conlang en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈkɒnlæŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈkɑnˌlæŋ/ (General-American)
- /ˈkɑnˌleɪŋ/ (General-American)
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Etymology
The noun is a syllabic abbreviation of constructed language, while the verb is derived from the noun. By surface analysis, con- (“constructed”) + lang or -lang (“language”).
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative, colloquial) Alternative form of constructed language (“a human language consciously devised by an individual or a small group, as opposed to having naturally evolved as a natural language”)
alt of constructed language
Now for the more important issues - which affect other conlangs' designs as much as Loglan/Lojban's.
1992 April 4, Logical Language Group, “rationale for Lojban's short allomorphs (rafsi); conlang implications”, in lojban:The Klingon language is a conlang created for use in the Star Trek franchise.
You might be familiar with more a priori conlangs than you think: The Klingon language from the television series "Star Trek," the Na’vi language from the movie "Avatar," and the Dothraki language from the television series "Game of Thrones" are all examples of a priori languages. […] Others both inside and outside the academic community feel that conlanging veers too easily into the realm of cultural exploitation (viewers of “Game of Thrones” will remember how the portrayal of the Dothraki race on the show, including the conlang the Dothraki people speak, seemed to many like a portrayal of Native Americans as “barbaric” and “exotic”).
2012 October 31, Laura Wright, “UT Language Creation Society invites students to learn origins of newer languages”, in The Daily Texan, Austin, Tex.: Texas Student Media, University of Texas at Austin, published 8 April 2013, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Aug 2020:What is considered to be the first recorded conlang was Lingua Ignota, created by Hildegard von Bingen, a twelfth-century German churchwoman and polymath.
2015, Douglas Ball, “Constructed languages”, in Rodney H. Jones, editor, The Routledge Handbook of Language and Creativity, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 146:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| conlangs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
romlang · auxlang · engelang · loglang · artlang