Constructed languages portal Welcome to the Wikiportal about Constructed languages! A planned or constructed language — known colloquially or informally as a conlang — is a language whose phonology, grammar, and/or vocabulary have been consciously devised by an individual or group, instead of having evolved naturally. There are many possible reasons to create a constructed language: to ease human communication (see international auxiliary language and code); to bring fiction or an associated constructed world to life; linguistic experimentation; artistic creation; and language games. The expression planned language is sometimes used to mean international auxiliary languages and other languages intended for actual use in human communication. Some prefer it to the more common terms "constructed", as that term may have pejorative connotations in some languages. Outside the Esperanto community, the term language planning means the prescriptions given to a natural language to standardize it; in this regard, even "natural languages" may be artificial in some respects. In the case of prescriptive grammars, where wholly artificial rules exist, the line is difficult to draw. The term "glossopoeia," coined by J. R. R. Tolkien, is also used to mean language construction, particularly construction of artistic languages. Language of the month (January) Here are some Constructed language tasks: Several articles about constructed languages have been deleted for lack of verifiability, independent resources or notability. If you think one of the following subjects meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, don't hesitate dig it up from the graveyard, but don't forget to add proper references: Abakwi language, Ancient Language, Arovën, Baza, Bluddian, Ceqli, Dremlang, Dunia (language), Eaiea, Ekspreso, Esperando, Fasile, Glide, Kotava, Latejami, Musbrek, Or'zet, Romanica, Romanova, Sermo, Siberian, Signuno, Slovio, Sperethiel, Szkev, Thosk, Tokcir, Troscann, Unas, Vorlin; Ill Bethisad, Mark Hucko. | Constructed language types A priori language, Artificial script, Artistic language, Constructed language, Controlled language, Engineered language, International auxiliary language, Language game, Logical language, Musical language, Oligosynthetic language, Pivot language, Relexification, Universal language, Whistled language, Zonal constructed languages General language types Agglutinative language, Analytic language, Inflectional language, Fusional language, Isolating language, Polysynthetic language, Synthetic language See also: List of constructed languages, List of constructed scripts
International auxiliary languages Languages: Adjuvilo, Afrihili, Amiana, Ariana, Babm, Basic English, Bolak (Blue Language), Communicationssprache, Dutton Speedwords, Eo, Esata, Esperanto, Esperanto II, Espo, Eurolengo, Euronord, Europanto, Folkspraak, Globish, Glosa, Idiom Neutral, Ido, Interglossa, Interlingua, Latino sine flexione, Lingua Franca Nova, Lingua sistemfrater, Mezhdunarodny Nauchny Yazyk, Mirad, Modern Indo-European, Mondial, Mondlango, Mundolinco, Neo, Novial, Noxilo, Occidental, Pasilingua, Poliespo, Romániço, Semitish, Slovianski, Solresol, Sona, Spokil, Toki Pona, Tutonish, UNI, Universal, Universalglot, Universalis Lingua Slavica, Universalspraket, Uropi, Volapük Creators: Louis de Beaufront, Claudius Colas, Louis Couturat, René Descartes, Reginald J. G. Dutton, Alexander Gode, Otto Jespersen, Arie de Jong, Léopold Leau, Diego Marani, Charles Kay Ogden, Giuseppe Peano, Waldemar Rosenberger, Johann Martin Schleyer, Kenneth Searight, François Sudre, Edgar de Wahl, Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof See also: Arcaicam Esperantom, Centre de documentation et d'étude sur la langue internationale, Esperantido, Esperanto and Ido compared, Esperanto and Interlingua compared, Germanic IAL, IALA, Proto-Esperanto, Reformed Esperanto
Logical, philosophical, and engineered languages Languages: An Essay towards a Real Character and a Philosophical Language, aUI, Blissymbol, Characteristica universalis, CycL, Gibson Code, Ilaksh, Ithkuil, Kalaba-X, Láadan, Lincos, Loglan, Logopandecteision, Lojban, Loom, Ro Creators: James Cooke Brown, George Dalgarno, Hans Freudenthal, Gottfried Leibniz, Francis Lodwick, Kenneth L. Pike, John Wilkins
Artistic and fictional languages Languages: Adûnaic, Aklo, Al Bhed, Alltongue, Ascian, Atlantean, Aulëan, Babel-17, Balaibalan, Barmoodan, Baronh, Black Speech, Brithenig, Chakobsa, Chorukor, Cirquish, Darkovan, D'ni, Doriathrin, Drac, Enchanta, Enochian, Galach, Gargish, Gippog, Gnommish, Goa'uld, Hardic, Huttese, Interlac, Iotic, Kēlen, Khuzdul, Klingon, Klingonaase, Koalang, Ku, The Languages of Pao, Lapine, The Lexicon of Comicana, Lingua Ignota, Linguacode, Loxian, Mandalorian, Mangani, Marain, Mänti, Mezangelle, Nadsat, Na'vi, Newspeak, Old Tongue, Pravic, Ptydepe, Quenya, Rihannsu, Sarus, Shyriiwook, Simlish, Sindarin, Speedtalk, Spocanian, Starckdeutsch, Stark, Starsza Mowa, Strine, Talossan, Telerin, Teonaht, The Speech, Tho Fan, Transpiranto, Tsolyáni, Utopian, Vendergood, Verdurian, Wenedyk, Zaum Scripts: Aurebesh, Cirth, Tengwar Creators: Richard Adams, Anthony Burgess, Sally Caves, Samuel Delany, Diane Duane, Suzette Haden Elgin, Václav Havel, Frank Herbert, Hergé, Ursula K. LeGuin, Barry B. Longyear, Herman Miller, Morioka Hiroyuki, George Orwell, Marc Okrand, Mark Rosenfelder, David Salo, J. R. R. Tolkien, Christian Vander, Xul Solar, Marion Zimmer Bradley See also: Alien language, Codex Seraphinianus, Elvish languages, False writing system, Languages in Star Wars, Languages of Arda, Languages of Middle-earth, North Slavic languages
Constructed languages for special uses Languages: Boontling, Damin, Eskayan, Gestuno, High Icelandic, Iazychie, Kesen dialect, Nuwaubic, Polari, Tadoma, Yerkish See also: Voynich manuscript
Constructed writing systems for natural languages Writing systems: Cherokee syllabary, Cree syllabics, Deseret alphabet, Hangul, Landsmål, Nynorsk, Shavian alphabet Creators: Ivar Aasen, James Evans, William Fulco, Ronald Kingsley Read, Heinrich Schmid, Sequoyah
Miscellaneous A Secret Vice, Conlanger, ISO, SIL, and BCP language codes for constructed languages, Langmaker, Language Construction Kit, Language planning, Language reform, Zompist.com | Purge server cache |
