Lingua ignota | |
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Pronunciation | [ˈlinɡʷa iŋˈnoːta] |
Created by | Hildegard of Bingen |
Purpose | Constructed language
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | None (mis ) |
Glottolog | None |
IETF | art-x-ignota |
Litterae ignotae | |
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Script type | Alphabet
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Creator | Hildegard von Bingen |
Time period | 12th century |
Direction | Left-to-right |
Language | Lingua ignota |
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Christian mysticism |
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A lingua ignota (Latin for "unknown language") was described by the 12th-century abbess Hildegard of Bingen, who apparently used it for mystical purposes. It consists of vocabulary with no known grammar; the only known text is individual words embedded in Latin. To write it, Hildegard used an alphabet of 23 letters denominated litterae ignotae (Latin for "unknown letters").[1]