Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A constructed language; a language that has been artificially constructed, such as Esperanto, Quenya or Klingon
Etymologies
- Blend of constructed and language (Wiktionary)
Examples
“While Frommer was working out the structure of Na'vi in 2005 and 2006, however, he studiously avoided looking at Klingon or any other constructed language (or "conlang" for short).”
“But I knew I wouldn't get it - I conlang, a lot, but I have no finished conlang to show, and judging by the HBO pitch, I don't think that showing off my flashy deictic systems would have impressed them much.”
“There we can find a list of charming, conlang-like Proto-World terms.”
“If all else fails, my theories make for a great conlang.”
“This, she says, in the biographical page, was her inspiration for the development of E.L. and is the basis of her hope that, over time, her conlang because of its extreme simplicity and rationality will have a larger number of users than Chinese which uses a combination of pictographic/ideographic and phonemic characters.”
“Then I put the conlang post into blogger to reformat and accidently posted - oh well.”
“I mean, if you invent a conlang and wish to take the world by storm, what better way than to publish gripping translations of Vatican bureaucratic history!”
“People occasionally ask me why I bother to conlang - invent my own languages.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘conlang’.
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The Collection
A somewhat discriminatory list of words and phrases collected for their euphonic or arcane appeal, interesting etymology, or concise definition of an otherwise unnamed phenomenon or concept.
ziggurat, neophilia, sucker punch, soporific, epoch, tundra, fiat, idiotproof, miscellany, metaphysics, cryptozoology, dysphoria and 850 more...
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Esperanto
Esperanto, The International Language
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VanishedOne's Words
facipulator, fetiphobia, gules, boustrophedon, reverse boustroph..., unreal, ensiform, xiphoid, romhack, heritage, floccinaucinihili..., johnian and 1004 more...
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Words I discover
xenolinguistics, symmetry, ค่ำคืน, �?�?้เสน่ห์, 空�??, conlang, �?็
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alinavivo The Wiktionary definition is incorrect. It should read something like "A constructed language; a language that has been PURPOSELY/CONSCIOUSLY constructed, such as Esperanto, Quenya, Klingon, etc." All languages are ARTIFICIALLY constructed in the sense that someone (SHAKESPEARE for English, DANTE for Italian, GOETHE for German, etc.) used the language in a way that everyone tried to imitate because they thought it was so good. Oct 22, 2012