conlang
English edit
Etymology edit
The noun is a blend of constructed + language,[1] while the verb is derived from the noun.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒnlæŋ/
Audio (UK) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑnˌlæŋ/, /ˈkɑnˌleɪŋ/
- Hyphenation: con‧lang
Noun edit
conlang (plural conlang or conlangs)
- (linguistics, 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”) [from 1990s]
- 2012 October 31, Laura Wright, “UT Language Creation Society invites students to learn origins of newer languages”, in The Daily Texan[1], Austin, Tex.: Texas Student Media, University of Texas at Austin, published 8 April 2013, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 August 2020:
- 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.
Related terms edit
Verb edit
conlang (third-person singular simple present conlangs, present participle conlanging, simple past and past participle conlanged)
- (transitive, intransitive, linguistics) To create or work on a conlang (constructed language).
- the conlanging community
- Brithenig was conlanged with the purpose of looking how Welsh might have developed if it were a Romance language.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
to create a conlang
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References edit
- ^ “conlang, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, June 2014; “conlang, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.