6 - 8 . The Klingon Alphabets , Star Trek
Klingon is probably the most famous science fiction language . develop by linguist Marc Okrand for the Star Trek movies , Klingon is formally written using our alphabet . However , Klingon ship often have markings on them that distinctly look like letter , which has direct Klingon enthusiasts to search for a proper Klingon ABCs . This came when an unidentified figure from Paramount used the letters run across on the show to make an alphabet , which he or she then send to the Klingon Language Institute . This ABCs , make love as pIqaD , does not have a located symmetry between its letters and the English ABC equivalent . The Institute has proposed the mapping take in above , but prescribed source say this is faulty .
A more prescribed , albeit more outre , Klingon alphabet was to begin with developed by the Astra Image Corporation for Star Trek : The Motion Picture . These were also later used for the Skybox trading plug-in made for The Next Generation . Although there are still 26 phonic economic value , just like in English , there are now only ten letters , meaning various characters double , triple , and sometimes quadruple up in potential signification . This of course mean that many Christian Bible , some with directly opposite meanings , will look indistinguishable . Nevertheless , this alphabet is the one most often used by Star Trek production teams when adding Klingon lettering .
Finally , there is the so - squall Klinzhai script , which comes from The U.S.S. Enterprise Officer ’s Manual , published in 1980 . found on conception art and other fragments seen in The Original Series , the first principle has the major disadvantage of being formalized before Marc Okrand constructed the Klingon language , making it difficult to correlate with what is now “ know ” about the sounds of the Klingon words .
Get the first pIqaDherealong with several other Star Trek alphabets of vary degrees of officialness . Unfortunately , I ca n’t notice a font for the second pIqaD. you could download Klinzhaihere . And , for the Star Trek lover who has everything except a Klingon keyboard , hereis a Klingon keyboard .
9 . Kryptonese , DC Comics
Kryptonese automatically beat points because it ’s the only writing system on this list that ’s a syllabary , not an alphabet . It grew out of several buff letters that attempted to rationalize the various squiggles used in the fifties and sixty to typify the language of Superman ’s destroyed home base satellite Krypton . Exasperated by the barrage of letter , DC editor E. Nelson Bridwell tried to end the unsolicited alphabets by explaining in one outlet that Kryptonese actually had 118 letters . In a development that should stand as a live tribute to linguistic geekiness , Bridwell immediately start up receiving proposal for 118 - character Kryptonese alphabets . Bridwell , himself a devotee of trivial minutiae , decided if the caper was to be done , he really should be the one to do it , and countersink about comb out through erstwhile comedian to get 118 unequalled curlicue that he could designate as the various auditory sensation of Kryptonese . Although this use was , of course , totally arbitrary , the ending consequence was the massive syllabic script you see above .
alas , there are currently no fonts available online for Kryptonese , part because its non - alphabetical nature would make it difficult for most keyboards . Buthereis a keen site covering its history and auto-mechanic .
10 . Kryptonian , DC Comics
One of the many thing dispatch from continuity by Johnny Bryne ’s Man of Steel reboot was Kryptonese . In its place come Kryptonian , which was a 26 letter rudiment that simply corresponded with the English rudiment . This new alphabet was introduced in 2000 , and ever since any Kryptonian you might see in comics ( the current World of New Krypton arc has a bunch of examples ) are English phrases transliterated into Kryptonian . This also allowed the comics to finish the task of justifying why there ’s a bragging “ S ” on Superman ’s costume , as the Kryptonian “ S ” sorting of looks like the Man of Tomorrow ’s symbolization . ( It ’s also a symbolic representation of hope on Krypton . ) And to consider I had merely assumed the “ S ” just stand for Superman .
Get the fonthere . you may also gohereto check out a sincerely terrific attempt to go beyond a simple letter substitution scheme and create a complete , lingually consistent Kryptonian , complete with nine vowel and twenty - four consonants .
11 . Mandalorian , Star warfare
The Mandalorians are easily known as the warrior culture that trained Jango Fett and provided the inspiration for both the Fett family ’s armor and that of the Clone Troopers . In the amplify Universe books , the Mandalorians have been developed as a horrific third faction in the warfare between Jedi and Sith , sometimes following the Sith , but more often content to auction off off their baneful service of process to the gamy bidder . Karen Traviss , writer of the Star Wars : Republic Commando series , is presently function on develop the Mandalorian language , Mando’a , into a in full functional language . The ABC you see above comes from the Visual Dictionary companion to Attack of the Clones .
you’re able to download ithere .
12 . Marain , The Culture playscript by Iain M. Banks
Banks ’s series view the Culture , a utopian society where various exotic beau monde have been brought together in proportional harmony under the benignant government of the Minds , a set of highly sophisticated AI . The Minds see language a vital part of ascertain peace of mind between species , and so they created Marain , a new lyric with no clear-cut connections to any previously extant clapper . For the Marain alphabet , the Minds used binary program as an inspiration , using a 3×3 grid of nine circles , with each circle either blackened or left blank . line were then draw between the dots to retrace the symbolization , as can be visit in the chart above . Although there could theoretically be as many as 512 unique character in the Marain ABC’s , these 32 symbols in particular were opt because then can be rotated and flipped without looking like any of the others , making all of them completely unequaled and distinguishable .
Download the fonthereunder the entrance for December 21 . For a more comprehensive account from bank as to how the Marain penning system works , gohere .
13 . Zentradi , The Super Dimension Fortress Macross
This gum anime series from the early eighties concerned first contact between humans and the Zentradi , giant humanoids created eons ago by a inscrutable protoculture to serve as their galactic warriors . The series ’s creators , Studio Nue , make a Zentradi rudiment for the TV serial , which they then supplement with a full - fledged Zentradi language for the followup movie .
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