conlangs
Deliberately created languages
Conlangs is the plural of conlang, a constructed language—one deliberately invented rather than evolved naturally.
Esperanto, Klingon, and Tolkien's Elvish are conlangs.
The term blends "constructed" and "language." People who create conlangs are called conlangers: She's been working on her conlang for years.
- ElvishTolkien's constructed languages
- KlingonFictional warrior race
- DothrakiInvented equestrian culture
- ValyrianEssos ancient language
Na'vi · Parseltongue · Atlantean · Middle-earth · Game of Thrones · Star Trek · Avatar
Language's structural rules
- syntaxRules for arranging words
- phonologyScience of language sounds
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- semanticsStudy of linguistic meaning
lexicon · phonetics · typology · etymology · agglutination · inflection · declension · conjugation
Constructing imaginary universes for fiction
- creativityCapacity for original thought
- expressionConveyed thought or feeling
- aestheticsTheory of beauty
- inventionNew device or method
artform · imagination · design · craftsmanship · narrative · storytelling · neologism · relexification
Invented auxiliary tongue
- interlanguageEvolving system between tongues
- pidginImprovised contact language
- creoleNativized pidgin tongue
- translationConverting between languages
Tolkien
- ElvishTolkien's constructed languages
- KlingonFictional warrior race
- DothrakiInvented equestrian culture
Valyrian · Na'vi · Parseltongue · Atlantean · Middle-earth · Game of Thrones · Star Trek · Avatar
grammar
Language's structural rules
- syntaxRules for arranging words
- phonologyScience of language sounds
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
semantics · lexicon · phonetics · typology · etymology · agglutination · inflection · declension · conjugation · word order
worldbuilding
Constructing imaginary universes for fiction
- creativityCapacity for original thought
- expressionConveyed thought or feeling
- aestheticsTheory of beauty
invention · artform · imagination · design · craftsmanship · narrative · storytelling · neologism · relexification · naturalism
Esperanto
Invented auxiliary tongue
- interlanguageEvolving system between tongues
- pidginImprovised contact language
- creoleNativized pidgin tongue
- worldbuildinglore, setting, realms, kingdoms, races
- language reformspelling reform, prescriptivism, phonetic spelling, simplification, romanization
conlangsnatural languages
Organically evolved communication systems
mother tongues · native languages · vernaculars · indigenous languages · living languages
conlangsnatural languages
Organically evolved communication systems
native languages · ancestral languages · first languages · regional languages · national languages