Fictional Languages
Fictional Languages is a structured entertainment dataset with 15 entries. Its fields include Language, Universe / Source, Creator. Community voting appears as a separate signal beside eligible rows and does not replace the source values.
Every row is shown below and is also available as CSV, JSON, or Excel.
Dataset details
- Table scope
- All 15 rows
- Fields
- 5 columns
- Source
- Community curated
- Data updated
- Mar 7, 2026
Included fields: Language, Universe / Source, Creator, Vocabulary Size, Known For.
The table contains every record in this dataset; the same records are available in each download format.
Preview observations
- Creator groups
- 12 distinct values
- Across 15 preview rows
Useful for
- Comparing Language, Universe / Source, and Creator across entertainment entries
- Building reference tables, charts, or analyses from 15 downloadable records
Language↕ | Universe / Source↕ | Creator↕ | Vocabulary Size↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Quenya (High Elvish) | The Lord of the Rings | J.R.R. Tolkien | ~3,000 words | The gold standard of fictional languages, created by a professional philologist who spent decades refining its grammar and phonology, inspired by Finnish and Latin, the language of the Elves that set the bar impossibly high for every conlang that followed |
Sindarin (Grey Elvish) | The Lord of the Rings | J.R.R. Tolkien | ~1,500 words | The everyday Elvish language spoken in Middle-earth, inspired by Welsh, most of the Elvish dialogue in the Peter Jackson films is Sindarin, Tolkien considered it the more beautiful of his two main Elvish tongues |
Klingon (tlhIngan Hol) | Star Trek | Marc Okrand | ~4,000+ words | The most studied fictional language in the world, has its own dictionary and translation of Hamlet, deliberately designed to sound alien with Object-Verb-Subject word order, people have given wedding vows in Klingon, Duolingo added a full course for it |
Dothraki | Game of Thrones / A Song of Ice and Fire | David J. Peterson | ~3,700 words | Created for HBO by a professional conlanger hired through a competition, has a fully functional grammar with four noun classes, Jason Momoa's delivery made it sound genuinely intimidating, sparked a wave of conlang appreciation in mainstream TV |
High Valyrian | Game of Thrones / A Song of Ice and Fire | David J. Peterson | ~2,000 words | Dracarys became one of the most iconic words in television history, inspired by Latin as the prestige language of a fallen empire, Duolingo launched a full course with over a million learners, Emilia Clarke's delivery made it sound regal and terrifying |
Na'vi | Avatar | Paul Frommer | ~2,600 words | Commissioned by James Cameron for the highest-grossing film of all time, linguistically innovative with a tripartite case system rare in natural languages, has an active online community of speakers, designed to be pronounceable by humans but sound distinctly alien |
Parseltongue | Harry Potter | J.K. Rowling | ~50 words (informal) | The language of snakes that only select wizards can speak, never fully constructed as a real language but instantly recognizable from the hissing sounds in the films, associated with dark magic and Voldemort, one of the most iconic fictional language concepts despite having almost no formal vocabulary |
Elvish (Loxian) | Enya's Music | Enya & Roma Ryan | ~300 words | A private constructed language used in multiple platinum-selling albums, Roma Ryan created it as a language for Enya to sing in, appears on albums that sold over 80 million copies worldwide, possibly the most commercially successful conlang by record sales |
Newspeak | Nineteen Eighty-Four | George Orwell | Simplified English (~850 roots) | Not built to add expression but to destroy it — designed to limit thought by reducing vocabulary, the concept of linguistic control became a real political warning, words like 'doublethink' and 'thoughtcrime' entered English permanently, the most politically influential fictional language ever conceived |
Esperanto | Real world (utopian movement) | L.L. Zamenhof | ~16,000+ roots | Technically not fictional but the world's most successful constructed language, created in 1887 to foster international peace, has native speakers and annual world congresses, William Shatner starred in a film entirely in Esperanto, the conlang that proved artificial languages can have real communities |
Huttese | Star Wars | Larry Ward & Ben Burtt | ~200 words | The language of Jabba the Hutt, partially inspired by Quechua, 'bo shuda' and other phrases are instantly recognizable to Star Wars fans, never fully systematized but has one of the most distinctive sounds in sci-fi cinema |
Simlish | The Sims | Will Wright / Maxis | ~100 base phrases | Spoken by hundreds of millions of Sims players worldwide, deliberately designed to be meaningless gibberish that sounds like conversation, real pop stars like Katy Perry and The Black Eyed Peas recorded songs in Simlish, the most widely heard fictional language in gaming history |
Dovahzul (Dragon Language) | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | Bethesda Game Studios | ~600+ words | FUS RO DAH became one of the biggest gaming memes of all time, the Dragon Shouts are so iconic they defined an entire game's identity, fans expanded the vocabulary far beyond what Bethesda created, the Thu'um sounds genuinely ancient and powerful |
Mando'a | Star Wars (Mandalorian culture) | Karen Traviss | ~2,500 words | The language of the Mandalorians made famous by Boba Fett and The Mandalorian series, has a fully developed grammar and extensive vocabulary, 'This is the way' became a cultural catchphrase, Karen Traviss built an entire warrior culture's linguistic identity from scratch |
Atlantean | Atlantis: The Lost Empire | Marc Okrand | ~1,000 words | Created by the same linguist who made Klingon, designed for a Disney animated film with a fully functional writing system, one of the most complete languages ever made for an animated movie, sadly underappreciated because the film underperformed at the box office |
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Frequently asked questions
How is Fictional Languages organized?
The table starts in the source data's order. Community voting is enabled as a separate approval signal beside eligible rows; votes do not replace the source values.
How much data is available on this page?
This dataset contains 15 entries, and every row is available in the table and in the downloadable files.
Can I download the complete dataset?
Yes. CSV, JSON, and Excel downloads contain all 15 rows. Before republishing the data, review the source and any usage terms listed on this page; dtbse does not replace the original source's licensing terms.
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