Ithkuil Language

Question 1

How to write/speak in Ithkuil?

Answer

The Ithkuil language was not designed to be spoken, it is a language in the form of thought experience, which describes a possible functioning of human language.

The Ithkuil phonetic system has 58 phonemes including 45 consonants each can be classified according to the way of being pronounced (articulation point and articulation mode) and 13 vowels each having 6 degrees of aperture (closed / open).

The writing system has evolved several times, it used a horizontal boustrophedon quite unclassifiable since it is not an alphabet (no direct correspondence between glyph and letter), nor a syllabary (no correspondence between glyph and pronunciation).

To learn Ithkuil see the Wikipedia page: here or the Reddit here (in English) or the official ithkuil website: here

Resource for writing in Ithkuil (phonetic): here

There is no resource for symbolic writing.

Question 2

How to translate Ithkuil?

Answer

The language is constantly evolving from his author John Quijada, its translation is moving. Moreover, as indicated, there is no possible correspondence between the glyphs and an alphabet.

Resource for translating Ithkuil (phonetic): here

There is no resource for symbolic writing.

Question 3

How to write/translate numbers in Ithkuil?

Answer

The ithkuil number system is in base 100 (centesimal), so it has 100 digits.

The ithkuil does not have a 0 digit, the 0 value is described as a negation of existence.

Table of numbers from 1 to 100 in ithkuil:

Example:

1	llal	2	ksal	3	ţkal	4	pxal	5	sţal
6	cqal	7	nsal	8	fyal	9	xmal	10	mřal
11	llalik	12	ksalik	13	ţkalik	14	pxalik	15	sţalik
16	cqalik	17	nsalik	18	fyalik	19	xmalik	20	mřalik
21	llalök	22	ksalök	23	ţkalök	24	pxalök	25	sţalök
26	cqalök	27	nsalök	28	fyalök	29	xmalök	30	mřalök
31	llalek	32	ksalek	33	ţkalek	34	pxalek	35	sţalek
36	cqalek	37	nsalek	38	fyalek	39	xmalek	40	mřalek
41	llalîk	42	ksalîk	43	ţkalîk	44	pxalîk	45	sţalîk
46	cqalîk	47	nsalîk	48	fyalîk	49	xmalîk	50	mřalîk
51	llalak	52	ksalak	53	ţkalak	54	pxalak	55	sţalak
56	cqalak	57	nsalak	58	fyalak	59	xmalak	60	mřalak
61	llalûk	62	ksalûk	63	ţkalûk	64	pxalûk	65	sţalûk
66	cqalûk	67	nsalûk	68	fyalûk	69	xmalûk	70	mřalûk
71	llalok	72	ksalok	73	ţkalok	74	pxalok	75	sţalok
76	cqalok	77	nsalok	78	fyalok	79	xmalok	80	mřalok
81	llalük	82	ksalük	83	ţkalük	84	pxalük	85	sţalük
86	cqalük	87	nsalük	88	fyalük	89	xmalük	90	mřalük
91	llaluk	92	ksaluk	93	ţkaluk	94	pxaluk	95	sţaluk
96	cqaluk	97	nsaluk	98	fyaluk	99	xmaluk	100	ňal

Ithkuil Language