Mystical 12th-century language created by St. Hildegard of Bingen
For the musician who formerly used the stage name "Lingua Ignota", see Kristin Hayter.
Lingua ignota
St. Hildegard's 23 litterae ignotae.
Pronunciation
[ˈlinɡʷaiŋˈnoːta]
Created by
Hildegard of Bingen
Purpose
Constructed language
artistic language
Lingua ignota
Language codes
ISO 639-3
None (mis)
Glottolog
None
IETF
art-x-ignota
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Litterae ignotae
Script type
Alphabet
Creator
Hildegard von Bingen
Time period
12th century
Direction
Left-to-right
Language
Lingua ignota
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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]
^Bingensis, Hildegardis (1175–1190). Riesencodex. pp. 934, 464v. Archived from the original on 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2014-08-26.
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