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Fictional language, the Glossary

Fictional languages are the subset of constructed languages (conlangs) that have been created as part of a fictional setting (e.g. for use in a book, movie, television show, or video game).^[1]

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Alien language

Alien languages, i.e. languages of extraterrestrial beings, are a hypothetical subject since none have been encountered so far. Fictional language and Alien language are science fiction themes.

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is a multimedia project series made in collaboration by Gust Corporation and Banpresto (currently subsidiaries of Tecmo Koei and Namco Bandai Games respectively) consisting of video games, manga, and an OVA.

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Arrival (film)

Arrival is a 2016 American science fiction drama film directed by Denis Villeneuve and adapted by Eric Heisserer, who conceived the project as a spec script based on the 1998 short story "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang.

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Artistic language

An artistic language, or artlang, is a constructed language designed for aesthetic and phonetic pleasure. Fictional language and artistic language are artistic languages.

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Avatar (2009 film)

Avatar is a 2009 epic science fiction film directed, written, co-produced, and co-edited by James Cameron.

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Baahubali: The Beginning

Baahubali: The Beginning is a 2015 Indian Telugu-language epic action film co-written and directed by S. S. Rajamouli, and produced by Shobu Yarlagadda and Prasad Devineni under Arka Media Works.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.

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Borduria

Borduria is a fictional country in The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé.

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The communication with extraterrestrial intelligence (CETI) is a branch of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) that focuses on composing and deciphering interstellar messages that theoretically could be understood by another technological civilization.

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Constructed language

A constructed language (shortened to conlang) is a language whose phonology, grammar, orthography, and vocabulary, instead of having developed naturally, are consciously devised for some purpose, which may include being devised for a work of fiction.

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David J. Peterson

David Joshua Peterson (born January 20, 1981) is an American language creator.

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Dialect

Dialect (from Latin,, from the Ancient Greek word, 'discourse', from, 'through' and, 'I speak') refers to two distinctly different types of linguistic relationships.

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Doctor Who

Doctor Who is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963.

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Dothraki language

The Dothraki language is a constructed fictional language in George R. R. Martin's fantasy novel series A Song of Ice and Fire and its television adaptation Game of Thrones. Fictional language and Dothraki language are fictional languages.

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Extraterrestrial life, alien life, or colloquially simply aliens, is life which does not originate from Earth.

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Fandom

A fandom is a subculture composed of fans characterized by a feeling of camaraderie with others who share a common interest.

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Far Cry Primal

Far Cry Primal is a 2016 action-adventure game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft.

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Fictional universe

A fictional universe (also called an imagined universe or a constructed universe) is the internally consistent fictional setting used in a narrative work or work of art, most commonly associated with works of fantasy and science fiction.

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First language

A first language (L1), native language, native tongue, or mother tongue is the first language a person has been exposed to from birth or within the critical period.

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Furby

Furby is an American electronic robotic toy by Tiger Electronics.

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Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and for HBO.

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Grammar

In linguistics, a grammar is the set of rules for how a natural language is structured, as demonstrated by its speakers or writers.

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Greenwood Publishing Group

Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. (GPG), also known as ABC-Clio/Greenwood (stylized ABC-CLIO/Greenwood), is an educational and academic publisher (middle school through university level) which is today part of ABC-Clio.

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Hutt (Star Wars)

The Hutts are an alien species in the Star Wars franchise.

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J. R. R. Tolkien

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and philologist.

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Kiliki language

Kiliki or Kilikili is a fictional language originally created by Madhan Karky for the 2015 Indian epic adventure film Baahubali: The Beginning. Fictional language and Kiliki language are fictional languages.

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Klingon language

The Klingon language (tlhIngan Hol, pIqaD:  &#xF8D9) is the constructed language spoken by a fictional alien race called the Klingons in the Star Trek universe. Fictional language and Klingon language are fictional languages.

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Land of the Lost (1974 TV series)

Land of the Lost is a children's adventure television series created (though uncredited) by David Gerrold and produced by Sid and Marty Krofft, who co-developed the series with Allan Foshko.

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Language

Language is a structured system of communication that consists of grammar and vocabulary.

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Languages in Star Wars

The Star Wars space opera universe, created by George Lucas, features some dialogue spoken in fictional languages.

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Latin script

The Latin script, also known as the Roman script, is a writing system based on the letters of the classical Latin alphabet, derived from a form of the Greek alphabet which was in use in the ancient Greek city of Cumae in Magna Graecia.

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Lexicon

A lexicon (plural: lexicons, rarely lexica) is the vocabulary of a language or branch of knowledge (such as nautical or medical).

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Magma (band)

Magma is a French progressive rock band founded in Paris in 1969 by self-taught drummer Christian Vander, who claimed as his inspiration a "vision of humanity's spiritual and ecological future" that profoundly disturbed him.

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Marc Okrand

Marc Okrand (born July 3, 1948) is an American linguist.

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Naʼvi language

The Naʼvi language (Naʼvi: Lìʼfya leNaʼvi) is a fictional constructed language originally made for the 2009 film ''Avatar''.

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Native Esperanto speakers

Native Esperanto speakers (Esperanto: denaskuloj or denaskaj esperantistoj) are people who have acquired Esperanto as one of their native languages.

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Natural language

In neuropsychology, linguistics, and philosophy of language, a natural language or ordinary language is any language that occurs naturally in a human community by a process of use, repetition, and change without conscious planning or premeditation.

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Paul Frommer

Paul R. Frommer (born September 17, 1944) is an American communications professor at the University of Southern California (USC) and a linguistics consultant.

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Phonology

Phonology is the branch of linguistics that studies how languages systematically organize their phones or, for sign languages, their constituent parts of signs.

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Pingu

Pingu is an animated children's television series co-created by Otmar Gutmann and Erika Brueggemann that first aired in Switzerland.

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Quenya

QuenyaTolkien wrote in his "Outline of Phonology" (in Parma Eldalamberon 19, p. 74) dedicated to the phonology of Quenya: is "a sound as in English new".

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Science fiction

Science fiction (sometimes shortened to SF or sci-fi) is a genre of speculative fiction, which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life.

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Simlish

Simlish is a constructed language devised by game designer Will Wright for the Sims game series developed by Electronic Arts. Fictional language and Simlish are fictional languages.

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Sindarin

Sindarin is one of the constructed languages devised by J. R. R. Tolkien for use in his fantasy stories set in Arda, primarily in Middle-earth.

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Splatoon

is a third-person shooter video game franchise created by Hisashi Nogami and Shintaro Sato, and developed and owned by Nintendo.

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Star Trek

Star Trek is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the eponymous 1960s television series and became a worldwide pop-culture phenomenon.

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Star Wars

Star Wars is an American epic space opera media franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the eponymous 1977 film and quickly became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon.

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Subculture

A subculture is a group of people within a cultural society that differentiates itself from the conservative and standard values to which it belongs, often maintaining some of its founding principles.

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Syldavian

Syldavian is a fictional West Germanic language created by Hergé as the national language of Syldavia, a fictional Balkan kingdom that serves as a major setting in many of The Adventures of Tintin stories. Fictional language and Syldavian are fictional languages.

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Tengwar

The Tengwar script is an artificial script, one of several scripts created by J. R. R. Tolkien, the author of The Lord of the Rings.

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The Adventures of Tintin

The Adventures of Tintin (Les Aventures de Tintin) is a series of 24 comic albums created by Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, who wrote under the pen name Hergé.

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a comedy science fiction franchise created by Douglas Adams.

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The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings is an epic high fantasy novel by the English author and scholar J. R. R. Tolkien.

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The Sims

The Sims is a series of life simulation video games developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts.

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Transliteration

Transliteration is a type of conversion of a text from one script to another that involves swapping letters (thus trans- + liter-) in predictable ways, such as Greek →, Cyrillic →, Greek → the digraph, Armenian → or Latin →.

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Universal translator

A universal translator is a device common to many science fiction works, especially on television. Fictional language and universal translator are science fiction themes.

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Valyrian languages

The Valyrian languages are a fictional language family in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin, and in their television adaptation Game of Thrones and later House of the Dragon. Fictional language and Valyrian languages are fictional languages.

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