Loxian

Loxian is a fictional artistic language and alphabet created by Irish poet and lyricist Roma Ryan. A longtime recording and business partner of Irish singer and composer Enya, Ryan created the language during the production of the latter's sixth studio album, Amarantine (2005). Enya has sung the Loxian phonetics in some of her songs since the language was developed.

== Development == ===Origins=== During the recording of "Water Shows the Hidden Heart", a track on Amarantine, Enya had sung its lyrics in English, Irish and Latin but found none was suitable in getting the message of the song across in a way that they were happy with. Ryan then wrote the first expression in Loxian, spelled in English as "Syoombraya". After Enya sang it and was pleased with it, Ryan developed the language further and used it for two other tracks on Amarantine—"Less Than a Pearl" and "The River Sings". In the liner notes to the 2009 compilation album The Very Best of Enya, "It has been a truly unique journey ... We have journeyed from Aldebaran, the track that tells of the future migration of the Celts through space, to the three Loxian songs of Amarantine, which were born of Aldebaran". Enya recorded "Aldebaran" and released it on her debut album, Enya, first released in 1986.