The term artificial or constructed language describes a language designed for human communication which was created by the work of one or more persons, rather than having naturally evolved as part of a culture. These are often created for a special purpose such as international communication, secrecy, use in fiction, or just linguistic experimentation.
Languages intended for general-purpose human use:
- Esperanto
- Ido
- Interlingua
- Lojban (and TLI Loglan)
- Novial
- Occidental (also known as Interlingue, not to be confused with Interlingua)
- Volapük
Languages intended for machine assisted automatic translation purposes:
Languages of fictional worlds and peoples:
See also:
External links (others can be found on language pages):
- Conlang FAQ
- ConLang Yellow Pages
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