Dictionary

neography en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /niːˈɒɡɹəfi/

Etymology

From neo- + -graphy.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A constructed script; a synthetic system of writing.
   • The exportation of SMS-like neographies to formal written documents raises educational concerns. 2007, Brenda Danet, Susan C Herring, The multilingual Internet:
   • Um, I can't think of a hobby with more diverse interests than ours. We divide our langs into artlangs, auxlangs and loglangs, but acknowledge many other types. Many of us place different emphasis on aspects of the hobby -- neography, phonology, grammar, texts, conculture, art. 2004 March 6, Jeffrey Henning <jeffrey@henning.com>, “Re: Was Tolkien a good conlanger? (was: Re: Good Books”, in Conlang mailing list, via listserv.brown.edu:

Forms

Translations (4)

fr néographie (constructed writing system) · fi keinotekoinen kirjoitusjärjestelmä (constructed writing system) · pl sztuczny system pisma (constructed writing system) · es sistema de escritura construido (constructed writing system)