# How many Disney-created "constructed languages" are there? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 3, 2016, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-disney-created-constructed-languages-are-there/751110 "2016-04-03T19:07:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-disney-created-constructed-languages-are-there/751110/1 "2016-04-03T19:07:32Z")
(Or “conlangs,” to use the specialist term.) Now, many of us are familiar with languages invented for works of fiction, especially science fiction and fantasy—such as Tolkien’s Elvish, or Star Trek’s Klingon. But it only recently occurred to me that there have actually been some in works produced by Disney, of all places. I’ve counted at least two—Marc Okrand’s [Atlantean from “Atlantis: The Lost Empire,”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantean_language) and an alphabet and some spoken Barsoomian was developed for 2012’s “John Carter.” And, heck, technically, even the Indiana Jones ride in Disneyland has a [cipher text “ancient language”](http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/jakanddaxter/images/7/78/Indiana_Jones_Mara_script.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20130827233636) on the walls. Now it’s entirely possible that those were the _only_ examples of any kind of effort in the history of the Disney canon—and they were from sad underperformers, at that—but, out of curiosity, I thought I’d consult the finer minds here to see if anyone could recall any others. Obscure properties are fine—but I’m _specifically excluding_ languages from Star Wars and Marvel works. Anything else is fairer game, _including_ gimmicky cipher texts. So…_is_ there anything else out there? ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-disney-created-constructed-languages-are-there/751110/2 "2016-04-03T19:30:39Z")
Stitch from Lilo and Stitch spoke Tantalog. [Tantalog language | Lilo & Stitch Wiki | Fandom](http://stitchdatabase.wikia.com/wiki/Tantalog_language) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-disney-created-constructed-languages-are-there/751110/3 "2016-04-03T19:37:24Z")
Interesting. I’ll look into this. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-disney-created-constructed-languages-are-there/751110/4 "2016-04-03T20:00:41Z")
There are the various forms of Abracadabraese such as Bippity-Boppity-Boo 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-disney-created-constructed-languages-are-there/751110/5 "2016-04-03T22:21:19Z")
There’s Flatula from _[Treasure Planet](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWhcph5O31M)_, although that was more of a one-shot punchline than an attempt at an artificial language. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-disney-created-constructed-languages-are-there/751110/6 "2016-04-06T14:53:29Z")
Well, for my small, allowed bump, a little more hunting has at least scraped up [“Maldaquesh,” from _The Princess and the Frog_](http://www.thekingdomsofevil.com/?p=5721), apparently based on Italian, which exists solely as a few words, phrases, and an accent. ---
**Author:** ![vd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b19c9b/32.png) [@vd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vd)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-disney-created-constructed-languages-are-there/751110/7 "2016-04-06T15:01:50Z")
Since you’re including “gimmicky cipher text”, there’s [Gravity Falls](http://themysteryofgravityfalls.com/). ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-disney-created-constructed-languages-are-there/751110/8 "2016-04-06T16:52:22Z")
Again, there are just a handful of “spell words” in _Bedknobs and Broomsticks_ The Substitutiary Locomotion spell (causes an inanimate object to take on a lifeforce of its own): Treguna mekoides trecorum satis dee. The Traveling Spell (enchants the knob of a bedpost, turning the bed into a magical transport): Hellebore henbane aconite glowworm fire and firefly light. The Turn-a-Man-into-a-Rabbit Spell: Filigree apogee pedigree perigee. The Broomstick Spell (makes a broomstick fly): Lackipo nikrif scrumpet leech. ---
**Author:** ![duality72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duality72/32/3910_2.png) [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-disney-created-constructed-languages-are-there/751110/9 "2016-04-06T17:03:43Z")
I noticed some ciphertext on the Star Tours ride at Disneyland last week. Not sure what the cipher language was supposed to represent, though. ---
**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-disney-created-constructed-languages-are-there/751110/10 "2016-04-07T16:29:27Z")
> [@duality72](#): > > I noticed some ciphertext on the Star Tours ride at Disneyland last week. Not sure what the cipher language was supposed to represent, though. I think it says, “All your base are belong to us!!” ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-disney-created-constructed-languages-are-there/751110/11 "2016-04-07T17:22:57Z")
> [@duality72](#): > > I noticed some ciphertext on the Star Tours ride at Disneyland last week. Not sure what the cipher language was supposed to represent, though. [Did it look like this?](http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/c/cc/Aurebesh-GMSR.png/revision/latest?cb=20071202200434) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-disney-created-constructed-languages-are-there/751110/12 "2016-04-07T17:27:15Z")
Does the squirrel language that Cronk speaks in _ **The Emperor’s New Groove** _ count? ---
**Author:** ![duality72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duality72/32/3910_2.png) [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-disney-created-constructed-languages-are-there/751110/13 "2016-04-07T19:01:19Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > [Did it look like this?](http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/c/cc/Aurebesh-GMSR.png/revision/latest?cb=20071202200434) I wouldn’t swear to it, but yeah, that’s probably it.