Fictional Languages in Science Fiction

List in Science Fiction

Numbered

• 4Peljan (Vusarkic trade language) - Michael Cobley's Humanity's Fire series, Seeds of Fire, p. 333

A

• Alfzarian - Poul Anderson's short story "The Plague of Masters" in the collection Sir Dominic Flandry: The Last Knight of Terra.
• American (Hawaiian English) - Philip José Farmer's novel The Lovers, p. 42
• Ancient North Martian - "Waters of Mars" episode of Doctor Who
• Anglo-Spanish - Derek Künsken's novel Quantum Magician, p. 121
• Artunee - Zach Hughes's novel Closed System

B

• Bazaar (Hebrew pidgen) - Philip José Farmer's novel The Lovers, p. 43

C

• Cadric (spoken in the interstellar human empire "the Cadre") - Poul Anderson's short story "Memory" in his collection Beyond the Beyond
• Common Symbolic - Chris Roberson's 2011 novel Further: Beyond the Threshold

D

• Demu - E.M. Busby's The Proud Enemy
• Dorian (spoken by the pachydermic aliens on planet Doria) - James Gunn's novel Transcendental

E

• Eriau - Poul Anderson's Dominic Flandry or Polesotechnic League universe, for example his short story A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows in the collection Sir Dominic Flandry: The Last Knight of Terra

F

• Fareezzi - Michael Schuster and Steve Mollman's Star Trek: The Original Series novel, A Choice of Catastrophes, p. 325
• Future Speak - Goobacks episode of South Park April 14, 2004
• français 1 - Derek Künsken's novel Quantum Magician
• français 8 - Derek Künsken's novel Quantum Magician

G

• Galach - Dune universe
• Galactic Standard - James Gunn's novel Transcendental, p. 177
• Globo (simplified English) - Ian McDonald's novel Luna: New Moon

I

• Ilmataran - James L. Cambias's novel A Darkling Sea

J

• Jawaese Star Wars universe
• Johurá - David Walton's novel The Genius Plague

K

• Kardidish Ursula K. Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness
• King's Tongue (spoken by the humans on the planet Paradox) - Rachel Bach's novel Future's Pawn
• Korsven (spoken by the natives of the planet Korsve) - Kristine Kathryn Rusch's novel The Disappeared, p. 75

L

• Late Horthalian - Matthew Hughes's novel Majestrum, Majestrum trilogy
• Lingo - Philip José Farmer's novel The Lovers, p. 42

M

• Marain - Iain M. Banks's Culture novels (see p. 126 of the novel The Hydrogen Sonata
• Mensententia - Jennifer Foehner Wells's novel Fluency, p. 77
• Merseian Prime - Poul Anderson's short story "Hunters in the Sky Cave" in the collection Sir Dominic Flandry: Last Knight of Terra

N

• Na'vi -Avatar 2009 film
• Nadsat - Anthony Burgess's novel A Clockwork Orange
• Newspeak - George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four
• Newtese - Karel Capek's novel War With the Newts, footnote p. 145
• Noranglic - Michael Cobley's Humanity's Fire series

O

• Orgata - Ursula K. Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness, p. 138

P

• Pan-Sinese - Greg Bear's novel Hull Zero Three, p. 276
• Pinglish (Pacific English) - Paul McAuley's novel Evening's Empires
• Polito - Jay Lake's short story "To Raise a Mutiny Betwixt Ourselves" in The New Space Opera 2
• Pravic - Ursula K. Le Guin's utopian/dystopian novel The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
• Pulaoic (derived from Malayan roots) - Poul Anderson's short story "The Plague of Masters" in the collection Sir Dominic Flandry: The Last Knight of Terra

S

• Salamander English (scientifically simplified) - Karel Capek's novel War With the Newts, p. 145
• Shal.ta (telepathic language) - Korey Mae Johnson's erotic novel Never Submit!: The Swarii Brides
• Sholen - James L. Cambias's novel A Darkling Sea
• Siddo (alien language spoken on planet Oragen) - Philip José Farmer's novel The Lovers

T

• Thainamese (SE Asian polyglot spoken by human colonists on the planet Nightshade) - Richard Paul Russo's Inner Eclipse, p. 84
• the Tongue - Gregory Benford and Larry Niven's novel Bowl of Heaven, p. 127
• Tilaran - E.M. Busby's The Proud Enemy
• Trade Arabic français 1 - Derek Künsken's novel Quantum Magician, p. 121
• Translanguage - Gregory Benford and Larry Niven's novel Bowl of Heaven, p. 127

U

• Univeral - Rachel Bach's novel Future's Pawn
• Urdahu - Poul Anderson's short story "Hunters of the Sky Cave" in the collection Sir Dominic Flandry: The Last Knight of Terra

Y

• Yatakangi (Southeast Asian) - John Brunner's novel The Sheep Look Up
• Yrevish (Orion trading creole) - Michael Schuster and Steve Mollman's Star Trek: The Original Series novel, A Choice of Catastrophes, p. 325

Z

• Zorbonese - Dailey Show sketch

List in Fantasy

• Handtalk a sign language
• Jambese Peewee's Playhouse children's television series
• Khandarai - Django Wexler's novel The Thousand Names (The Shadow Campaigns series)
• Modanglic
• Singlespeech
• Voldanai - Django Wexler's novel The Thousand Names (The Shadow Campaigns series)

Sources

• Tim Conley and Stephen Cain. 2006. Encyclpedia of Fictional and Fantastic Languages. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0313331886.

External Links

• List of Alien Language Sightings on Futurama
• Who Owns Klingon? Lawsuit Draws Battle Over Invented Languages Into Court Alan Yuhas. The Guardian. April 30, 2016.