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The general term "conlang" is usually a safe bet. :) On 7/21/08, rw123472 <rw123472@hidden.email> wrote: > --- In romconlang@yahoogroups.com, "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...> wrote: >> >> On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 12:45 PM, rw123472 <rw123472@...> wrote: >> >> > Thanks Henrik, I think your auxlangs look great. What languages did >> > you use to develop these auxlangs? >> >> Sorry, but it seems you're not paying attention. The languages Henrik >> listed are not auxlangs. This mailing list is explicitly not about >> auxlangs. An "auxlang" is a language intended for use as an >> International (Aux)iliary (Lang)uage, or IAL, hence the name. Examples >> of auxlangs include Volapük, Esperanto, Ido, Latine Sine Flexione, etc >> ad nauseum. >> >> The languages Henrik gave examples of are what we call "artlangs" - >> constructed languages with no political agenda. Famous exemplars tend >> to come from fiction - Barsoomian, Tolkien's Elvish languages, >> Klingon - but there need not be any such associated work. Some >> artlangs stand alone, some are part of an entire conworld of some >> level of development, perhaps collaborative... >> >> A third category is "engelang", a language built to adhere rigidly to >> some criteria that don't necessarily have anything to do with >> verisimilitude or political adoption; such languages are rarely >> Romance-based, however, and so unlikely to crop up on this mailing >> list. >> >> -- >> Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> >> > Thanks for clarifying the difference between auxlang and artlang > > -- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com Mark J. Reed <markjreed@hidden.email>