Tool to explore and learn the Tenctonese alphabet, a fictional extraterrestrial language from the Alien Nation franchise.
Tenctonese Alphabet - dCode
Tag(s) : Symbol Substitution
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Tenctonese refers to a fictional extraterrestrial language and alphabet featured in the TV series and movie Alien Nation (1988).
The user can encrypt/write a message in Tenctonese by replacing each letter (or number) with its respective Tencton symbol.
A | ![]() | B | ![]() | C | ![]() | D | ![]() | E | ![]() | F | ![]() | G | ![]() |
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H | ![]() | I | ![]() | J | ![]() | K | ![]() | L | ![]() | M | ![]() | N | ![]() |
O | ![]() | P | ![]() | Q | ![]() | R | ![]() | S | ![]() | T | ![]() | U | ![]() |
V | ![]() | W | ![]() | X | ![]() | Y | ![]() | Z | ![]() | ||||
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These symbols are present mainly in this so-called printed form on papers or posters.
A variation of this alphabet is proposed in cursive writing
a | ![]() | b | ![]() | c | ![]() | d | ![]() | e | ![]() | f | ![]() | g | ![]() |
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h | ![]() | i | ![]() | j | ![]() | k | ![]() | l | ![]() | m | ![]() | n | ![]() |
o | ![]() | p | ![]() | q | ![]() | r | ![]() | s | ![]() | t | ![]() | u | ![]() |
v | ![]() | w | ![]() | x | ![]() | y | ![]() | z | ![]() | ||||
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(more rare, this alphabet is not complete in the series, it has been extrapolated assuming that the first 13 letters are symmetrical by central rotation of 180° to the last 13 letters)
Finally, the 10 digits and the & (ampersand) characters are encoded as follows:
0 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() | 2 | ![]() | 3 | ![]() | 4 | ![]() | 5 | ![]() |
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6 | ![]() | 7 | ![]() | 8 | ![]() | 9 | ![]() | & | ![]() | ||
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Tenctonese Alphabet on dCode.fr [online website], retrieved on 2025-02-21,