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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.
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Kēlen is a constructed language created by Sylvia Sotomayor. It is possibly one of the most thorough attempts to create a truly alien language. It violates a key linguistic universal — namely that all human languages have verbs. In Kēlen, relationships between the noun phrases making up the sentence are expressed by one of four relationals. Despite this, Kēlen is an expressive and intelligible language; texts written in Kēlen have been translated into other languages by several people other than the creator of the language, as may be seen here. In this interview Sotomayor states that she aims for Kēlen to be naturalistic apart from its verblessness, and that to achieve this she employs the principle "change one thing and keep everything else the same".
In its concultural setting, Kēlen is spoken by an alien species (the Kēleñi). Find out more...
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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, Folkspraak, Kotava, Latejami, Mondlango, Musbrek, Or'zet, Romanica, Románico, Romanova, Sermo, Siberian, Signuno, Slovio, Sperethiel, Szkev, Thosk, Tokcir, Troscann, Unas, Verdurian, Vorlin; Ill Bethisad, Mark Hucko.
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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
General language types
Agglutinative language, Analytic language, Inflectional language, Fusional language, Isolating language, Polysynthetic language, Synthetic language
See also: List of constructed languages
International auxiliary languages
Languages: Adjuvilo, Afrihili, Babm, Basic English, Communicationssprache, Dutton Speedwords, Esata, Esperanto, Esperanto II, Eurolengo, Europanto, Globish, Glosa, Idiom Neutral, Ido, Interglossa, Interlingua, Latino sine flexione, Lingua Franca Nova, Lingua sistemfrater, Mondial, Mundolinco, Neo, Novial, Occidental, Poliespo, Semitish, Solresol, Sona, Spokil, Toki Pona, UNI, Universalglot, 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, 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, Glide, 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, 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, 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, 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
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