Name the alphabet

Here’s a text in a mystery alphabet sent in by one of my correspondents. Any ideas which alphabet it is and which language it’s being used to write here?

Mystery alphabet

December 22nd, 2007 in Language, Quiz questions, Writing

Comments (9)

jakeDecember 22nd, 2007 at 4:46 pm

looks somewhat like Klingon, But it’s the characters are too fragmented to be that

Ioannus de VeraniDecember 22nd, 2007 at 5:46 pm

I was going to say that…

renato figueiredoDecember 22nd, 2007 at 7:48 pm

indeed it is a fictinal writing sistem, and I guess in Romulan, which really looks like with klingon.

suchoschDecember 22nd, 2007 at 11:17 pm

it reminds me of Star Trek too, but i’m not sure..

TJDecember 23rd, 2007 at 2:04 am

I think it is klingon… I saw in omniglot.com also

MikeDecember 23rd, 2007 at 4:59 pm

That is the Irken font from the cartoon series ‘Invader Zim’ by Johnen Vasquez. Within the show it’s used by Zim and the other Irken alien invaders, but here it’s English.

I’m fairly sure it says, “Give us the number of votes cast for Willy, Zim’s competitor for skool student president!” Is it maybe taken from the Irken subtitles on the DVD?

SimonDecember 23rd, 2007 at 5:28 pm

Mike – I think you’re right. It does match the Irken alphabet. An Irken font is available here.

Marcis GasunsDecember 24th, 2007 at 12:32 pm

Simon, thanks for the font

Balazs B. J. de BerzsenyiJanuary 6th, 2008 at 5:03 pm

@ 1st I thot it was Romulan myself but I think Mike is rite. It is Irken.