Artificial language

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:

• Lojban
• Lincos

Languages of fictional worlds and peoples:

• Newspeak
• Sindarin
• Quenya
• Klingon Language
• Láadan?

Language games:

• Pig latin
• Ubbi dubbi
• Verlan

See also:

• Language translation

External links (others can be found on language pages):

• [Conlang FAQ]
• [ConLang Yellow Pages]