conlang
/ˈkɑnˌlæŋ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.29 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of constructed language (“a human language consciously devised by an individual or a small group, as opposed to having naturally evolved as a natural language”)
Colloquial
verb
To create or work on a conlang (constructed language).
Example Sentences
- "The Klingon language is a conlang created for use in the Star Trek franchise."
- "Now for the more important issues - which affect other conlangs' designs as much as Loglan/Lojban's."
- "You might be familiar with more a priori conlangs than you think: The Klingon language from the television series "Star Trek," the Na’vi language from the movie "Avatar," and the Dothraki language from the television series "Game of Thrones" are all examples of a priori languages. […] Others both inside and outside the academic community feel that conlanging veers too easily into the realm of cultural exploitation (viewers of “Game of Thrones” will remember how the portrayal of the Dothraki race on the show, including the conlang the Dothraki people speak, seemed to many like a portrayal of Native Americans as “barbaric” and “exotic”)."
- "What is considered to be the first recorded conlang was Lingua Ignota, created by Hildegard von Bingen, a twelfth-century German churchwoman and polymath."
- "I've been conlanging since I was nine years old."
- "Brithenig was conlanged with the purpose of looking how Welsh might have developed if it were a Romance language."
Etymology
The noun is a syllabic abbreviation of constructed language, while the verb is derived from the noun. By surface analysis, con- (“constructed”) + lang or -lang (“language”).
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkɑnˌlæŋ/
- British English: /ˈkɒnlæŋ/