Fictional languages are intended to be the languages of a fictional world and are often designed with the intent of giving more depth and an appearance of plausibility to the fictional worlds with which they are associated, and to have their characters communicate in a fashion which is both alien and dislocated.

Fictional languages are separated from artistic languages by both purpose and relative completion: a fictional language often has the least amount of grammar and vocabulary possible, and rarely extends beyond the absolutely necessary.

Professional fictional languages are those languages created for use in books, movies, television shows, video games, comics, toys, and musical albums ( prominent examples of works featuring fictional languages include the Middle-earth and Star Trek universes and the game Myst ).

A notable subgenre of fictional languages are alien languages, the ones that are used or might be used by putative extraterrestrial life forms.

The problem of alien language has confronted generations of science fiction writers ; some have created fictional languages for their characters to use, while others have circumvented the problem through translation devices or other fantastic technology.

Internet-based fictional languages are hosted along with their " conworlds " on the Internet, and based at these sites, becoming known to the world through the visitors to these sites ; Verdurian, the language of Mark Rosenfelder's Verduria on the planet of Almea, is a flagship Internet-based fictional language.

Many other fictional languages and their associated conworlds are created privately by their inventor, known only to the inventor and perhaps a few friends.

A notable fictional duodecimal system was that of J. R. R. Tolkien's Elvish languages, which used duodecimal as well as decimal.

Two of the metahuman races have fictional languages.

* List of fictional languages

The languages constructed by J. R. R. Tolkien are a set of constructed languages, of which most but not all were created for his fictional universe, often called Middle-earth.

Tolkien's glossopoeia has two temporal dimensions: the internal ( fictional ) timeline of events described in the Silmarillion and other writings, and the external timeline of Tolkien's own life during which he continually revised and refined his languages and their fictional history.

A Horta ( Star Trek ) | Horta, a fictional silicon-based life-form in the Star Trek universe.

* Commodore ( Star Trek ), a fictional Starfleet rank in Star Trek

* Clone trooper, a fictional soldier in the Star Wars universe

* Starship Enterprise, any of several ships by that name in the Star Trek fictional universe

Perhaps the most fully developed fictional alien language is the Klingon language of the Star Trek universe-a fully developed constructed language.

Dark Jedi is the name given in the Star Wars universe to fictional characters attuned to the Force and adept in its dark side.

One of the enduring influences the Star Wars saga has had in popular culture is the idea of the fictional Jedi values being interpreted as a modern philosophical path or religion, spawning various movements such as the controversial Jediism ( religious ) and the Jedi census phenomenon.

The Klingon language ( tlhIngan Hol, pronounced ) is the constructed language spoken by the fictional Klingons in the Star Trek universe.

With the advent of the series Star Trek: The Next Generation ( 1987 )— in which one of the main characters, Worf, was a Klingon — and successors, the language and various cultural aspects for the fictional species were expanded.

Within the fictional universe of Star Trek, Klingon is derived from the original language spoken by the messianic figure Kahless the Unforgettable, who united the Klingon home-world of Qo ' noS under one empire more than 1500 years ago.

* Deep Space Station K7, a fictional space station featured in the Star Trek episodes " The Trouble With Tribbles " and " Trials and Tribble-ations "

* Lore ( Star Trek ), a fictional android

In the fictional Star Trek universe, a starship, the USS Malinche was named for La Malinche.

* Mirror Universe ( Star Trek ), fictional parallel universe

* Maquis ( Star Trek ), anti-Cardassian resistance movement in the fictional Star Trek universe

* The Mon Calamari ( race ), fictional amphibious humanoids in Star Wars

For example, it was featured in at least 10 episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation as a weekly event of the senior staff of the fictional ship's crew.

In the fictional Star Trek universe, the impulse drive is the method of propulsion that starships and other spacecraft use when they are travelling below the speed of light.

In the Star Trek franchise, the books The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh ( Volumes 1 & 2 ), by Greg Cox, detail the fictional Eugenics Wars of the early 1990s – still many years into the future when first mentioned in the episode " Space Seed " in 1967 – giving alternative explanations for real world events such as the Indian nuclear test of 1974 and the violent breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s, presenting them as small parts of a single wider conflict.

The Doctor, an Emergency Medical Hologram Mark I ( or EMH for short ), is a fictional character from the television series Star Trek: Voyager, played by actor Robert Picardo.

* Adder, a fictional commanding officer in the Advance Wars video games

Notable fictional telepaths include the Jedi in Star Wars.

* Confederacy of Independent Systems, a fictional combatant in the Clone Wars from Star Wars

Jar Jar Binks is a fictional character from the Star Wars Saga ( appears in: Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Episode III: Revenge of the Sith ), and the television series Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

* Endor ( Star Wars ), the fictional forest moon which is home to the Ewoks

Wedge Antilles is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe.

Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan ( born Leia Amidala Skywalker ; later Leia Organa Solo ), often referred to as simply Princess Leia, is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe.

Lando Calrissian is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe.

Boba Fett is a fictional character in Star Wars.

Star Destroyers are capital ships in the fictional Star Wars universe.

TIE fighters are fictional starfighters in the Star Wars universe.

Y-wings are fictional Rebel Alliance and New Republic starfighters in the Star Wars universe.

X-wings are fictional starfighters from the original Star Wars trilogy and the expanded universe.

A-wings are fictional Rebel Alliance and New Republic starfighters in the Star Wars universe.

Luke Skywalker is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the original film trilogy of the Star Wars franchise, where he is portrayed by Mark Hamill.

The Death Star is a fictional moon-sized space station and superweapon appearing in the Star Wars movies and expanded universe.

In contrast to many other fictional FTL technologies, such as a " jump drive " or the Infinite Improbability Drive, the warp drive does not permit instantaneous travel between two points ; instead, warp drive technology creates an artificial " bubble " of normal space-time that surrounds the spacecraft ( as opposed to entering a separate realm or dimension like hyperspace, as is used in the Star Wars, Stargate franchise, Warhammer 40, 000, Babylon 5 and Andromeda universes ).