artificial language
Deliberately invented speech
An artificial language is one deliberately constructed rather than naturally evolved—designed by individuals for specific purposes.
Examples include programming languages (Python, JavaScript), international auxiliary languages (Esperanto, Volapük), and fictional languages (Klingon, Elvish).
Contrast with natural languages like English or Mandarin, which developed organically over centuries through use.
Artificially created language system
- EsperantoInvented auxiliary tongue
- interlinguisticsStudy of auxiliary tongues
- auxiliaryGiving additional support
- internationalConcerning relations among countries
neutrality · universality · vocabulary · grammar · phonetic · designed · systematic · planned
Language's structural rules
- syntaxRules for arranging words
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- phonologyScience of language sounds
- semanticsStudy of linguistic meaning
pragmatics · lexicon · structure · rules · regularity · agglutinative · isolating · inflection
Fictional warrior race
- DothrakiInvented equestrian culture
- Na'viFictional blue-skinned species
- ElvishTolkien's constructed languages
- worldbuildingConstructing imaginary universes for fiction
Tolkien · fantasy · science fiction · immersion · alien · invented · expressiveness · phonology
conlang
Artificially created language system
- EsperantoInvented auxiliary tongue
- interlinguisticsStudy of auxiliary tongues
- auxiliaryGiving additional support
international · neutrality · universality · vocabulary · grammar · phonetic · designed · systematic · planned
grammar
Language's structural rules
- syntaxRules for arranging words
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- phonologyScience of language sounds
semantics · pragmatics · lexicon · structure · rules · regularity · agglutinative · isolating · inflection · derivation
Klingon
Fictional warrior race
- DothrakiInvented equestrian culture
- Na'viFictional blue-skinned species
- ElvishTolkien's constructed languages
Tolkien · worldbuilding · fantasy · science fiction · immersion · alien · invented · expressiveness · phonology · script
code
Symbolic communication system
- algorithmFinite problem-solving procedure
- syntaxRules for arranging words
- compilingGathering into unified whole
scripting · variables · functions · Python · Java · JavaScript · C++ · Ruby · SQL · debugging
artificial languagenatural language
Human communication, not programming
mother tongue · native tongue · native language · vernacular · indigenous language
artificial languagenatural language
Human communication, not programming
vernacular · creole · pidgin · dialect
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