Meaning of conlanger | Babel Free

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Someone who creates constructed languages (conlangs).

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“The fact that the Internet has given visible shape⟳ to communities of invented language proponents through web sites and chat rooms for enthusiastic conlangers (‘language constructors’) has probably done little to dispel its reputation as a somewhat unusual and, to all intents and purposes, intangible undertaking.”

“The split⟳ was between two groups. The first was composed of people interested in quietly developing and discussing the languages they crafted for science-fictional worlds, what-if-a-language-did-this playfulness, or Tolkienesque fun (the true conlangers).”

“The goal of a conlanger, a language creator, is to realize⟳ a linguistic system that′s both unique and authentic—something that doesn't exist⟳ anywhere on Earth, but which a linguist wouldn′t be surprised to find⟳ in the wild.”

“The personalization of language allowed by conlanging is what draws many conlangers to the hobby. […] However, Woodbury is quick to remember⟳ Marc Okrand, a classmate of his from graduate school at the University of California at Berkeley, who was both an accomplished linguist and a conlanger. Okrand invented Klingon, a language he intentionally designed to sound⟳ “alien.””

“No conlanger could hope⟳ to create⟳ a language with the depth and richness of a natural language.”

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