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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).

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1 Individual languages

1.1 Languages of Middle-earth by J. R. R. Tolkien

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.
Al Bhed is a language used by the race of people known as Al Bhed in the fictional world of Spira, on the games, Final Fantasy X & Final Fantasy X-2 .
Aklo is an ancient and obscure language in the works of HP Lovecraft.
Anglic from David Brin's Uplift series, along with the numbered languages Galactic One through Galactic Twelve .
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
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
Glide from Diana Reed Slattery's The Maze Game
Goa'uld from the Stargate SG-1 world
Hardic, Osskilian , and Kargish from Ursula K. LeGuin's Earthsea books
Iotic, in The Dispossessed by Ursula K. LeGuin
Kad'k, the language of the Dwarfs in Terry Pratchett's Discworld
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.
Taxilinga - Snow Crash
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.

Languages of Middle-earth by J. R. R. Tolkien

Scripts

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.
Writer/director Luc Besson invented a "Divine Language" for Milla Jovovich's character "Leeloo" to speak in the film The Fifth Element.

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