Pingelangusi

Pingelangusi is a fictional language created for the imagined world of the Pingel Archipelago. It appears in speculative fiction, role-playing materials, and online encyclopedic wikis. The term does not refer to a real language or community.

In the cited works, Pingelangusi comprises several regional varieties spoken on the archipelago’s many isles. The language is described as analytic, relying on word order and particles to mark grammatical relations. Noun classes are limited, and pronouns include inclusive and exclusive forms in the first person plural. Verbs encode aspect rather than tense, and aspect markers attach to the verb.

Pingelangusi is written in Pingel Script, a syllabary said to descend from an older proto-script in the archipelago. The script is often depicted in fan art and used in in-universe inscriptions. Some scholarly in-world works outline conventional orthography for the language’s lexicon.

Culturally, Pingelangusi serves as a focal point for world-building and linguistic exploration among fans. Researchers within the fictional setting discuss its history, borrowings from neighboring languages, and sociolinguistic diversity among island communities. Outside of the fiction, no real linguistic authority governs Pingelangusi.

See also: constructed language; conlang; worldbuilding.