List of constructed scripts
This list of constructed scripts is in alphabetical order. ISO 15924 codes are provided where assigned. This list includes neither shorthand systems nor ciphers of existing scripts.
| Script name | ISO 15924 | Year created | Creator | Comments (click to sort by category) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afaka | Afak | 1910 | Afáka Atumisi | Syllabary used to write the Ndyuka language, an English-based creole of Surinam |
| Aiha | 1985 | Ursula K. Le Guin | Alphabet of the fictional Kesh language in her novel Always Coming Home | |
| Armenian | Armn | 405 | Saint Mesrob | Alphabet thought to have been based on Greek |
| aUI | 1962 | John W. Weilgart | Language and alphabet attempting to unify sound and meaning | |
| Aurebesh | 1993 | Stephen Crane | Alphabet originally for Star Wars Miniatures Battles Companion based on glyphs by Joe Johnston, subsequently used for other media in the franchise[1] | |
| Blissymbol | Blis | 1949 | Charles K. Bliss | Conceived as a non-spoken (soundless), purely ideographic script |
| Braille | Brai | 1821 | Louis Braille | Tactile alphabet for the blind using embossed dots; dozens of derived scripts |
| Canadian Aboriginal syllabics | Cans | 1840s | James Evans | Family of abugidas used to write a number of Aboriginal Canadian languages of the Algonquian, Inuit, and (formerly) Athabaskan language families |
| Cherokee | Cher | 1819 | Sequoyah | Syllabary inspired by Latin glyph shapes |
| Cirth | Cirt | 1930s[2] | J. R. R. Tolkien | Runic elven script, mainly for dwarven writing in his novel The Lord of the Rings |
| Clear Script | 1648 | Zaya Pandit | Alphabet used to write the Oirat language; based on Mongolian script | |
| Coorgi-Cox alphabet | 2005 | Gregg M. Cox | A proposed script for the Kodava language | |
| Cyrillic | Cyrl / Cyrs | ca. 940 | Saint Cyril or his students | Alphabet mainly used to write Slavic languages; based primarily on Greek |
| Deseret | Dsrt | mid-19th century | University of Deseret | A phonemic alphabet designed for the English language |
| D'ni | 1997 | Richard A. Watson | Alphabet for the fictional language in the game Riven and its sequels | |
| Dotsies | 2012 | Craig Muth | A script intended to make writing more compact, where each letter is made of a single vertical line of dots arranged in 5 rows. [3] | |
| Duployan shorthand | Dupl | 1891 | Father Jean-Marie-Raphaël Le Jeune | Historically used as the main (non-shorthand) script for Chinook Jargon |
| Engsvanyáli | 1940s | M. A. R. Barker | Abugida used in the Empire of the Petal Throne role-playing game | |
| Eskayan | ca. 1920–1937 | Mariano Datahan | Syllabary based on cursive Latin script | |
| Fraser | Lisu | 1915 | Sara Ba Thaw | Alphabet used to write the Lisu language; improved by James O. Fraser |
| Gargoyle | 1990 | Herman Miller | Alphabet for the fictional Gargish language in Ultima VI: The False Prophet | |
| Glagolitic | Glag | 862–863 | Saints Cyril and Methodius | Historically used to write Slavic languages, before Cyrillic became dominant |
| HamNoSys | 1985 | University of Hamburg | A phonetic transcription system for sign languages | |
| Hangul | Hang | 1443 | Court of King Sejong | Alphabet written in syllable blocks used to write the Korean language |
| International Phonetic Alphabet | Latn | 1888 | International Phonetic Association | Regarded as being an extension of the Latin script |
| Ithkuil | 2004 | John Quijada | Script for the constructed Ithkuil language | |
| Kēlen | 1980 | Sylvia Sotomayor | Alphabet for a fictional alien language without verbs | |
| Klingon (KLI pIqaD) | Piqd | ca. 1990 | Anonymous | Glyphs created for Star Trek: The Next Generation, later sent as a font to the KLI |
| Lisu syllabary | 1924–1930 | Ngua-ze-bo | Syllabary of about 800 characters used to write the Lisu language | |
| Night writing | 1808 | Charles Barbier | Forerunner of Braille; tactile alphabet intended for communication in total darkness | |
| N'Ko | Nkoo | 1949 | Solomana Kante | Alphabet used to write the Manding languages, including a kind of koine |
| Phags-pa | Phag | 1269 | Drogön Chögyal Phagpa | Used historically for the languages in the Yuan sector of the Mongolian Empire |
| Physioalphabet | 1995 | Geoffrey Tudor | Featural international phonetic alphabet based on and depicting the human physiology of speech production | |
| Pollard | Plrd | 1936 | Sam Pollard | Abugida used to write several minority languages in China |
| Quikscript | 1966 | Ronald Kingsley Read | Phonemic alphabet designed to write the English language quickly and compactly | |
| Sarati | Sara | 1910s | J. R. R. Tolkien | Precursor of his elven Tengwar script |
| Shavian | Shaw | ca. 1960 | Ronald Kingsley Read | Phonemic alphabet to write the English language; precursor to Quikscript |
| SignWriting | Sgnw | 1974 | Valerie Sutton | Proposed system of writing sign languages |
| sitelen pona | 2012 | Sonja Lang | Logographic writing system used in Toki Pona | |
| sitelen sitelen | 2012 | Jonathan Gabel | Logographic writing system used in Toki Pona | |
| Soyombo | 1686 | Bogdo Zanabazar | Abugida historically used to write the Mongolian language | |
| Stokoe notation | 1960 | William Stokoe | Proposed system of writing sign languages | |
| Tengwar | Teng | 1930s | J. R. R. Tolkien | Elven script used for various languages in his novel The Lord of the Rings |
| Unifon | mid-1950s | John R. Malone | Phonemic alphabet to write the English language, based on the Latin alphabet | |
| Visible Speech | Visp | 1867 | Alexander Melville Bell | System of phonetic symbols to represent the position of the speech organs |
| Vithkuqi alphabet | 1845 | Naum Veqilharxhi | Alphabet historically used to write the Albanian language | |
| Scripts designed for a natural spoken language (sort by the Comments column to sort by category) | ||||
| Scripts designed for a work of fiction | ||||
| Miscellaneous (special purpose, academic, …) | ||||
References
- "Echo Station - Aurebesh Soup". web.archive.org. 19 April 2016.
- Tolkien, C., editor, The Treason of Isengard, The History of Middle-Earth, Houghton Mifflin, 1989
- "Introducing Dotsies: The Space-Saving Font".
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