CONLANG

CONLANG is the name of an e-mail list devoted to the discussion of constructed languages of all kinds (except that 'evangelism' of auxiliary languages, such as Esperanto, is disapproved of), and linguistics in general. The CONLANG list is an established community with upwards of 600 members, including many regular high-volume contributors, comprising professional linguists as well as amateurs. Its archives are located at a server in Brown University.

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This list pioneered and popularized the term CONLANG for constructed language; conlang (now typically written lowercase) as a term is now used very more widely and is better known than its eponymous mailing list.

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Constructed language: An artificial or constructed language (known colloquially as a conlang among aficionados), is a language whose phonology, grammar and vocabulary are specifically devised by an individual or small group, rather than having naturally evolved as part of a culture as with natural languages. Some are d...

Auxiliary language: The term auxiliary language may either stand for...