Conlang Recognition Chart

This article describes a variety of simple clues one can use to determine what conlang a document is written in with high accuracy.

Qþyn|gài

• Non-ASCII: Þþ|ǂáíúýàìùỳ
• Unused ASCII: bpmfvweoczj
• Combinations: nq qþ rq ql tl hh nǂg n!g n||g ǂk ái áu úi íu ài àu ùi ìu
• All words start with a consonant and end with a vowel
• Very long words

Sasxsek

• 7-bit ASCII characters only.
• All upper case or all lower case letters, no mixed case.
• Unused punctuation symbols: ; " ? !
• Unused letters: C, Y.
• Empenthetic X (=/@/) used to in compounds.
• Single bracket quotes: < >
• Apostrophe to break up numbers or long words to make them more readable: 1'000'000
• Colon used for abbreviations: k:m: (=kilxmitros)
• Proper name marker "li".

Terzemian

• Non-ASCII: Åå Čč Ǧǧ Ňň Öö Šš Üü Žž
• Unused ASCII: Jj Qq (except in foreign names)
• Vowels Harmony groups:
  • Aa Ee Ii Öö Üü
  • Åå Oo Öö Uu Üü
  • Aa Åå Ee Oo Öö
• Sentences generally start with a word (the verb) beginning with a multi-consonant cluster
• Verb may have a, e, or ö prefixed to the initial cluster

Þrjótrunn

• Non-ASCII: ÁÐÉÍÓÚÝÞÆÖáðéíóúýþæö
• Unused ASCII: cqz
• Combinations: pp tt kk gj ggj kj kkj
• Frequent words: ún únn á í eð er þiss þissi þissa