Linguistic hoaxes

possibly hoax manuscript

French writer (1679–1763)

imposter princess (1791–1864)

fringe theory claiming Allah originated as a moon deity

spurious Brazilian language, invented 1901

thumb|The original fictitious entry from 1903 __NOTOC__ Zzxjoanw ( ) is a fictitious entry in an encyclopedia which fooled logologists for many years. It referred to a purported Māori word meaning "drum", "fife", or "conclusion".