Syldavian

Syldavian
Зйлдав, Zyldav
Pronunciation/zɪldav/
Created byHergé
Date1939
Setting and usageThe Adventures of Tintin
EthnicitySyldavians
Users642,000 (1939) (fictional)
Purpose
Cyrillic
Latin
SourcesDutch
Marols
Official status
Official language in
Syldavia
Regulated byunknown
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
GlottologNone
IETFart-x-syldavia

Syldavian is a fictional West Germanic language created by Hergé as the national language of Syldavia, a fictional Balkan kingdom that serves as a major setting in many of The Adventures of Tintin stories. Hergé modeled the language on Brusselian, a dialect of Dutch spoken in and around Brussels. The entire corpus of the language has been analyzed by Mark Rosenfelder.